Menu and Recipe Manu.. - The Early Childhood Commission

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Vegetarian Menus and Recipes
DAY 6
VEGGIE BALLS
(Meat Substitute)
Ingredient Metric Standard Measure Method
Water 360 ml 12 oz 1½ cup 1. Boil water in a sauce pan over medium high
heat.
Textured Vegetable Protein (T.V.P) 480 g 16 oz 2 cups (2
packets)
2. Add veggie chunks to water and remove from
heat.
3. Cover and leave to stand for 15 minutes.
4. Drain TVP and place in mixer bowl (or set
aside).
Onion 120 g 4 oz 2 small 5. Wash and clean onion, escallion, garlic, thyme,
pimento and sweet pepper.
Escallion 60 g 2 oz 4 stalk
6. Finely chop onion, escallion, garlic and sweet
Garlic 7 g ¼ oz 2 cloves pepper.
Pimento 7 g ¼ oz 6 seeds
Thyme 15 g ½ oz 3 sprigs
Sweet pepper 30 g 1 oz ½ small
7. Remove thyme leaves from stem and discard
stem of thyme.
8. Crush pimento seeds finely.
9. Lightly blend seasonings and T.V.P on low
speed in blender (or mixer) until thoroughly
combined.
10. Place in a large stainless steel mixing bowl.
Black pepper 2 g - ½ tsp 11. Sprinkle black pepper, paprika and salt evenly
Paprika 2 g - ½ tsp
over mixture in bowl.
Menu and Recipe Manual for Early Childhood Institutions