Meatless Lasagna!

[miz_persnicket]

I haven't eaten pork or beef in 12 years. I do eat chicken or turkey occasionally, but usually only when its the last thing in our fridge

Comments

[nessaneko]

I have never found feta in brine. We buy it in packets or fresh from the deli, and it is delicious. *loves feta*
I love lasagna, both meaty and meatless. It's really good to use a whole bunch of oven-roasted vegetables too, and bechamel sauce. I don't think we can get TVP in New Zealand, though.
On another note, you might want to warn your meat-eating friends that it has soy in it, as I know some people do have soy allergies. Of course, you might already warn them if you know they do have allergies, in which case disregard that warning! n_n

[miz_persnicket]

weird. Feta in brine here is located with cream cheese, regular cheese, dips etc. Packaged feta is usually found in the deli or meat dept.
Being greek, i just cant stomach non brine feta...its soooo weird! I buy tubs and tubs of it and eat it alone for breakfast sometimes!!

[miz_persnicket]

these arent strangers....these would be my brother and my ex roomates who are carnivores and hate the idea of soy. of course both can eat it and were pretty embarassed when they professed to liking my lasagna. :D

[griffen]

I was about to say the same thing. I could die from even a small bite; I'm terribly allergic to soy.

[miz_persnicket]

Ive brought it to potluck's etc and let people know there is soy in it. :D

[yady]

Just a quick question, but how does adding spinach make for extra protein? Lots of goodness in spinach and I think it'd go very well with the whole thing, but afaik leafy vegetables don't contain much (if any) protein. Nor does the dish need more protein with all that cheese and soy stuff.

Maybe you meant iron? That would make perfect sense to me...

[yady]

Oh, the lasagne sounds really nice by the way!

[miz_persnicket]

hahah youre right. I sound like an idiot, but yea I meant iron.
I have iron deficiency, so back when I didnt eat any meat at all I would try to incorporate natural sources of iron into different meals.

[yady]

That makes sense :) I am not a vegetarian but I have kind of the opposite problem (too much iron), so I need to watch what I eat to not get too much iron (great excuse for wine with dinner, by the way - 'oh, that's a lovely salad with that spinach and those oranges, but the oranges will make me absorb the iron way too easily, better have some wine to limit that effect'). So iron was the first thing I thought of that you might have meant instead.

[talluleh9]

I made chili for myself once using the soy meat substitute, hubby grabbed a bowl and ate it when he was trolling the fridge looking for food and had no idea there was no meat in it. When he was done he said he thought it was awesome. Then I told him what was in it and he said, it was just 'ok'. That'll teach him for eating MY food.

[miz_persnicket]

mmm veggie chili is really good!

[laurenoid]

Looks delicious! I eat meat occasionally, but I love using Boca ground beef (or similar products) in lasagna, tex mex enchilada casserole things, whatever. If you spice it up well, I honestly don't think you can taste ANY difference between soy beef and beef, at least not when it's cooked with a bunch of sauce and veggies and cheese. I don't understand why people HAVE to insist on real meat when you can't taste a damn difference, given that meat production is SO much more harmful to the Earth than soy production. I'm not a vegetarian so I can't really talk, but small efforts help, ya know? AND soy beef is lower in cholesterol and fat and calories and...phew. Eat soy beef. :)

[yady]

For me it's usually a texture thing more than a flavour thing. But I don't *mind* the vegetarian stuff, not at all. It's just hard to fool me. I'll happily eat a meal with no meat in it (if it does have protein of some kind, as my mood gets kind of weird without it). If I find myself craving meat I'll just include some in another meal.