Last time I served this dish, I mean made this dish,
it never got eaten! My husband refused to even try it when I told him the meat sauce was made out of tofu instead of ground beef. I made it again today. He said it was really good (without me even asking)! Same food item. Just did not tell him it was not made with meat.
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| Beef-Less Ground Beef Label |
A few weeks ago I was shopping at Trader Joe's and I came across a food demonstration promoting the store brand of beef-less ground beef. I am not usually a fan of processed food but I looked at the nutrition facts label and saw that this product was low in calories, saturated fat and sodium - so I decided to give it a try. The 12 oz package was $2.99. Of course, the whole wheat pasta you see in the photo was what I ate. My husband refuses to eat whole grain pasta - so I made a concession here. I used my favorite jar sauce "Cleveland's Own Little Italy." It's the only jar sauce I have found without high fructose corn syrup and the taste is amazing! You pay a little more for it - but it is so worth it - especially if when trying to disguise ground tofu as ground beef. You can get this at Marc's or Costco for about $3.50 a jar. (32 oz - most sauces are in 25 oz jars - so you get a little more) If you try this idea, please let me know what you and your picky eaters think!
Last time I served this dish, I mean made this dish, it never got eaten! My husband refused to even try it when I told him the meat sauce was made out of tofu instead of ground beef. I made it again today. He said it was really good (without me even asking)! Same food item. Just did not tell him it was not made with meat.
A few weeks ago I was shopping at Trader Joe's and I came across a food demonstration promoting the store brand of beef-less ground beef. I am not usually a fan of processed food but I looked at the nutrition facts label and saw that this product was low in calories, saturated fat and sodium - so I decided to give it a try. The 12 oz package was $2.99. Of course, the whole wheat pasta you see in the photo was what I ate. My husband refuses to eat whole grain pasta - so I made a concession here. I used my favorite jar sauce "Cleveland's Own Little Italy." It's the only jar sauce I have found without high fructose corn syrup and the taste is amazing! You pay a little more for it - but it is so worth it - especially if when trying to disguise ground tofu as ground beef. You can get this at Marc's or Costco for about $3.50 a jar. (32 oz - most sauces are in 25 oz jars - so you get a little more) If you try this idea, please let me know what you and your picky eaters think!
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