Category: Meat Substitutes

LAB NOTES: Vegan Lasagna with “Meaty” Lentil Ragout

Hello All, I recently came across a great simple vegan lasagna recipe on the Tasty, Thrifty, Timely YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SKr4q6X9Oc ) and blog. ( https://tastythriftytimely.com/simple-vegan-lasagna-with-lentil-meat/ )I mostly followed the recipe, but tweaked it on the fly.Here’s the original from the blog post. ORIGINAL:1.2 L pasta sauce (about 2 jars, you will likely have extra)500 g lasagna...

LAB NOTES: Vegan Chili Non-Carne KitBash

Hello everyone.Wayne AKA The Mad Food ScientistIt’s November, so that means it’s time to open up Chili and Soup season.I’ll try to write down what I did because I kitbashed this vegan Chili Non-Carne recipe.I did borrow some ideas from the Lentil Ragout that I made for the vegan...

LAB NOTES: Monday Night At The Improv: Vegan “Tuna” Salad

Hello, Wayne AKA the Mad Food Scientist here.This past weekend I was busy in the DCL.I made navy bean tofu, navy beans, aquafaba, vegan mayonnaise, pumpkin seed tofu, pumpkin seed milk, and vegan bacon.I cooked the navy beans to produce aquafaba so I could make vegan mayonnaise. I had it in the back...

LAB NOTES: Vegan Bacon, Lettuce, And Tomato Sandwich

Hello, Wayne AKA the Mad Food Scientist here.This is another slightly different post. It’s not so much an experiment as a telling of a tale.There were a lot of moving parts. I had decided that I wanted to make pumpkin seed tofu so that I could make vegan bacon. Then I got...

LAB NOTES: Oat Cutlets

Hello everyone,Wayne “The Mad Food Scientist” here.I’m writing today about a British meatless sausage recipe from World War II that I came across on YouTube. The one I chose to go with was from the I Cook And Paint channel. ( Recipe here: https://icookandpaint.com/meatless-sausagestarving-artist-fare/ )( Video here: https://youtu.be/sF4uz6RthmA )I am unable to...