Vegetarianism
So, I've been thinking about going vegetarian myself. The nine-year-old...
OK, you know what? I'm tired of typing out "the nine-year-old" every time I want to refer to that particular person. From now until the middle of April, she shall be known as Nine. After the middle of April, she shall be known as Ten. Keep that in mind.
Where was I?
Oh, yeah. Nine is in need of better nutrition and more variety in her meals, because right now she seems to be living on Campbell's vegetable soup and tuna. If I'm (we're) buying groceries for more than one person, however, it becomes cheaper and easier all around. Not to mention, I've become increasingly neurotic about worms and E. Coli and botulism and... that sort of thing. Mostly the worms, though. I hate worms. ...ew. :(
Unlike Nine, however, I'm not eating seafood. Under no circumstances. You could offer me a choice between fish and roadkill, and I'd... well, I'd probably starve, but it definitely wouldn't be the fish! Besides, it's not any better than pork - has anyone other than me seen the truly grotesque worms that live in water?! EW! >:( That would totally give me a whole new level of neurosis! Worms don't exist in TVP and tofu. (And if, by chance, anyone knows differently... shut up! Seriously, just shut the hell up! I don't want to hear your mouth or read your words, or anything!)
So today I made a noodle dish with shell pasta and Morningstar's TVP Crumble. I combined the pasta with a large can of tomato sauce and a cup of carrot juice (I even broke out the juicer, wow), the crumble, some Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. I think I put something else in there, but now I can't remember. Not bad at all. The TVP is kinda weird. It actually feels in my mouth like the parts of hamburger that I spit out, which makes eating it seem like a definitely odd thing to do. But it doesn't taste bad. I wonder how much of that is because the TVP itself doesn't taste bad, and how much is because I can't taste it over the seasoning, anyway.
Hm. Maybe I can do this.
Can anyone tell me if cooking with V8 will taste better than cooking with tomato sauce for tomato-based soups and stuff?
OK, you know what? I'm tired of typing out "the nine-year-old" every time I want to refer to that particular person. From now until the middle of April, she shall be known as Nine. After the middle of April, she shall be known as Ten. Keep that in mind.
Where was I?
Oh, yeah. Nine is in need of better nutrition and more variety in her meals, because right now she seems to be living on Campbell's vegetable soup and tuna. If I'm (we're) buying groceries for more than one person, however, it becomes cheaper and easier all around. Not to mention, I've become increasingly neurotic about worms and E. Coli and botulism and... that sort of thing. Mostly the worms, though. I hate worms. ...ew. :(
Unlike Nine, however, I'm not eating seafood. Under no circumstances. You could offer me a choice between fish and roadkill, and I'd... well, I'd probably starve, but it definitely wouldn't be the fish! Besides, it's not any better than pork - has anyone other than me seen the truly grotesque worms that live in water?! EW! >:( That would totally give me a whole new level of neurosis! Worms don't exist in TVP and tofu. (And if, by chance, anyone knows differently... shut up! Seriously, just shut the hell up! I don't want to hear your mouth or read your words, or anything!)
So today I made a noodle dish with shell pasta and Morningstar's TVP Crumble. I combined the pasta with a large can of tomato sauce and a cup of carrot juice (I even broke out the juicer, wow), the crumble, some Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. I think I put something else in there, but now I can't remember. Not bad at all. The TVP is kinda weird. It actually feels in my mouth like the parts of hamburger that I spit out, which makes eating it seem like a definitely odd thing to do. But it doesn't taste bad. I wonder how much of that is because the TVP itself doesn't taste bad, and how much is because I can't taste it over the seasoning, anyway.
Hm. Maybe I can do this.
Can anyone tell me if cooking with V8 will taste better than cooking with tomato sauce for tomato-based soups and stuff?