Fake Philly Cheesesteaks (or Chicken Philly)

At a Glance

• Feeds: 2-3
• Time: 15 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

• Soy Steak Strips OR Vege Burger Patties OR vege-chicken patties
• Large Green Pepper
• Large White Onion
• Hoagie Rolls
• Velveeta Cheese
• Worchestershire sauce

Method

• Cut pepper and onion into long thin pieces
• First, warm up the fake meat in the microwave, about half of the required cook time (according to box instructions)
• Warm olive oil/spray in frying pan on medium heat
  
• If using chicken or burger patties, cut into strips. If using steak strips, leave as is
• Put pepper, onion, fake meat into frying pan (when pan is heated up)
• Splash in some worchestershire sauce (to taste)
• Put hoagie rolls in microwave to warm, or in oven if you prefer a crusty roll (instead of soft)
  
• Cook until onions and peppers are soft, and fake meat is 98% done
• some of the fake meat may crumble or clump together. This is totally okay.
  
• add velveeta for a few minutes until melted fully
• remove from pan, put desired amount onto rolls
• add ketchup if you want, salt and pepper to taste...serve with sweet potato chips, fries, whatever you want...
  

Baked Spaghetti

At a Glance

• Feeds: 12
• Difficulty: Medium/Hard
• Time: 1 hour

Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped green pepper
• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
• 1 can (28 ozs.) tomatoes with liquid (cut up)
• 1 can (4 ozs.) mushroom stems and pieces (drained)
• 1 can (2 ¼ ozs.) sliced ripe olives (drained)
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1 pound ground beef, browned and drained (optional)
• 12 ounces spaghetti cooked and drained
• 1 can (10 ¾ ozs.) condensed cream of mushroom soup (undiluted)
• ¼ cup water
• ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese

Method

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• In a large skillet, sauté onion and green pepper in butter until tender.
  
• Add tomatoes, mushrooms, olives and oregano.
  
• Add cooked veggie crumble (soy) if desired.
  
• Simmer, uncovered for 10 minutes.
  
• Place half of the spaghetti in a greased 13” x 9” baking dish.
  
• Top with half of the vegetable mixture.
  
• Sprinkle with 1 cup of the cheese.
  
• Repeat layers.
  
• Mix the soup and water until smooth; pour over casserole.
  
• Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
  
• Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or until heated through.
  

Mini Cheezy Pumpernickel Pizza Bites

At a Glance

• Feeds: as many people as you want
• Difficulty: Easy/Medium
• Time: 15-20 minutes

Ingredients

• Soy/Vege Meat Crumble (morning star brand recommended)
• Mini-loaf of pre-sliced Pumpernickel bread (each piece are about 2 or 3 inch squares)
• Block of Velveeta Cheese
• Ketchup or BBQ sauce
  

Method

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees
  
• Defrost the vege crumble in the microwave
• Microwave method (quicker): Add any spices/seasonings, add small blocks of velveeta to the container, and then cook the vege crumble in the according to instructions on package. Judge when to add the cheese according to how long you have to cook it (depends on how much you're making).
• Pan Method: add the vege crumble to the pan on medium heat. Gradually add in velveeta cheese in chunks, slowly mixing it into the meat mixture. You can decide how 'cheesy' you want it as you go. The cheese should melt slowly enough for you to be able to taste test as you go.
  
• While it is cooking, lay out your pumpernickel bread slices on an un-greased baking sheet
• When the meat mixture is ready, put a 1.5 to 2 teaspoons of cooked vege crumble on each piece of bread.
• Slide the baking sheet into the oven for 5-10 minutes at the most. You are only trying to get the bottom of each piece of bread a little crispy, and the tops of the meat/cheese mix a little crunchy. You do not want the meat mixture to get tough. The meat is cooked already, so you can taste test as you go as well.
• Remove from oven when ready, and serve with sides of ketchup or bbq sauce depending on your preference.
  

Wonton Salad, with Faux Chicken Patties

At a Glance

• Feeds 4 hungry people
• Difficulty: Medium
• Time: 20-25 minutes
  

Salad Ingredients

• 1 head shredded iceberg lettuce
  
• 2 stalks of chopped green onions
  
• 4 faux chicken patties
  
• ½ pkg. of wontons (just pick-up a bag of already cooked wontons from a Chinese Restaurant)
• ¼ cup toasted slivered almonds

Dressing Ingredients

• ¼ cup vegetable oil or olive oil
• ¼ cup sugar
• ¼ cup white vinegar
• 2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. pepper
• 1 tsp. Accent seasoning
  

Method

• In frying pan, add all dressing ingredients.
• Heat on low-medium until all sugar is melted. When dressing is proper consistency, remove from heat. It should be room temperature when you add it to the top of the salad. Put in fridge to speed up process if you want. While it is cooling, you can do the rest of the recipe, which should time it just about right.
  
