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olbaidiablo@lemmy.ca 6 months agoDuring (and after) COVID I did, however, use some vegan tricks to make my food budget go farther. Specifically, using tvp to stretch out the amount of ground beef I needed to buy. I buy medium ground beef and use about half as much as I would usually use, then I add in tvp which absorbs the fat from the ground beef and takes on its flavour. This works especially well for any dish requiring ground beef in a sauce. Disclaimer: tvp is made from soy.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 6 months ago
Oooh that sounds like a good idea! I’ve been noticing how much meat is taking a bite out of my food budget and trying to play with ways to stretch it a bit more until the kids are in school and my wife can start working.
olbaidiablo@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
It works really well. You have to add a bit more water to the sauce as well as it will thicken quite a bit. I usually just kind of eyeball it.