Guest guest Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Good day folks, My name is Bill and my wife and I are elimating meat from our diet. We are in our early 60's and have for some time been filtering out the meat. We have not eaten beef in over three years and chicken figured in our diet once per week. We have been meatless for three weeks. A plant based diet seems more in keeping with our present state of health and certainly makes sense after reading The China Study by T. Colin Campbell. Here is a recipe which I intend to change by substituting the ground beef with textured vegetable protein. There is a doughnut chain here in Canada called Tim Horton's and their chili is very nice. I tried to duplicate it at home and achieved success with ground beef. Now I will change it to add the TVP and hopefully it will be a good alternative. Billy's Chili 2 Cups Textured Vegetable Protein ( not sure if that will replace 500 gms of ground beef) 1 medium onion, diced 1 Green Pepper, diced 1 14 oz. can Red kidney beans ( drained) 1 14 oz. can Italian diced tomatoes 1 14 oz. can Beans in tomato sauce 1 level Tbsp chili powder 2 Tbsp white vinegar Ground opepper to taste Drain and rinse the kidney beans in cold water. (Next step as I see it ) in a small bowl add 2 cups of hot water to 2 cups of textured vegetable protein and let stand until water is absorbed.) Add all ingredients to a medium saucepan and stir well. Cover and simmer on low heat for (70) minutes stirring occasionally. Any further advice on the quantity of TVP and the method would be appreciated. Regards, Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Hey Bill. I am so glad that you and your wife have decided to become vegetarians at this time in your life. We hear so much about young people making changes, it's nice to know that at any time you can make the change. Congratulations! I live in Canada, too and I have heard many good things about the Tim Horton's chili. I have not eaten red meat, more specifically ground meat in over five years so I have not eaten the chili you speak of. I am going to try your recipe though, because I collect chili recipes and my kids LOVE it. Good luck on your journey! Vibeke , " Bill Short " <NOTL06 wrote: > > Good day folks, > > My name is Bill and my wife and I are elimating meat from our diet. We are in > our early 60's and have for some time been filtering out the meat. We have not > eaten beef in over three years and chicken figured in our diet once per week. We > have been meatless for three weeks. A plant based diet seems more in keeping > with our present state of health and certainly makes sense after reading The > China Study by T. Colin Campbell. > > Here is a recipe which I intend to change by substituting the ground beef with > textured vegetable protein. There is a doughnut chain here in Canada called Tim > Horton's and their chili is very nice. I tried to duplicate it at home and > achieved success with ground beef. Now I will change it to add the TVP and > hopefully it will be a good alternative. > > Billy's Chili > > 2 Cups Textured Vegetable Protein ( not sure if that will replace 500 gms of > ground beef) > 1 medium onion, diced > 1 Green Pepper, diced > 1 14 oz. can Red kidney beans ( drained) > 1 14 oz. can Italian diced tomatoes > 1 14 oz. can Beans in tomato sauce > 1 level Tbsp chili powder > 2 Tbsp white vinegar > Ground opepper to taste > > > Drain and rinse the kidney beans in cold water. (Next step as I see it ) in a > small bowl add 2 cups of hot water to 2 cups of textured vegetable protein and > let stand until water is absorbed.) Add all ingredients to a medium saucepan and > stir well. Cover and simmer on low heat for (70) minutes stirring occasionally. > > > Any further advice on the quantity of TVP and the method would be appreciated. > > Regards, > Bill > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Hi Vibeke, Thanks for the warm welcome. I am not 100% sure of the preparation of the textured vegetable protein as it is new to me so you may want to rely on your experience as to quantity and preparation method in replacing the original recipe's 500 gm of ground beef. If it is successful, let me know. I am experimenting with veggie recipes and today had a nice tofu vegetable stir fry taken from Rose Reisman's The Complete Light Kitchen recipe book. It was very nice. Regards, Bill , " danishfaery " <vibekevale wrote: > > Hey Bill. > > I am so glad that you and your wife have decided to become vegetarians at this time in your life. We hear so much about young people making changes, it's nice to know that at any time you can make the change. Congratulations! > > I live in Canada, too and I have heard many good things about the Tim Horton's chili. I have not eaten red meat, more specifically ground meat in over five years so I have not eaten the chili you speak of. I am going to try your recipe though, because I collect chili recipes and my kids LOVE it. > > Good luck on your journey! > > Vibeke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Hi again, Bill. If you go to the grocery store look for Yves Ground Round. One package easily subs for 500 g ground beef. When using the dry TVP I think it's about one cup dry, but it's been forever since I've used dry TVP. If you have a Loblaws, Independent Grocer or another store that sells PC brand, you can buy the PC Blue Menu ground round usually a little bit cheaper. , " Bill Short " <NOTL06 wrote: > > Hi Vibeke, > > Thanks for the warm welcome. > > I am not 100% sure of the preparation of the textured vegetable protein as it is new to me so you may want to rely on your experience as to quantity and preparation method in replacing the original recipe's 500 gm of ground beef. If it is successful, let me know. > > I am experimenting with veggie recipes and today had a nice tofu vegetable stir fry taken from Rose Reisman's The Complete Light Kitchen recipe book. It was very nice. > > Regards, > Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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