• Put chicken patties in oven (preferred) or microwave to cook according to directions on package. It's best for these to be crispy for this salad, which is why the oven method is preferred.
• In big mixing bowl, add lettuce, onion and almonds. Mix well.
• Break up the wontons into manageable, bite size pieces, then add wontons to mixing bowl too. Mix well again.
• When chicken patties are cooked, cut them into long strips.
  
• If you're serving the whole recipe, add the dressing to the mixing bowl, and mix well. If just making a small batch now, add salad to plate, drizzle dressing on top.
• Add chicken strips to top of salad.
• Eat!
  

Faux Cheeseburger Quesadilla

At a Glance

• Feeds: 2 people
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 15 minutes
  

Ingredients

• Veggie Crumble
• Shredded Monterrey Jack and Cheddar Cheese
• 2-4 tbsp BBQ sauce
• McCormick's Hamburger Seasoning
• Medium Flour Tortillas
• OPTIONAL: Finely chopped white onion
  
• OPTIONAL: Substitute the kind of cheese that comes pre-made with taco seasoning on it...it really kicks things up a notch!
  

Method

• In small frying pan, add chopped onions with a little non-stick spray on medium heat. You want to cook the onions a little, but not too much. If you like your onions crispy, just put them on low heat until you're ready to assemble your quesadilla.
  
• Heat veggie crumble in microwave until defrosted, according to directions on package
• Add BBQ sauce (as much as you like), and hamburger seasoning, then mix well
  
• Turn large frying pan on to medium/low heat, add a little non-stick spray
  
• Return to heat in Microwave until fully cooked (should only take a couple of extra minutes)
  
• Put flour tortilla in pan, pushing it around to coat in a little oil
• To one side of the tortilla, add cheese, then burger crumble, then onions, then a little more cheese on top
  
• Let it cook until the cheese barely begins to melt, then fold the tortilla over on itself, closing it up.
• Let it cook a little longer, then flip over, being careful not to overcook one side. You want the outside of the tortilla to be crispy, but not burned.
• Repeat process for as many quesadillas as you want to cook.

Serve with more BBQ sauce, or some sour cream/guacamole usually tastes good too.

Margherita Flatbread Pizza with Faux Sausage

At a Glance

• Feeds: 2 people
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 x flatbread, 6x10 inch pieces, rosemary & peppercorn variety (or your choice)
• 8oz mozzarella cheese
• 1 package of Fresh Basil (0.6oz)
• Pizza Sauce (enough to cover the flatbread pieces)
• 2 x Fake Sausage circles (Morning Star Brand)
• 1 tsp Sausage seasoning

Method

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Put sausage in microwave until it is cooked according to directions on package
• Chop basil, not too finely, removing the stems completely
• Cut mozzarella into large circular slices
• Cover flat bread with pizza sauce
• Remove sausage from oven, and chop/crumble up into smallish chunks
  
• Assemble pizza by putting basil on first, then mozzarella, then sausage.
• Sprinkle sausage seasoning on top of pizza
• Put in oven for 15 minutes, checking around 10. Depending on your oven, you'll want to make sure the base crisps up without the top burning. You do not want your cheese to brown on top. If you're worried about cooking too much, turn to 300 degrees, and until bottom crisps up, then turn to broil for 2 minutes.

Potato Quesadillas

At a Glance

• Feeds: 2 people
• Difficulty: Easy/Medium
• Time: 15-20 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups frozen cubed hash browns (or freshly cubed (1/2 inch cubes) potatos, or leftover mashed potatoes)
• 4 medium sized flour tortillas
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp season-all
  
• 1 tsp chili seasoning (not chili powder)
• 1 tbsp ketchup
• 1 bag grated Mexican Cheese Blend. You can vary how much you need depending on how many quesadillas, and how thick you are making them.
  
