Meatless Meatballs? Really!?

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I just discovered the most wonderful meatless invention ever: meatless meatballs.  Veggie Patch frozen meatballs…with no meat!

Veggie Patch's Meatless Meatballs: These puppies are GOOD. Besides the fact that their consistency is yummy and even more appetizing than some meatballs I've had, they taste nice, too.

They are GOOD and filling.  I think they would even be good in an appetizer…you know the ones that Southern folks serve at parties in their crock pots?   The ones you eat with toothpicks and chase around your plate with a slightly sweet sauce on them?  I have no idea what those are called, but I would bet these would be good in that, too.

Mix ‘em with some marinara and noodles, and oh my!  I had wanted to make this another one of my noodle adventure blogs, but my hubby has not had time (and slightly refuses) to go by Whole Foods on his way home for some more shirataki noodles.  I’m not that upset for 2 reasons:

1. He has been going to the gym twice during the work week, and there is just no time on those days.
2. Publix has agreed to stock them for me!

The idea occurred to me last night after an awesome 45 min spin class.  I might add that this grand idea came to me in spite of the sweaty muscle-bound guy with the very un-rad tattoo on the bike next to me.  Yeah, the guy with hair gel who gave me advice on my bike (unsolicited, I might add), but then didn’t know how to clip in his own bike shoes to the pedals…who continued to make silly faces and pedal backwards like there was something wrong with his bike…and left early.  Oh, there’s nothing worse than dudes like that.  Not even newbies.  Did I mention his tattoo was very large and of something circular and grey and blobby? I bet you’re thinking of a similar dude you may have encountered.

Spin class never has this much drama in the other 11 months of the year.  Anywho, I digress.
I needed stuff for our Greek Tabouleh and Hummus night, so I stopped by Publix, my favorite grocery of all time (besides the Ingles supermarkets of the Carolinas, of course).  Publix has all kinds of weird stuff that I bet folks asked them to order for them.  So that’s just what I did.  I marched myself up there, filled out a form, and they’ll call me when they start stocking them on the shelves.  OH MAN!