but so far there's only one imitation meat product that I like, and that's Field Roast Italian Sausage. I just used it to make Pasta con Verza, and I was surprised at how good it was. On rare occasions I'll still make Pasta con Verza with a small amount of italian turkey sausage, and the vegetarian police haven't come to get me yet. 
Still, my favorite meatless spaghetti meal is spaghetti with eggplant meatballs and marinara. If you don't like eggplant, just dice it finely before sauteing it and it you won't even taste it. I like it eggplant, so I dice it into about 1/4" chunks so I can taste bits of eggplant in the "meatballs". Even my non-vegetarian family members enjoy the eggplant meatballs.
Just a note on protein, if you want to have complete protein in a pasta meal, you need to add a legume component. I experimented with cannellini meatballs, but I found that they fall apart easily and get mushy. Now I like to go with the eggplant meatballs and complement it with a green salad with garbanzos so that I get all of my essential amino acids.
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