Spaghetti is absolutely one of my favorite comfort foods that I was determined to find an equally delicious alternative for because I wasn't about to give that up!
See that? That's a noodle better than most pastas you would buy anyway. All you gluten free people can have this too. Costco has it all.
My choice of meat alternative is the Italian Style veggie sausages. You have to play around with the meat alternatives to find the one you like best, but this one has a lot of flavor already that I can work with, so I opted for this one. I took two out of the bag and grated it in my food processor for a ground beef texture.
To spruce up my sauce, I sauteed half an onion and a few tablespoons of garlic (I love garlic) in olive oil first and seasoned with salt and pepper. Then I added my grated veggie sausages and combined a jar of marinara sauce. I also chopped up a few basil leaves from my garden and added it into the sauce.
Oh, and of course I topped it off with some dairy free grated parmesan.
Mhmm. We don't have to miss out on a thing these days!
I'm glad you're finding alternative ways of eating the things you enjoy! I hate to break it to you though hon, that sausage has egg in it. =(
ReplyDeleteI would like to encourage you to make your own vegan foods. Here is a blog that has lots of recipes without using any processed ingredients. http://veganmotherhubbard.com/2013/06/homemade-vegan-sausages.html
I am enlightened to find out that I uploaded the wrong picture for the Italian Sausage! Ron and I reloaded today, and I looked at the back of the ingredients to double check for egg and was super relieved to find there is no egg in the one that we buy! It was my memory that did me wrong.
ReplyDeleteThis is indeed a plant-based meal 100%! Woohoo! I'm not sucking as horribly as I thought.
I uploaded the first photo from google because Ron had removed the label, and I was trying to remember which brand it was. But I am so happy to know I google searched the wrong brand. Phew!
ReplyDeleteI fixed the picture. So it is the correct image now.