I used to like chicken patties and would eat them at the school cafeteria, or in a fast food meal. But one day I bit into one- and crunched down on a small piece of...something. Fat? Ligament? I don't want to know. Shudder.... its just a big yuck factor for me eating processed meat. Before trying vegetarian alternatives, I didn't know something could taste similar, but you would be surprised. The more processed the meat (think sausage or chicken patty) the more similar the vegetarian alternatives taste. It makes sense, I guess, since most processed meat is pretty spongy and gets a lot of its flavors from additives. The vegetarian alternatives aren't something that is such a "super healthy" alternative that you'd want to eat them every day- definitely not. They are still highly processed, and can be expensive as well. Still, though, they are definitely a healthier alternative to the meat versions- less fat and cholesterol, as well as boasting a similar protein content. For a healthy alternative to a fast food chicken sandwich, I toasted a Morningstar Farm vegetarian chicken patty with a half a slice of Texas Longhorn Cheddar cheese and some ketchup, on a honey wheat sandwich thins. It tasted very similar to the famous chic-fil-a sandwich, but much less fat and sodium. Yummy! In case you were wondering what was next to the sandwich on the plate- its matzoh crackers spread with cream cheese and topped with horseradish topping (dug up from my in-laws garden.) Sounds a little strange but my husband was very hungry while I was making dinner and thought he would make a little snack to munch on in the mean time :).
I used to like chicken patties and would eat them at the school cafeteria, or in a fast food meal. But one day I bit into one- and crunched down on a small piece of...something. Fat? Ligament? I don't want to know. Shudder.... its just a big yuck factor for me eating processed meat. Before trying vegetarian alternatives, I didn't know something could taste similar, but you would be surprised. The more processed the meat (think sausage or chicken patty) the more similar the vegetarian alternatives taste. It makes sense, I guess, since most processed meat is pretty spongy and gets a lot of its flavors from additives. The vegetarian alternatives aren't something that is such a "super healthy" alternative that you'd want to eat them every day- definitely not. They are still highly processed, and can be expensive as well. Still, though, they are definitely a healthier alternative to the meat versions- less fat and cholesterol, as well as boasting a similar protein content. For a healthy alternative to a fast food chicken sandwich, I toasted a Morningstar Farm vegetarian chicken patty with a half a slice of Texas Longhorn Cheddar cheese and some ketchup, on a honey wheat sandwich thins. It tasted very similar to the famous chic-fil-a sandwich, but much less fat and sodium. Yummy! In case you were wondering what was next to the sandwich on the plate- its matzoh crackers spread with cream cheese and topped with horseradish topping (dug up from my in-laws garden.) Sounds a little strange but my husband was very hungry while I was making dinner and thought he would make a little snack to munch on in the mean time :).
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