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Earth Grown Plant-Based Meatless Burgers

From Aldi’s. They were pretty good but… I’m not sure these are vegan despite claiming to be plant-based. It doesn’t state that they are vegan on the box like some of their other products do. I found the following on the Aldi’s website which makes no sense to me…

“Our Promise: All our Earth Grown products are free from animal products, including meat, poultry and seafood, and our vegan items are also free from substances produced by animals – such as eggs, dairy, honey, gelatin and lanolin.”

The possible offender on the ingredient list that I see is natural flavors. I assume there’s no legal definition of Plant-Based and companies can use it how they like.

Prior to being cooked.

I’m Possible Burger

Went to my parents house and we made veggie burgers from a recipe my Mother found at Plants 365.

I needed to bring our food processor as my Mother had just gotten rid of hers because she didn’t use it, Streets were a little snowy and icy but I made it to their house without incident.

Mushrooms, tempeh, oats, rice and beets the main ingredients. It mixed up well and was easy to work with. I may have used too much beets.

Pan fried them for several minutes on each side.

Cooking the patties.

They browned up nicely. Taste was pretty good and texture slightly soft on the inside like so many other veggie burgers. All 3 of us gave them a thumbs up. Served them with oven fries.

Served with oven fries.

Baked Ziti


Couldn’t find ziti noodles so this is actually Baked Penne Rigate. This made enough for 2 small casserole dishes.

Ingredients
Ziti (or similar) noodles
1 yellow onion diced
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
Diced mushrooms
Faux sausage crumbled
Faux cheese
Tofu Ricotta

For Tofu Ricotta
1/2 block extra firm tofu
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp nutritional yeast

Directions
Preheat oven to 375
In a sauce pan saute 1/2 of the diced onions
Add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, spices to sauce pan and simmer for 20 or so minutes
Cook noodles according to package directions
In a skillet brown the sausage and mushrooms then set aside

For the Tofu Ricotta
in skillet on medium heat saute the remaining 1/2 diced onion
Crumble tofu and ad to skillet along with garlic powder, lemon juice and nutritional yeast
Cook for a couple minutes

Layer all ingredients except faux mozzarella in a casserole dish
Top with mozzarella
Bake covered for 15 minutes
Remove cover and bake for another 10 minutes





Basil Mushroom Pizza With Miyoko’s Mozzarella

Nova made us the crust using a Pioneer Woman recipe substituting the white flour for whole wheat. Crust wasn’t bad for being whole wheat. This was our first time trying miyoko’s vegan mozzarella. It was good but we’d use more of it in the future. Guess we’re used to the really strong flavor of Daiya which we use sparingly.

Before the oven.

Out of the oven. Cheese is almost non-existent.

Sliced and served.

Aldi’s Vegan

Aldi’s USA just recently introduced a line of vegan meats and cheese. So far we’ve tried two of the burgers.

The soy protein patty was pretty good. Nice meaty texture but I didn’t detect much of a flavor which is fine.

The Thai burger turned out a little mushy which may have been due to my cooking but it had a nice flavor.

I’d eat either of these again.