Can Anyone Help?

[silva]

I don't use cashew a lot, but they are so crazy good for adding a thick creamy texture and taking on the flavors of other ingredients (like tofu).
I've been culturing with soy yogurt and find that a better cream, sour cream and whatever it should be called.
Organic is also always ethical processing

 

[Tillimint]

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Looking to make this Chipotle sauce but cashews are out of my college student budget. Any ideas for subs?​

Creamy chipotle sauce​

• ¾ cups raw cashews, soaked overnight or boiled for 10 min
• ½ cup plant-based milk, unsweetened
• ¼ tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp maple syrup
• 1 lime, juiced
• 2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, plus 1 tsp of adobo sauce, adjust to taste

Just wanted to update you all and let you know that I made this using silken tofu (found on sale for $1 at Dillons!!) and it was great! Highly recommend trying, the burrito recipe that goes with it is on PlantYou. If you haven't checked out the recipes on that website you totally should!

 

[silva]

Granola--chunky!
Supposed to be sooo easy
I can't remember making it right since my kids were young-probably because I didn't think about oil or sugar!
I have a batch in the oven now and it's looking like museli, not sticking together. I used a little oil, peanut butter, and maple syrup, but I guess not enough
Anyone have a tried and true recipe?

 

[silva]

Any tips on cutting sun dried tomatoes easier? They're packed in oil and seem really hard to cut through the peels. Seems scissors would work best but I don't have them for food

 

[Blues]

Any tips on cutting sun dried tomatoes easier? They're packed in oil and seem really hard to cut through the peels. Seems scissors would work best but I don't have them for food

Scissors might work

 

[Tillimint]

Any tips on cutting sun dried tomatoes easier? They're packed in oil and seem really hard to cut through the peels. Seems scissors would work best but I don't have them for food

I find using a cerated knife can work! Alternatively, holding a couple at a tiem and cutting with slicing motions pulling the knife back towards you can help.

 

[shyvas]

Any tips on cutting sun dried tomatoes easier? They're packed in oil and seem really hard to cut through the peels. Seems scissors would work best but I don't have them for food

I'm not understanding why they are hard to cut as they are quite soft. Am I missing something?

 

[silva]

I find using a cerated knife can work! Alternatively, holding a couple at a tiem and cutting with slicing motions pulling the knife back towards you can help.

I didn't even think a serrated knife would work so I didn't try . I used a box cutter blade the last time.
I think my biggest issue is that they're packed in oil and hard to hold

I'm not understanding why they are hard to cut as they are quite soft. Am I missing something?

Not sure I understand either! They're in oil and just seem kinda tough, and so slippery

Scissors might work

I should some for food

I got them from Trader Joes in a small jar. They really add a ton of flavor--I had some dried ones years back that were bad and I never tried them again till recently

 

[shyvas]

Stick a fork into them when cutting.

 

[Tillimint]

I was just gifted about $100 worth of Impossible meat (long story) any suggestions for what to do with the ground beef? I have never used a vegan replacement for it before bc it's so expensive, and I've been a vegetarian since I was 9 so I don't really know what people do with it!

 

[silva]

I was just gifted about $100 worth of Impossible meat (long story) any suggestions for what to do with the ground beef? I have never used a vegan replacement for it before bc it's so expensive, and I've been a vegetarian since I was 9 so I don't really know what people do with it!

As in a gift card, or you have it all right now?
I'm curious how you'll like it. When I last quit eating meat I wanted nothing that even resembled meat, but as the years passed I've gotten to really like meat substitutes. I like Impossible as burgers, in lasagna, I guess made into taco meat. I once made a chili with it but didn't like that at all.
It's something I don't like to have more than once a week or two at most. More often and it doesn't taste right anymore
I think maybe a good addition of spices to be less like meat?

 

[Tillimint]

As in a gift card, or you have it all right now?
I'm curious how you'll like it. When I last quit eating meat I wanted nothing that even resembled meat, but as the years passed I've gotten to really like meat substitutes. I like Impossible as burgers, in lasagna, I guess made into taco meat. I once made a chili with it but didn't like that at all.
It's something I don't like to have more than once a week or two at most. More often and it doesn't taste right anymore
I think maybe a good addition of spices to be less like meat?

I have it all right now! My friend lives in a communal dorm where they order large amounts of food and rotate cooking; apparently they have so much left it won't get eaten by the end of the year bc there are only a couple vegetarians living there.

 

[KLS52]

I think I would like meatloaf or meatballs because of the added bread/breadcrumbs. I'm not too much of a fan of beyond or impossible burgers unless they are cooked well. I had a beyond burger the other day at a restaurant and the outside was grilled/seared nicely but it was soft and pink inside... I could only eat around the edges. But then I always liked my meat burgers well done before going vegetarian/vegan.

 

[Lou]

I was just gifted about $100 worth of Impossible meat (long story) any suggestions for what to do with the ground beef? I have never used a vegan replacement for it before bc it's so expensive, and I've been a vegetarian since I was 9 so I don't really know what people do with it!

I don't have any personal experience either (also because it's so expensive). but Probably the very best thing to do is to visit the Impossible Meat Website. It makes sense that they would have the best recipes - tested and popular. Oddly they don't seem to put the ground beef in the products menu - but I checked and they have plenty of recipes using ground beef. And the. way they have organized their recipes is sort of clever.

https://impossiblefoods.com/recipes

after that I would just google it "impossible meat ground beef recipes"

I did it and stir fry, sloppy joes, vegan hamburger helper, spaghetti sauce, vegan meatloaf, chili mac and anything that calls for taco meat were the most popular recipes. I liked the stroganoff and lasagna recipes.

 

[Emma JC]

I agree, tacos, chili and burgers.... all can be made and then frozen unless what you were gifted is already frozen then I would just make it a bit at a time.

Emma JC
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[PTree15]

Another vote for the tacos. Also, I would use it to make American chop suey (pasta, usually elbows or rotini, onions, garlic, tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, a little salt and pepper). You could cook up the Impossible meat with the onions, garlic and spices and then add the cooked pasta (al dente) and sauce and heat through. I've crumbled up Beyond burgers for the same purpose.

 

[Tillimint]

I don't have any personal experience either (also because it's so expensive). but Probably the very best thing to do is to visit the Impossible Meat Website. It makes sense that they would have the best recipes - tested and popular. Oddly they don't seem to put the ground beef in the products menu - but I checked and they have plenty of recipes using ground beef. And the. way they have organized their recipes is sort of clever.

https://impossiblefoods.com/recipes

after that I would just google it "impossible meat ground beef recipes"

I did it and stir fry, sloppy joes, vegan hamburger helper, spaghetti sauce, vegan meatloaf, chili mac and anything that calls for taco meat were the most popular recipes. I liked the stroganoff and lasagna recipes.

It never occurred to me that impossible would have its own recipes, thanks!!

 

[Tillimint]

I agree, tacos, chili and burgers.... all can be made and then frozen unless what you were gifted is already frozen then I would just make it a bit at a time.

Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com

It is all frozen, which is great because I can try a bunch of different recipes!!

 

[Lou]

I had a beyond burger the other day at a restaurant and the outside was grilled/seared nicely but it was soft and pink inside..

oh boy. back when I ate meat and back before I knew the phrase "food safety" - that is exactly how I would ask for my burgers to be cooked.
Medium rare.

 

[KLS52]

Those of you who use soy curls...when putting them in soups, stews, curries, etc., do you need to rehydrate them first or can I put them in dry, from the package? I realize they will soak up some liquid but that actually appeals to me.