Hoosier Hill Farm Textured Vegetable Protein, 2 lb

Good TVP for a good price. My family eats it about once a week and a 2 Lb bag lasts us a few months. Taste is neutral, texture is good. Easily flavored with vegetable or beef bullion/broth.

Hoosier Hill Farm TVP is an excellent source of protein with a texture much like cooked ground meat, and a neutral flavour so it takes on the flavour of what it is cooked in. I use it to replace cooked ground meat in spaghetti sauce, chili, casseroles and other things. Because the flavout is neutral, I use it in place of any ground meat (beef, chicken, pork, turkey). It is best in a recipe that has other flavourful ingredients like chili, but can be used in a recipe in which the meat is the main flavour (e.g. tortiere) if the TVP is mixed with enough real meat. This TVP is good. TVP is formed into small pieces like cooked ground beef that has been dried. The little pieces get damaged from handling (shaking in the package) so some of it breaks into powder. The amount of powder is reasonable and I just add the powder directly to what I am cooking where it rehyrdates quickly and adds nutrition, though not texture. Meat eaters trying to save money or reduce meat consumption: Try replace half the cooked ground meat in a recipe with 1/2 c. of dry TVP. e.g. instead of using 2 pound of ground beef, try use one pound of ground beef plus 1/2 cup of TVP. If making something saucy like spaghetti sauce or chili, fry the ground meat and make the recipe as usual. Add the TVP directly to the sauce/chili when you start to simmer it. If making a casserole it might be better to soak the TVP in boiling water for 5 minutes then mix it with the cooked ground meat. I just weighed 1/2 cup of this TVP at 40 grams. At the current TVP price of $22 for 907 gram, that's replacing ground beef with TVP costing about $1/pound, so TVP can reduce grocery bills. I chose Hoosier Hill TVP because it was low cost per kg, available in a reasonable sized package, a brand that I recognized, and it was in the form similar to cooked ground beef.

I have just made the BEST chili ever..for a family of carnivors! I used to buy a product in bulk similar to this, havent been able to find it for 15 years..and then I saw this!! It is EXACTLY as described, and I made a 15 serving pot of chili with red and white beans, 2 cans of tomatoes, and spices, and still have over half the bag left! Note: 3 cups of this protein will make a huge chili pot!! SO HAPPY!

This makes a TON of food. A cup of the crumble expands when you rehydrate it. A bag this big will last a long time, and it's great that it's shelf-stable. It's not seasoned and has a mild flavor. That makes it versatile since you can season it to suit whatever dish you're making. Prep is an extremely simple 1:1 ratio of hot water to product. Just mix, let sit, and drain if needed. I prep it in a glass storage container, eliminating cleanup. I saw another review complaining about the serving size being a tablespoon, whereas comparable products do serving sizes of a cup or so. There are 16 tbsp in a cup, so do the math and figure out a comparable serving size shortcut if you'd like. This is way more protein-rich per serving than the alternatives I've eaten the past.

This stuff is a great, low cost meat substitute. It's consistency is very similar to ground meat, and is much cheaper than other ground meat substitutes. The only catch is that you need so season it yourself because it is a little bland on its own.