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What are the meat substitutes in vegetarian cooking?
What are the meat substitutes that food manufacturers produced to replace ground beef in tacos and spaghetti sauce? What are examples of frozen burgers that are made of vegetarian ingredients? How much protein does a tofu, made from soymilk, have compared to real meat of pork, beef and chicken?
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Vegetarian diets have become pretty popular recently. While eating a vegetarian diet can be healthy, people who are on them often miss eating meat. There is no real substitute for real meat, but there are several items that can be used in place of it.
Tofu is the top choice when it comes to a meat substitute. It is made from soybeans. Tofu has been being used in China since 200 B.C. and it soaks up whatever flavors you cook it with. You can use a fresh, water-packed tofu if you want to shape the tofu into a certain shape such as a burger patty or a pork chop. It is very high in protein and can help to lower cholesterol levels.
Other meat substitutes are Tempeh and Seitan. Tempeh is made from soybeans that have been fermented along with some other grains. Tempeh is very dense and needs to be marinated and cooked well to soften it up. Seitan comes from wheat and is basically just wheat gluten. It is used most commonly in place of chicken. You can buy your seitan at a grocery store or you can make your own homemade version of it.
http://www.peta.org/living/vegetarian-living/meat-replacements.aspx
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=111
Tofu is the top choice when it comes to a meat substitute. It is made from soybeans. Tofu has been being used in China since 200 B.C. and it soaks up whatever flavors you cook it with. You can use a fresh, water-packed tofu if you want to shape the tofu into a certain shape such as a burger patty or a pork chop. It is very high in protein and can help to lower cholesterol levels.
Other meat substitutes are Tempeh and Seitan. Tempeh is made from soybeans that have been fermented along with some other grains. Tempeh is very dense and needs to be marinated and cooked well to soften it up. Seitan comes from wheat and is basically just wheat gluten. It is used most commonly in place of chicken. You can buy your seitan at a grocery store or you can make your own homemade version of it.
http://www.peta.org/living/vegetarian-living/meat-replacements.aspx
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=111
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