Hi Paul link for you Succesful family transition stories...

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I have been buying TVP chunks from them for so many years I can't

count.

 

http://www.healthy-eating.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi

 

Donna

 

, " Paul " <fiveqs wrote:

>

> Hi again! Thanks for the replies! I really was expecting a lot more

> stories, but it would appear there aren't that many families in the

> group that have gone thru the transition.

> Lot of helpful tips. It looks like a big one is just planning.

We've

> gotten so used to... " What's for Lunch? " Oh, we've got a can of

> chicken, we'll just make some chicken salad sandwiches " or grab some

> hamburger or chicken breasts or something and make a quick meal.

What

> we're doing now is just not buying any more of it and it will be

gone

> shortly. We've been buying (for the last couple weeks) grains,

beans,

> and substitutes (ie Boca, Morning Star etc.) then as we get closer

to

> being rid of all the bad stuff moving into keeping more of the more

> perishable fresh veggies on hand. (Note;I don't think I've ever seen

> veggie dogs ??#!) We've used TVP before, especially for Chile etc.

the

> only problem being that the local coop used to carry medium sized

> chunks (1/4-1/2 " or so). Now they just have the little granules and

> BIG chunks 1+ " or so. Need to see if I can find the medium ones

somewhere.

> Something we just Have to try is this baked Seitan everyone's

been

> talking about, sound great! We're going to have to make another run

> into town (~20mi) for some stuff we're missing. We've used Vital

wheat

> gluten before but just for WW bread, never had Seitan. We've also

> never used nutritional yeast, so we have to get some. We've got a

> great rice cooker and breadmaker, both Zojirushi. Use the ricemaker

a

> lot but really need to use the breadmaker more (we have a serious

> clutter issue). We're goos on spices, herbs, grains, beans, sea

> veggies etc. (we lived in Okinawa for over 4 years and acquired a

> taste for seaweed). We all really like veggie sushi.

> Anyway, I should quit talking :-) I'm doing too much rambling. My

> Wife and I are both looking forward to getting this done (the kids

are

> more like " Yeah, ok, whatever :-)

> Thanks Again!!

> Paul Q

>