Gluten-Free Vegan Raw No-Bake Broccoli Balls

White bowl full of Gluten-Free Vegan Raw No-Cook Broccoli Balls on a wooden surface

5 from 17 votes

Gluten-Free Vegan Raw No-Bake Broccoli Balls are an easy and healthy recipe to make with only 9 clean, real food ingredients and they're ready in about 10 minutes!

{ Plant-Based | Raw | Vegan | Gluten-Free | Dairy-Free | Egg-Free | Keto/Low Carb | No-Bake | Paleo-Friendly | Medical Medium® Compliant* }

Prep Time10

Cook Time0

Total Time10

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 86kcal

Author: Karielyn Tillman

Equipment

Food Processor

Ingredients

2 ½ cups organic raw broccoli florets packed tightly
2 ½ cups organic raw cashews
¼ cup organic red onion
2 cloves organic garlic
1 tablespoon 100% pure avocado oil
1 organic jalapeno
¼ cup nutritional yeast*
½ teaspoon organic ground black pepper
½ teaspoon Himalayan pink salt

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Instructions

Add the broccoli pieces and cashews to a food processor and process until they are chopped into small pieces (approximately 20 long pulses) taking care to not over process.
Add all remaining ingredients to the food processor and pulse approximately 20-30 times, or until everything is well combined and has a wet, crumbly consistency.
Taste and adjust the seasonings to your preference.
Take out a spoonful at a time, squeeze it tightly together in your fist, then shape them with your fingertips into small bite-sized balls.
Option 1: Enjoy and refrigerate any leftovers.
Option 2 (Dehydrator): Put the balls on a mesh dehydrator tray and dehydrate at 115 degrees for approximately 10-12 hours, or overnight.
Store in an air-tight BPA-free container in the refrigerator.

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Notes

Broccoli: You will need 2 ½ cups for this recipe which is approximately 1 ½ bundles of broccoli. When you cut off the floret pieces, try to remove as much of the stem as possible. Pack the broccoli florets into the measuring cup tightly.

Cashews: When you buy your cashews, make sure they are "raw" and not roasted and/or salted, which would affect the flavor.

Red Onion: I like to use the red onion variety, but you could also use a white or yellow onion. A ¼ cup will be approximately ¼ of a large onion. You don't have to spend a lot of time dicing the onion into small pieces because you will add it the food processor.

Garlic: Fresh garlic will work best in this recipe, but you could also add organic ground garlic in the amount of your preference.

Avocado Oil: This can be substituted with organic extra-virgin olive oil.

Jalapeno: This will give the broccoli balls a little extra flavor but if you don't like spicy foods or will be serving this to children, it can be omitted.

Nutritional Yeast: I added this ingredient to give the broccoli balls a "cheesy" flavor that is found in S.A.D. (Standard American Diet) broccoli balls. However, if you need this recipe to be 100% Medical Medium® Compliant, you will need to omit the nutritional yeast and can substitute it with organic hemp seeds.

Salt: I use Himalayan pink salt as my preference, but feel free to use a healthy sea salt instead.

*Medical Medium®: Omit the nutritional yeast to make this recipe 100% Medical Medium® Compliant. It can be substituted with ¼ cup organic hemp seeds.

Serving Size: This recipe will make approximately (12) small balls or (10) medium-size balls. Nutritional information is calculated for (2) small balls which is (1) serving.

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