TVP Textured Vegetable Protein

[blissful]

I've been eating wfpb'ed (whole food plant based) which is close to vegan except low fat high fiber low sat low sugar and haven't had a sloppy joe in 6 years. Pathetic.
I bought some TPV to make some sloppy joes. They turned out OKAY! Sloppy, hot, smoky tomato-y onion molasses filling for a sandwich. Messy to eat.
(not my pictures)

"Better Than Manwich" Vegan Sloppy Joes

Craving sloppy joes? This vegan sloppy joe recipe tastes JUST like the classic sandwich (and it's ready in 20 minutes). Meat-eater approved!

www.liveeatlearn.com

Main advantage: very fast to make. Maybe 10 minutes and we had baked beans on the side to just warm up.
Mr bliss liked it a lot since we hadn't had anything like it in so long.
I should have aimed to overspice it to get a really strong flavor because that's what I like, but it wasn't bad. I loved using the onions instead of the peppers in it and the molasses really helped it.
I'm sure I will make it again, much spicier!
It was 0.34cent/ounce at the grocery store, dry goods aisle, and 0.43cents/ounce on amazon. I only used 3/4th's of a cup and that'll make 4 sloppy joes.

It is a dry 'crumb' and immediately soaks up the liquid. It only gets a little bigger than it was dry. 1 cup TVP add 1 and 1/2 cup hot liquid, equals about 2 cups, enough for 2 people.

 

[Kathleen]

I love how this looks! I would definitely give it a try!

 

[blissful]

tpv, is made of soy, 4 sandwiches, 60 calories/sandwich (for the tpv part), little to no fat.
Other things that could be used besides tpv are brown lentils, crushed soy curls, diced tofu and crushed/chopped walnuts, and broken up tempeh.

I don't think many people would know this is tpv unless they were told.
One of my gal friends almost always makes her sloppy joe sandwiches with lentils.
I've tried tofu and chopped walnuts for a ground beef substitute and it works very well.

 

[thymeless]

Makes me toot. But it is a useful ingredient

 

[giggler]

I went thru a vegan phase back in the 80's.
Mainly to me meet cute vegan girls!
TVP is quite good and cheap. makes great chili.
When cooked, it is much like rice.
Has zero flavor.
So I agree, up the spices!
Eric, Austin Tx.

 

[Kathleen]

I went thru a vegan phase back in the 80's.
Mainly to me meet cute vegan girls!
TVP is quite good and cheap. makes great chili.
When cooked, it is much like rice.
Has zero flavor.
So I agree, up the spices!
Eric, Austin Tx.

I have a good friend who was vegan for the same reason as you had. Then while out to dinner, he ordered a cheeseburger. I was stunned and said, "I thought you were now vegan. It's why I chose this restaurant!" He replied, "Yeah....well.....why didn't someone warn me that vegan girls are so controlling?" He then devoured his cheeseburger, and met a non-vegan girl shortly after that he ended up marrying.