I made the best pulled pork Sandwich last weekend using Chicken-of-the-woods mushroom in place of the pork.
I shredded the mushroom, dry sauteed until the tips began to brown. I added just a splash of oil, cumin, paprika, and oregano. Once the aromatics started smelling great I put in a light amount barbecue sauce for the last couple of moments. Then onto a toasted bun with some fried onions. Delicious!
The government doesn’t want you to know this but the food in the woods is free, you can just take it home.
Stop putting fake meat in your food. It’s expensive, farming and processing it is environmentally disastrous, and everyone insists it’s just as good as or better than real meat but they’re always sobbing a little bit when they say it. Either eat meat or don’t.
I think the canned meat chili already is cut with tvp to save money. and everywhere i can find suggests that plant based food is cheaper.
Is it though? If you’re referring to large scale farming of soybeans - you’re correct. But we use soy as a feed for animals. There would be no need to produce that amount if we were to eat it directly.
People switching to plant based nutrition is by far better environmentaly.
Remember that processing soy into textured vegetable protein costs energy and generates waste. Switching to plant based meat subs is better for the environment. Switching to plants is best.
I completely agree! But I think that it’s easier for families to use those products since it’s an alternative to what they’re already cooking. I prefer to cook using unprocessed plants - but don’t really see a fault in supplying an alternative to meat.
Damn. Now I’m craving a black bean burger.
Yeah right and meatball smoothies are better than veggies ones.
I just want to take the pepsi challenge on this, if you think your meat-free chilli tastes better PM me that recipe. I’ll give it a honest (omnivore) review.
Just replace your ground beef with imitation meat ground, the texture works so much better, while not effecting the flavor, you just dont need to drain it like the normal meat.
I’d rather just use more beans than imitation meat because beans are already plenty tasty. That said, I’m not likely to make a meatless chili unless I’m having to feed someone who doesn’t eat meat.
This. Don’t build vegan meals with meat replacements. Build vegan meals that never had or wanted meat. Cheaper, better for you, and made with ingredients you can get at the shitty neighborhood grocer. My partner and I started doing meat free Fridays for Lent as we’re both recovering Catholics, and we decided it was a fun challenge to keep it up and try to do it with all raw ingredients. I’ve learned a ton about south Asian and east Asian cooking, eaten a lot of truly excellent veg* food, saved buckets of money and now I have a healthy respect for beans and lentils.
You made vegetable soup.
