This recipe turned out pretty good for meatballs. Used up the last of the TVP I bought. I tink TVP is a nice meat substitute for things like meatballs and meatloaf - more meat-like than some. However, it is highly processed so won't be a main ingredient for us. I have just listed the meatball recipe - you can use any sort of pasta and pasta sauce to go along with this recipe.Meetballs (adapted from Cozy Inside)
2 cups TVP
1 3/4 cups faux beef broth
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves minced garlic
2 T oil
1/2 cup gluten
1 T soy sauce
1/2 t each pepper, oregano, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder
additional oil for pan-frying
Recontitute TVP by heating broth and adding TVP. Use fork to stir. Cover and let sit 10 min. Fluff with a fork. In a skillet, heat oil and add onion and garlic. Cook until tender. Remove from heat. Add onion mixture to TVP and add remaining ingredients. Form balls 1 1/2 in in diameter, squeezing hard to tightly form them. Heat skillet with oil and pan-fry until golden brown on all sides.
These were pretty good but I like my usual breakfast burritos better (using seitan bacon crumbles, potatoes, salsa, peppers). The tofu eggs were pretty good and Braedon (my 21 mo old) loved them! The TVP sausage wasn't real flavorful and didn't add much to the flavor in my opinion. Below is the recipe for the eggs and sausage - other ingredients you would need would be pan-fried potatoes, salsa, peppers - basically whatever else you would want in your burrito.Tofu Eggs (adapted from Cozy Inside)
1 block extra firm tofu, drained and pressed
1 medium onion chopped
2 cloves minced garlic
2 T oil
2 T vegan sour cream
pepper to taste
1/4 t each turmeric, cumin, ground mustard, seasoned salt
In skillet, heat oil and add garlic and onions. Cook 5 min. Add tofu by crumbling into pan. Saute 5 more minutes. Stir in spices. Cook 5 more min. Remove from heat, stir in sour cream.
TVP Sausage(adapted from Cozy Inside)
1 cup TVP (rehydrated with 7/8 cup veg stock)
1/4 t each cayenne, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder
1/2 t each oregano, pepper
1 T each soy sauce, ketchup
splash of hot sauce
After rehydrating TVP, add ingredients except ketchup and hot sauce to skillet. Cook for 5 min or until browned. Remove from heat and stir in ketchup and hot sauce.
Where do you get faux beef broth? I'm going to make those tempeh black eyed pea meatballs this week. Nate is totally craving Italian. I'm amazed at all you cook. Does your husband know how lucky he is?
ReplyDeleteUsed to get it at Briarcliff but prices went up so much. Whole foods used to carry it but they didn't have it last time. I like Better than Boullion brand best - for faux beef and chicken. I bought Edwards and Sons last time since they were out of the other - those are boullion cubes which work ok. I like the Better than Boullion brand better though....
ReplyDeleteThat's what I normally get (the reduced salt one.) I do like Rapunzel brand though as well. It's more chickeny than better than bouillon.
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