TVP-- the Miracle Product no RNYer should be without!

I made a huge pot of turkey chili with 4 different kinds of beans,yesterday and added about 3/4 cup of TVP and no one in the family even noticed. I add it to veggie soup right before I eat it and it softens right up. I even carry a little baggie of TVP in my purse and when I go out to eat if I get soup I pour a little in.

mary

What kind of consistency does it have in soup? Does it just melt in?

It's sort of meaty-- reminds me of the meat in a Wendy's chili, sort of.

Preachin to the choir here Shari...I LOVE TVP...I think I need to make me a T-Shirt with that on it. LOL.

The on line place that I found was harmonyhousefoods.com. They have different flavors: Beefish, Hamish and Chickenish, along with plain...Good stuff. The price for it on line is a bit more than it is at my local health food store. I was just there today (Whole Wheatery) and they had organic turkeys on sale for Thanksgiving so I ordered one...They also have turkey breast roasts and I think we're going to take part in the Organic revolution..

LOVE TVP..

Dawn,
I just went to harmonyhousefoods.com and they have so many great things. I'm placing an order tonight. Thanks for telling us about it.

Mary

Check out the dehydrated beans! Fully cooked but dehydrated. I love stuff that doesn't need refrigeration and I'm getting so that I'm anti-canned stuff too...Dehydrated is so nice...Just rehydrate and cook...AND GO...

I'm gonna get an order for harmony house ready here soon...Watchout credit card...I'm gonna bend it, if not break it..LOL.

I got this from harmonyhousefoods.com:

Ingredients:

Textured vegetable protein (soy flour, caramel color), soybean oil, water, salt, hydrolyzed corn-soy-wheat protein, autolyzed yeast extract.

Description & Directions:

Beefish Bits are a textured vegetable protein product with a beef-like, flavor, aroma, and color. Rehydrate with water at a 2 to 1 ratio for use as ground beef, or use directly in soups, stews, and other dishes.

Storage & Shelf-life: Store in original container in a cool, dry location, for 24 months. You may also reseal product in a vacuum type storage bag forextended storage. Once hydrated this product should be handled as fresh meat.

Nutrient Per 28g (app. 1/4 cup)

Energy (Calories) 87.64
Total Fat 2.52g
Saturated Fat 0.364g
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium  201.6mg
Total Carbohydrates 8.12g
Dietary Fiber 3.892g
Sugars 2.24g
Protein 12.04g
Vitamin A (IU) 9.52
Thaimin-B1  0mg
Riboflavin  0mg
Niacin  0mg
Vitamin B-6  0mg
Vitamin C  0mg
Calcium 60.48mg
Iron 2.212mg
Phosphorus  0mg
Potassium  0mg

I LOVES me some TVP!!!  I've done TVP oatmeal, put it in chili (and, for what it's worth, the damn pot of chili won't run out!!!  I froze it in portions and I'm still not out of the stuff!), fake friend rice and I'm experimenting with a TVP oatmeal raisin cookie for Christmas using Splenda.  I figure if I'm gonna eat a cookie this Christmas (and, let's face it, I will) then it might as well be a cookie that's working for me.  So far my success has been ok.  I have to figure out a way to get the cookies browned without using maple syrup (Splenda doesn't brown cookies and I like them browned).  Perhaps SF breakfast syrup will do the trick?  And the quest continues...

My other quest is a cookie bar...also oatmeal raisin but I think it'd also probably work with sugar-free chocolate chunks. 

Cleo,

Browning occurs with brown sugar or molasses. SF substitutes don't caramelize (and brown), so they don't give the browning effect. Using a bit of molasses or brown sugar, mixed in with Splenda, will help acheive your goal of nice, browned cookies.

Oh my gosh, thank you for this thread...I have learned so much!  Till now I've only used TVP in my homemade protein bars to cut down on the oatmeal carbs but I can see that I will seriously have to branch out with the stuff.  Woohoo!!!