Recipes : Veggie Mince (whole food stage)

VEGGIE ALTERNATIVES TO MEAT
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I have tried the sanitarium mince and I hate it :) I use VTP/tvp -AVAILABLE AT MOST HEALTH SHOPS -(santiarium use to make them actually also but they're not the best)

It's sometimes called TVP or VTP "Vegetable Textured Protein" and its VERY high in protein very low in fat. It is a soy extracted protein and its dehydrated and looks kind of like cereal at first. You add in 1 cup of HOT stock per one cup of TVP - let sit for 5 mins.





image from http://community.livejournal.com/vegancooking/tag/ethnic+food-italian-pasta


image from: http://nowheyjose.com/2007/11/
their recipe: http://nowheyjose.com/recipes/meatballs-italiano/

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USES (after prepared with the stock):
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Add to a heated jar of pasta sauce for your spag bog (trust me, not many people can tell the difference!)

Add in a pan to a small amount of olive oil, onions, some peas, beans and corn. Fry. Add some tomato sauce and a bit of soy and fry until crispy looking you can also add some curry - this is a great alternative to a turkish style mince.

Mix 2 cups of prepared TVP with:
-a cup of whole wheat bread crumbs,
-2 cloves of garlic (more if you like) and one capsicum and one onion chopped finely and pre fried,
-4 tblspns grated parmesan,
-2 tbslspns tomato sauce
-1 tblsnp soy sauce
- and one egg.
(add fave spices if you like!)

Mix well, make into rissoles or burgers and press into more crumbs, spray with o'oil spray and either bake or fry (if frying do it at a low heat because you haven't added much oil to fry in) I call these protein bombs because they are very high in protein!! 2 should give you a great protein amount for the day.


The sky is the limit with TVP - things to avoid is allowing it to 'boil' for long periods in sauce (it goes a bit bleh when over soaked). I add a prepared batch straight to my simmered pasta sauce and turn the heat off. But you could use it in cannelloni filling, burgers, bakes, 'meat' loafs.. its pretty yummy too


some recipe links for VTP:

Home Made breakfast sausage patties (VEGAN)

VTP Taco's


Spaghetti and TVP meatballs