Sunday, October 7, 2012

Sloppy joes

We're back online! We've been super lazy about posting recipes. Not that we haven't been cooking... Just not posting... So here we are with a sloppy joes recipe. We decided to try gardein, which is essentially fancy textured vegetable protein. I've heard great things about it and found it on sale at fresh and easy!

I got a packet in "ground beef" form and Sarah decided sloppy joes should be the first recipe. Warning as we begin: careful with the cayenne! We put one full teaspoon of red pepper in and paid the price for it later. Also when we added the soy sauce the cayenne evaporated with it caused coughing fits for both of us… so, moral is, be careful.

Vegan Sloppy Joes
1 medium onion, diced
1/2 or 1 medium zucchini, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 1/3 c gardein meatless ground
1/2 tsp cayenne or less (remember be careful!)
Oil to sauté the onion
1/2 c ketchup
Nutritional yeast as desired

Sauté onion until translucent, add zucchini and garlic for an extra minute or two. Add cayenne and stir until well covered. Stir in gardein, soy sauce and ketchup. Simmer for several minutes and add yeast as desired. You may need to add some water if it gets too dry while simmering.

Other than the extreme spiciness of our dish it was rely delicious. We served it with a half cup of brown rice pasta. Yum!