• Non-stick spray
• 2 tbsp tomato salsa (mild, medium or hot...your choice)
• OPTIONAL Side Items: Sour cream, Guacamole
  
• OPTIONAL ingredients: 1 tbsp Red Pepper Flakes (for more spice)
  
• OPTIONAL ingredients: 1/2 cup chopped onions (if you like onions)

Method

• For smooth quesadillas: Heat potatoes in microwave until defrosted. If using fresh potatoes, microwave them until they are just barely cooked and slightly mashable. If you're using leftover mashed potatos, you dont have to cook them before adding to the quesadilla.
  
• For crispy quesadillas (preferred method) you'll want to defrost or slightly cook the hash brown cubes a little and then put them into a hot frying pan with just a little oil to crisp them up just a little. When they are crispy (but not burned at all), remove from heat.
• Add hash browns to a big mixing bowl
• Add cumin, season-all, ketchup, chili seasoning, onions, red pepper flakes to bowl and mix well, coating each cube with some flavor. Be careful not to mix too vigourously if you are going for the crispy method.
  
• Warm Frying pan to medium-low heat, spray with non-stick spray.
• Put flour tortilla unfolded into pan, put a little bed of cheese down on one side, add potato mixture to same side, and then top with a little more cheese.
• When the cheese begins to melt, fold the tortilla over. It should seal itself with the cheese as its glue.
• Flip the folded tortilla one more time so the top half gets another round on the bottom.
• Remove from pan, repeat for as many quesadillas as you want to make.
• Serve with some sour cream, guacamole, or even some ketchup, if you like it that way.

Faux Chicken Sliders

Recipe At A Glance

• Feeds as many as you want
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 5 mins microwave, 15 minutes oven (recommended)

Ingredients

• Fake Chicken Patties OR fake buffalo bites (morning star brand is our recommendation)
• Potato Dinner Rolls
• Muenster Cheese (substitute cheddar or swiss depending on your tastes)
• Lettuce
• Cherry Tomato (or other small variety) sliced
  
• Ketchup
• Ranch (optional)

Method

• Cook chicken patties or buffalo bites according to directions. Oven method is recommended
• Add cheese at the very end of cooking time, just enough to melt on the chicken
  
• Split and microwave the potato rolls on high for 20 seconds
• Cut cooked patties into small, roll-sized pieces, usually about 2 x 2 inches
• Squirt a little ketchup onto the base of the roll, then place the patty on top.
  
• Put one small piece of lettuce, two small slices of tomato on each roll
• Put a little ranch on top
• Close up the rolls and enjoy. They should be soft still if you've heated the rolls sufficiently.

Add fries, potato wedges or chips as a side if you're willing to go the extra mile

Easy Cheezy Faux BBQ Cheeseburger Pizza

At a Glance

• Feeds 3-4 people
• Difficulty: Medium
• Time: 25-30 minutes

Ingredients

• Pizza Crust (pillsbury works well)
  
• 8oz (1 package) grated cheddar cheese
  
• 1 small onion (diced, sliced, chopped whatever you want)
  
• 1 package vege Crumble by Morning Star (or some version of soy burger crumble)
  
• 2 tsp sausage seasoning
• 1 packet McCormick's Grill Mates Hamburger Seasoning (meatloaf seasoning can substitute if you can't find the hamburger flavor)
  
• Sweet Barbeque Sauce (this will be your base, so enough to cover base of pizza crust)
• 2 tbsp Ketchup
  
• OPTIONAL: Bacos, Fake Bacon Bits, peppers (but dont put so much on that it takes away from the burger-like taste)
  
• OPTIONAL: left overs from sloppy no's or faux meatloaf work well on this meal
  

Method

• Preheat oven to temperature for pizza dough to be cooked
  
• Take pizza dough, roll it out on cutting board with flour or corn meal to keep it from sticking
• Put burger crumble in microwave for a couple of minutes to defrost. You don't want to cook it much at all, as this will happen in the oven. Just enough so that you can separate it and it is not frozen at all anymore.
• Combine ketchup, spices and burger crumble, then microwave for 1 minute.
• Put as much BBQ sauce as you want on your base of the pizza. Remember, more BBQ sauce means more hot liquid when you bite into the slice, so be careful how much you pile on there. Try putting some on the outside of the crust too, so some cheese will stick to it and make it all delicious.
• Put thin covering of cheddar cheese on the pizza base. Yes...put the cheese on first.
• Put burger crumble mixture onto pizza base...as much as you want.
• Put onions onto pizza
• Cover with thin sprinkling (or as much as you want) of cheddar cheese. The less you put on, the better the underneath will cook in the oven. IE: dont put so much cheese on that the cheese burns before the crumble and top of the pizza base cooks properly.
• Put pizza(s) in oven and cook according to instructions for crust.

