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.
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.
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.
