Vegan Meatball Subs with Cheese Sauce
This recipe for Vegan Meatball Subs with Cheese Sauce was featured among other delicious and sustainable vegan treats in Sarah’s new tutorial, One Step at a Time: Tips on Developing Sustainable Habits.

Ingredients
- Meatballs
- 120 grams | 1 cup roasted sweet potatoes
- 90 grams| â…“ cup roasted carrots
- 70 grams | ½ cup diced onions
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 tbsp neutral oil
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- ½ tsp paprika
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 195 grams | 1 cup black beans
- 1 tsp parsley leaves
- ½ cup bread crumbs
- 1 cup tempeh
- Cheese sauce
- 1 cup cauliflower - boiled
- 1 cup carrot - boiled
- ¼ cup onion diced
- 1 garlic clove
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 slice pickled jalapeno
- 4 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- ¼ water used for boiling veggies
- 2 tbsp neutral oil
- 2 tbsp plant-based milk - optional
Instructions
- Add everything to a pan (except bread crumbs, black beans, and parsley) with the oil, garlic, salt, pepper, cilantro, soy sauce, onion, and neutral oil with 2 tsp of garlic paste, salt & pepper, cilantro, soy sauce, and onion powder.
- Let it cook for 5 minutes and then cool. In a food processor, add 1 cup of black beans, breadcrumbs, 1 tsp of parsley leaves.
- Add the cooled mixture to the food processor. Pulse It a few times so that it remains bulky. Add in chopped tempeh and pulse. Transfer into a bowl and add breadcrumbs.
- Bake at 350ºF/180ºC for 20 minutes, flipping halfway. I air-fried it for 10 mins at 350ºF/180ºC.
- To make the sauce, blend together and adjust for taste.
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Recipe & photography by Sarah Kermalli (@sculptedkitchen).
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