I had some vegetarian friends getting married on 4/20/2012, and they requested I bring a dish as they had attended my 2011 vegan Thanksgiving feast and enjoyed it. The sausage balls are a surprisingly uncanny replica of the traditional heart-attack-in-delicious-round-form. It's just a tube of Lightlife brand vegan "sausage" with added sage, pepper, and a couple tablespoons of vegan shortening because the sausage substitute itself has no fat, plus 2 cups of cheddar-style Daiya and some heart-healthy bisquick mix, baked for about 25 minutes. Even the older skeptical family enjoyed these as well as our group of vegetarian friends, and the whole batch was gone shortly after the reception began!
