Vegetarian Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Ingredients

• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
• 0.5 cups cottage cheese
• 0.5 cups finely chopped onion
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.25 teaspoons dried sage
• 2 cups Italian seasoned bread crumbs

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. 2

   For meatballs, combine eggs, Cheddar cheese, and cottage cheese in a bowl and mix until well blended. Add onion, pecans, basil, salt, and sage. Stir in bread crumbs. Roll mixture into 2-inch balls, and place in a 9x13-inch baking dish.

3. 3

   For the sauce, whisk together the vegetable oil, vinegar, apricot jam, ketchup, onion, oregano, and hot pepper sauce. Pour over meatballs.

4. 4

   Bake uncovered in the preheated oven until meatballs are firm, and sauce is thick and bubbly, 35 to 40 minutes.