For Chang Wee Cheng, who needs to take lunch to school: Find a large,
wide-mouth thermos bottle. You can take hot stews and soups with you. I
find that having food hot and ready to eat makes the oily cafeterias and
restaurants less tempting! I take leftovers, and I usually make a big pot
of soup on Sunday to eat during the week whenever I don't have time to
cook. If you can carry two thermos' with you, you can put grains in one
and stew in the other.
For Bob Cox, who is a former meat-lover going vegan, good for you! Check
out the Morningstar Farms products, especially their crumbles in a tube,
and the Yves products like Gimme Lean. I don't know which products are
vegan as opposed to vegetarian, so read the labels. My meat-loving in-laws
find these solid enough for them, that tactile solidness seems to be part
of the meat craving. Check out the recipe archives for the pseudo-meatloaf
recipes as well. I can't stand seitan, either, and rinsing away the rest
of the grain just to eat the gluten seems wasteful. You might want to try
mixed whole-grain pilafs for a more pleasant chewiness. Oh, and shiitake
mushrooms are nice and chewy in stews and soups.
Anne Cox (no relative)
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