In it's simplest terms, TVP is a meat substitute. It looks like meat, smells like meat, and even tastes like meat. But it's not a meat. It's actually a vegetable. What does that mean, exactly? Simply put, you get all the taste you love in meat, but not all the fat. And it does it for a lot less! Our TVP flavors typically cost half of what their meat equivalents are. That means you can have more food for half the price!
Perhaps the biggest question with TVP is how to use it. The best way we've found is not by simply replacing the meat you have in a recipe with TVP, but combining it. Using a half meat/half TVP ratio gives you the perfect meal without having to use all of the meat supply from your food storage pantry. Today's recipe is the perfect example. Combining our Beef flavored TVP with our Freeze Dried Ground Beef, we've created the perfect meatloaf recipe we know you'll family will enjoy!
Ingredients:
1 cup Honeyville Freeze Dried Ground Beef
1 cup Honeyville Beef Flavored TVP
1/2 cup Honeyville Freeze Dried Onions
1 cup Bread Crumbs
1/3 cup Milk
1/3 cup Ketchup
4 Tbsp Honeyville Ova Easy Egg Crystals + 6 Tbsp Water (or 2 fresh Eggs)
2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Ground Black Pepper
1 tsp Oregano
Directions:
Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
In separate bowls, re-hydrate your TVP and beef by soaking in water until soft, then draining the excess water.
In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients and mix gently together until well blended.
Place ingredients in a greased 9x13 bread pan and shape into a loaf. Drizzle some extra ketchup on top, then cook in the oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour 10 minutes.
Remove, allow to cool, then serve.
You never knew food storage could taste so good! The freeze dried beef, combined with the beef flavored TVP, gives this meal the taste and texture you've been looking for. We served ours with our re-hydrated Freeze Dried Green Beans and reconstituted Instant Potato Flakes for the perfect family dinner. The ketchup gives this meatloaf the perfect sweetness, while still packing it with the flavor you've come to expect in meatloaf.
It's time to start using TVP, and this meatloaf is the perfect recipe for it!
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