Vegetable Fajitas

Recipe at a glance

• Difficulty: Medium
• Feeds: 2-3
• Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 4-6 medium sized flour tortillas
  
• 1 small white onion (sliced)
• 1 red pepper (sliced)
• 1 yellow pepper (sliced)
• 2 portabello mushrooms (sliced)
• 2 chopped tomatoes (could use small can of tomatoes)
• 1 tsp Cumin
• 2 tsp Seasoning Salt
• 1 tsp Chilli Powder (more or less depending on your preference for heat)
• 1 handful of fresh diced cilantro
  
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1/4 cup of water
  
• Salt & Pepper to taste
• OPTIONAL: spanish rice, shredded lettuce, grated cheese, sour cream, guacamole, salsa

Method

• Heat olive oil in large frying pan on medium-high heat
• add onions, cook for a few minutes
  
• add peppers, mushrooms, spices to pan
  
• add water to pan, mix all ingredients well to distribute spices and seasoning
• lower heat and cook for about 5 minutes on medium heat
• add tomatoes and cook for just a few minutes until tomatoes are warm
• while tomatoes are cooking, wrap tortillas in wet paper towel, and microwave on high for 2 minutes
• Remove pan from heat, remove tortillas from microwave
• Add vegetable mix to each tortilla...do not overfill
• top with lettuce, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, salsa...your choice
  

Caesar Salad

A simple salad for most...but if you're vegetarian, you have to be aware of the anchovy issue. Most Caesar salads at restaurants, and many Caesar dressings in the grocery store will be made with anchovies, or may still have whole anchovies in them. So if you're looking for a simple Caesar without the small fishy bits, read on...

Feeds: 2 large salads

Ingredients

• Bag of Hearts of Romaine Lettuce
  
• Brianna's Asiago Style Caesar Dressing
• Grated Parmesan Cheese
  
• Croutons
• Salt and Pepper

Method

1. In large mixing bowl, add whole bag of lettuce
2. Depending on your level of caesar affection, add between one and three tablespoons of Caesar dressing. Usually you want just enough to get a little on each leaf, but not so much that you're mopping it out of the bottom on the mixing bowl.
3. Mix thoroughly until all lettuce is coated to your liking.
4. Empty onto two large plates, add croutons and salt and pepper to taste. We like the larger style croutons, almost like the type you get at Outback Steakhouse (the ones that are almost 1 inch square, and 1/2 inch thick)
5. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese, not too much and serve.
   

Sloppy No's

"Sloppy Joe's, without the Ground Beef"

Recipe at a Glance

• Makes 5-6 fully loaded sandwiches, or 8 generous pita pocket halves
  
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 10 Minutes Microwave, or 20 Minutes Stove top
  

Ingredients

• 12 Ounces of Soy/Veggie Crumble
• 1 packet Sloppy Joe seasoning
• Small can of Tomato Paste
• 1 cup water
  
• Tsp of Season-All
• 1/2 tsp of Soul Food Seasoning
• Tsp of Hamburger Seasoning
• Pinch of Chipotle Chili Pepper Powder
• 6 Pita Pocket halves, or 5-6 buns
  

Method

1. Defrost crumble in microwave (usually 3-4 minutes at most)
2. Add tomato paste and water to crumble
3. Mix thoroughly until good consistency is reached (ask yourself...do you like smooth sloppy no's or chunky?)
   
4. Add all seasonings and mix again. You can leave the chilli powder till after cooking if you're worried about too much heat
5. Return to microwave and cook until done. This usually takes 7 minutes or so, depending on the amount you're cooking...and how powerful your microwave is.
6. While the crumble is in the microwave, cut your Pita Pockets or buns in halves.
   
7. Once the crumble is cooked, place the buns or pita pockets in the microwave for 45 seconds, or just enough to loosen them up. You don't want the pita pockets to tear while eating...but then again, they aren't called Sloppy No's for nothing.
8. Add crumble to the pita pockets or buns (did you remember to add your chili powder) and serve.

It may take a little experimentation, but you will be able to get these to taste exactly like a regular ground beef Sloppy Joe. Try it out on unsuspecting guests... if no one says anything, you've succeeded. Or maybe you failed so badly that they wouldn't dare comment.