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sneaking in the TVP...

September 21st, 2006 at 03:13 am

that is, texturized vegetable protein, for anyone who has not yet read The Tightwad Gazette (and if you haven't, why not??). It's a soy product used to supplement, or replace, meat - useful in dishes like chili, tacos, where you flavor the meat quite a bit anyway. Anyway, I used this tonight to mix with ground beef for chili. I will admit, there was no noble calling to this other than the fact that I had a very limited quantity of beef and I wanted to make two pots of chili. I used roughly one part reconstituted TVP per three parts beef - wanted to start out small to see if anyone noticed. Without saying anything, I served up dinner as usual. A few minutes in, DH asked me if I used turkey in the chili - I thought he picked up on the slight color difference, but he said the texture was different (although the taste was not - yoohoo!) I will call this experiment a success (no one else at the table noticed the difference - and I didn't tell them!). Next time, Ill try adding a little more.
I did get two pots of chili - one hot, on mild - for lunches and the freezer. I already packed DH's and my lunches for tomorrow and put the remainder of one pot in the freezer. I also made cornbread - not a good recipe (used cheese and creamed corn). I will definitely go back to plain old tried and true cornbread next time.
My culinary disappointment of the day: I wanted to try The Tightwad Gazette's recipe for homemade yogurt (can you tell I am in the midst of rereading the Gazette?), but the yogurt I had on hand did not specify if it contained live cultures, so I decided to wait until I went to the store again. I'll have to post on that later -

1 Responses to “sneaking in the TVP...”

  1. yummy64 Says:
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    I'm so glad I'm not the only one who has done this. Lasagne, Spagetti Sauce - I used to hide it in all kinds of foods - always added a spoonful or two of bouillion powder (from the bulk store). My carnivore eX never did catch on!

    With the current boyfriend being vegan I'm now frequently cooking TVP and beans and quite enjoying it. Its nice not to have to sneak it in. And its so cheap. The last recipe I made for us (OMG was it ever good) I think cost about $2 total four four excellent meals.

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