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I saw a blurb on tofurkey for a turkey substitute on the news here in Oregon. I guess its pretty popular amongst vegitarians. So, did anybody have any? Just wondering how it tastes.
In Reply to: Tofurkey anyone for Thanksgiving??? posted by Barb (1) [5186.2765] on November 25, 2006 at 16:28:09:
my SIL has used it, thought it was ok. She's gone back to making baked pasta like many vegetarians do. I made two tofu lasagnas for thanksgiving- one with whole wheat pasta and one with brown rice pasta, for our gluten-free family members. Instead of cheese, I put oiled, spiced bread crumbs on top to keep the lasagnas from drying out. We use food for life brown rice bread to make the gluten free bread crumbs.
We also have mashed potatoes, gluten-free stuffing, corn, fordhook limas, carrot sticks, and a gravy that's like Hunan sauce, with onion, garlic, ginger, and tamari. For dessert, I made two kinds of pie with brown rice/walnut crusts. One was vegan pumpkin, one was soy chocolate cream. For my kid who doesn't like pie crust, I make some soy chocolate pudding separately.
In Reply to: Tofurkey anyone for Thanksgiving??? posted by Barb (1) [5186.2765] on November 25, 2006 at 16:28:09:
I hate to say this, Barb, but it sounds pretty awful to me. Just my two cents. :)
Naya
In Reply to: Re: Tofurkey anyone for Thanksgiving??? posted by Naya [2016.14] on November 25, 2006 at 21:18:10:
Hi Naya, they showed how it was made, didn't look to apetizing.
In Reply to: Tofurkey anyone for Thanksgiving??? posted by Barb (1) [5186.2765] on November 25, 2006 at 16:28:09:
Hi Barb:
I tried it last year, right after Thanksgiving. I bought the entire "turkey" meal, with the gravy and stuffing. It was not as tasty as I had expected. I had to add seasonings and butter. The whole meal would have been too bland and dry without the additions. It's something you try once and don't try again:-)
In Reply to: Tofurkey anyone for Thanksgiving??? posted by Barb (1) [5186.2765] on November 25, 2006 at 16:28:09:
I've had Tofurkey several times, and kind of like it. I didn't expect it to
taste like turkey, and maybe that helped. Nobody else I know can
stand this product!
In Reply to: Re: Tofurkey anyone for Thanksgiving??? posted by maryb [4724.2562] on November 26, 2006 at 11:29:42:
I'll have to try it sometime just for the experience. I love gardenbergers.
In Reply to: Re: Tofurkey anyone for Thanksgiving??? posted by PhillyLady [5066.1351] on November 26, 2006 at 10:12:54:
I imagine it would be like eating tofu in texture, but brown. lol........I saw them make it on TV.
In Reply to: Re: Tofurkey anyone for Thanksgiving??? posted by ANN [1003.516] on November 25, 2006 at 18:16:07:
I'm not a vegetarian, but I have been off of wheat, only eating rice cakes & brown rice. How do you make your brownrice/walnut crust?
In Reply to: Re: Tofurkey anyone for Thanksgiving??? posted by Barb (1) [5186.2765] on November 26, 2006 at 15:46:20:
grind some tree nuts- I like walnuts for this, but pecans or almonds work. You can grind them a very small amt at a time in a blender or much faster in a seed grinder or coffee bean grinder.
You will need one cup of the ground up nuts.
this also makes a great pie crust- just press it into the oiled pie pan.
Brown Rice Cookies
1 cup brown rice flour
1 cup ground walnuts
1/4 cup honey
2 Tablespoons olive oil or butter
1/4 cup water OR 1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
mix together and chill in fridge several hours or overnight
roll into one inch balls
place on oiled cookie sheet. flatten. bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10-12 minutes
In Reply to: Brown rice/walnut dough for cookies or pie crust posted by ANN [1003.516] on November 26, 2006 at 16:10:10:
Thanks ANN. Sounds yummy.
In Reply to: Brown rice/walnut dough for cookies or pie crust posted by ANN [1003.516] on November 26, 2006 at 16:10:10:
Thanks, Ann.
Sounds yummy!
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Brown rice/walnut dough for cookies or pie crust posted by Walt Stoll [93.1889] on November 27, 2006 at 06:47:21:
since I cook gluten free for some of my family, I wind up posting the same recipes every time a new gluten free person on the board asks-might be nice if people could just find a store of recipes already here
In Reply to: could you archive recipes? posted by ANN [1003.516] on November 27, 2006 at 07:10:13:
O.K., Ann.
Where would you suggest I archive them?
Walt
In Reply to: Re: could you archive recipes? Archive. posted by Walt Stoll [93.1889] on November 27, 2006 at 08:07:17:
I guess in a topic called 'recipes', or, you might have separate ones "gluten-free' recipes" "whole-grain recipes" "dairy-free recipes", but, in the archives, anyway, since whole foods is part of your concept here, recipes for cooking that way fit in with the health topics.
Suppose you could have a 'low-carb' category , too-I post Atkin's egg-based pancake/wrap/manicotti substitute recipe a lot, too, for people who are allergic to a lot else. It was in one of his early books. Since Atkins sells food products now, you don't find those recipes in his newer books.
In Reply to: Re: could you archive recipes? Archive. posted by ANN [1003.516] on November 27, 2006 at 13:01:53:
Thanks, Ann.
The archives are becoming unwhieldy so I have become very conservative about adding more subjects. Perhaps if I put stuff like this in the diet archives????
Comments.
Walt
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