I was working yesterday for one of my personal chef clients. He eats a variety of plant based and lean proteins for his health. Basically, the everything-diet. He had some family visiting from out of town. Normally, I make his plant based chili with tempeh and beans. However, with company visiting I wanted to be sure of two things.
1 – that everyone would give the chili a chance. Have you ever seen someone make a funny face when they hear a dish is healthy?
2- that the sodium wouldn’t get out control. After all, I’m a healthy chef!
So, I chose the beef-less crumbles because of their appearance. Looks just like beef. The tricky part is the sodium. This small package has a fair amount per serving. To rectify that I thoroughly rinsed my kidney beans, I didn’t salt my onions, I used water instead of vegetable stock to simmer, and my tomatoes were free of added salt.
It turned out delicious!
Just a friendly reminder that just because something is plant based does not mean it’s healthy. It all boils down to how you prep it. If you’ve been following my cooking tutorial you know this! If you haven’t signed up, why not?
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