[recipe] My TVP Loaf ~ vegan

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This was my little cooking experiment last night.

All the TVP loaf recipes i could find had egg or cheese.

My goal was to make a delicious vegan version.

i thought it was a success, and enjoyed this loaf

with smashed potatoes, corn, and steamed broccoli.

Hearty comfort food.

i used the bit of mashed potatoes as a binder in

place of the egg i see in so many non-vegan recipes.

While i was doing this i thought a bit of instant mashed

potato flakes would be a quick & easy substitution for

that step. i hope you will try this, play around with it,

and let me know what you think.

 

TVP Loaf ~ vegan

 

1 cup TVP

2 cups vegetable broth

1 onion, finely minced

2 stalks celery, finely minced

3 cloves garlic, minced

2 Tbs. vegan margarine

1 small potato, cooked & mashed [or about 1/4 cup

mashed potatoes you have leftover]

1/2 cup bread crumbs

1/2 cup oatmeal

3 Tbs. Brags liquid aminos

2 Tbs. BBQ sauce

2 Tbs. tomato paste

1 tsp. gravy master [or Kitchen Bouquet]

Celtic sea salt to taste

Garlic oil, to grease loaf pans

 

 

Heat vegetable broth to boiling, add TVP and remove

from heat. Let sit until all moisture is absorbed.

Saute the onion, celery and garlic in the margarine until soft.

Add this to the reconstituted TVP. Stir in mashed potato,

bread crumbs, oatmeal, brags, BBQ sauce, tomato paste,

gravy master and salt. Mix completely. Divide mixture

evenly between two min-loaf pans that you have coated

the insides with garlic oil [or olive oil].

Bake at 350û for

Yield: 2 mini-loaf pans or 1 regular loaf

 

~ pt ~

 

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Being happy and serene and all that stuff

doesn't get necessarily any easier just because

you're more mature--or sober.

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