Whats a good vegetarian meat substitute to use in pasta?
I used to enjoy meatballs with sauce and pasta. But now that I am vegetarian, can anyone of you recommend good, tasty vegetarian substitutes to use instead of meatballs? Thanks in advance! Thanks for all the great answers so far! I must clarify, though, that I don’t get soy meatballs where I live. (Besides, do soy meatballs taste good? If so, which brand?) So, I’d prefer a meat substitute that’s readily available. A: I am a former chef and eat alot of vegetarian meals becauce of my medical condition, and I have found TVP ( Textured Vegetable Protein) is a good meat like substitute. I chop my onions and add them with my olive oil in a hot pan, brown them and then add a cup of TVP and let that toast for 5-10 minutes, then add my tomato products and dried herbs, slow cook it for 30 minutes and season it, sometimes I add fresh basil at the end for zip. You can make a bolognese sauce, with celery, carrots and made the same way, by adding soya milk or a bit of evaporated. One thing is it wil