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GailMN
True Blue Farmgirl
471 Posts
Gail
Hutchinson
Minnesota
USA
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 Posted - Jan 09 2010 : 11:21:40 AM
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Hey girls - I need your help. I am trying to remove cholesterol from our diet (hubby and me) and have begun using TVP. My cholesterol is getting a little too high and Doctor is talking about meds, I want to avoid this if possible. If you use TVP and have any recipes that you prepare using TVP, would you please share. I am new to TVP, so need a lot of help and advice. I must confess, I love meat!, so this may not be easy, but I am open to the challenge and discovery. Thanks in advance for all your help. Oh and one other little tiny issue, we are both diabetic, so watching the carbs as well. Guess that isn't so tiny an issue.
Gail in Minnesota 
Farmgirl Sister #506
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Cowgirl Cocinera
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dana
Chelsea
OK
USA
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Posted - Jan 09 2010 : 3:19:29 PM
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Hi Gail, I use TVP in the protien shake I make in the mornings. I blend the TVP, flax seeds, powdered milk (1/4 c. each), 1 c. silk milk, 4 oz. Activia and some fruit (usually blueberries). The TVP blends up with everything else and you can't really tell it's in there.
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GailMN
True Blue Farmgirl
471 Posts
Gail
Hutchinson
Minnesota
USA
471 Posts |
Posted - Jan 09 2010 : 3:37:03 PM
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Thank you Cowgirl - I will definitely try this.
Gail
Farmgirl Sister #506
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jan 09 2010 : 4:24:04 PM
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Isn't that made with soy? And what about sodium?
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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GailMN
True Blue Farmgirl
471 Posts
Gail
Hutchinson
Minnesota
USA
471 Posts |
Posted - Jan 09 2010 : 5:06:40 PM
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Yes, it is made from defatted soy flour, serving size is 1/4 cup with 0g fat, 0mg Cholesterol, 2mg sodium, and 7 grams carbs with 4 grams dietary fiber, also 594 mg potassium. Very good if you are watching carbs and cholesterol as I am.
Gail
Farmgirl Sister #506
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vintagejenta
True Blue Farmgirl
83 Posts
Sarah
Walden
NY
USA
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 4:24:54 PM
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| My mom used TVP as taco meat sometimes. Just add a packet of taco seasonings when you cook it and you can scarcely tell the difference between it and ground beef tacos! Well, the texture is a little finer, but still! Very good that way. |
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
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melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
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Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 05:21:33 AM
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I put it in chili or in stews or anything that I want to thicken as it absorbs quite a bit of liquid
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 12:35:49 PM
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If you can find Linda McCartney's (yep, Beatle Paul's, first wife) cookbooks, she used it a lot with her recipes. And her recipes are wonderful!
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
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Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 03:49:21 AM
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TVP is really versatile. I cup dry TVP is about the same as 1 pound of ground meat. So, you can use it in any recipe that you'd use ground beef or ground turkey for. To get started, you should probably mix 1/2 TVP and 1/2 ground meat in your recipes (like spaghetti) to begin to get used to the texture. I've even made 1/2 and 1/2 burger patties.
TVP takes on the flavor of what you cook it with. It's really bland if you rehydrate it in plain water and then add to your recipe. I suggest that you add it dry to what you're cooking and add water to the pot to make up for the soaking up of liquid the TVP does. For example, heat your spaghetti sauce, add 1 cup TVP, let it soak a minute and then add 1 cup water (more or less depending on your preference)
Saute' onions and garlic, add water or broth, mix to combine flavors and then add TVP. You can also add different seasonings like chili powder, cumin, italian, etc... The TVP is like crumbled ground meat and you can sprinkle it over a salad.
You can add it directly to Manwich sauce and don't forget to compensate with a little more water.
I hope you enjoy it.
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