I'm sure the first question here is going to be what the heck is TVP. It is soy based product that makes a great meat/protein replacement in the vegan diet. It can be seasoned for tacos, beef replacement or sausage replacement. TVP or Textured Vegetable Protein is about the most versatile stuff I've worked with so far, it's right up there with tofu (we'll cover that I'm sure in another post). Notice here the salad is off to the side and not the primary part of the meal? The only pasta I buy is whole wheat, so what you see pictured here is whole wheat rotini with quick marinara sauce (Happy Herbivore Cookbook pg. 259), and beef flavored TVP (also found in Happy Herbivore Cookbook, pg. 140). It looks a little orange because it's topped with vegan parmesan which is a simple mixture of nutritional yeast and ground up walnuts which can be found in health food stores. The salad includes chopped romaine lettuce, cucumber, portobello mushroom and roma tomatoes. I generally buy an organic marinara sauce, which I did have in the house. I wanted to see how the marinara would be in a fixed up meal such as this. It was really good. I did find myself having to add salt, and I think next time I may add a few additional spices not in the recipe to fit my family's preferences. Overall though this meal combination was both filling and satisfying, the only thing that needed to be added was a piece of fruit for dessert!
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