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El Sancocho Veggie with @Gardein Homestyle Beefless Tips

April 28, 2011 by Lucymfel

Pre-Packaged Root Vegetables

El Sancocho Prieto o wait I mean Sancocho Veggie, or Puerto Rican root vegetable stew, is something that many of us love to eat and reminds us of our moms or abuelas. It is also something that in my family  we would eat the night before Thanksgiving or Christmas Eve.

The Sancocho that many of us are used to eating also has proteins which go against being a vegan or vegetarian. Take out the proteins, add @Gardein Homestyle Beefless Tips, and you have a savory vegetarian hearty stew.

What goes into Sancocho? I know my mom would put whatever root vegetable she could find during the different seasons in Connecticut. Know you can find ready-made bags of all sorts of roots vegetables, peeled, cut, and ready to dump in your pot! No more taking the spoon to open up the platanos or guineos.

I asked my friends and family members what root vegetable / vegetable they add to their sancocho. Here is what they said:

Yazmin: Potatoes

Sara:       Corn on the cob

Idalyn: Batata

Carmen: ñame y batata

Yucca Bag at Costco.

Ingredients: (If you go to a Spanish Grocer or look in the Spanish section of where the vegetables are, the names of the root vegetables will more likely be in Spanish and not English)

1 Guineo Verde

1 Platano

1 Corn on the cob sliced

These root vegetables will be cubed into chunks like the picture of the ready-prepped package. Purchase one of each or omit whatever root vegetable you don’t want to try. All of these are dry and tasteless with the exception of Batata which has a sweet taste.

1 Yautia

1 Yucca

1 Malanga

1 Potato cubed

1 Batata

1 Calabaza (not the one used for Halloween. Purchase a small chunk from the grocery store.)

1 ñame

1 Tablespoon Sofrito (onion, tomato, garlic, green pepper, cilantro pureed)

1 tablespoon of Tomato paste or 8oz can of Tomato Sauce

Salt and Pepper to taste

1 packet of Sazon con Ajo

1 vegetable bullion cube (Note: This is a vegan/vegetarian recipe so don’t use chicken or beef cullion cubes)

Deep Stew pot

6 cups of Water  (Enough to cover the vegetables. Also depends on how deep your pot is and how much root vegetable you purchased and cut.)

2 tablespoon of Olive Oil

1 Bay leaf

Instructions:

Here is where you can save time with the pre-peeled and cut root vegetables and put everything in the pot.

Peel and cut all of the root vegetables into cubes except for the corn, green banana, and plantain. Those will obviously be cut into circles.

Add the olive oil to the deep stew pot on medium heat, sautee the sofrito and @Gardein Homestyle Beefless Tips. These should brown for at least 3-4 minutes according to the package. Add Sazon con Ajo packet and the vegetable buillon cube.

Add water to cover over the root vegetables and add the tomato paste or sauce. Stir until the tomato paste or sauce is completely dissolved and incorporated into the water.

By this time, the vegetable cube should have dissolved and you will add Salt and Pepper to taste.

You will add the pre-packaged root vegetables or the ones you cut. If you think that there is too much root vegetable, save some in a baggie and freeze.

Add the bay leaf and bring to a boil, then down to a simmer. Cooking time is about an hour or until all the root vegetables are fork tender.

What Root Vegetables are your Favorite in Sancocho?

Disclosure: We where given products by Gardein in appreciation from one of our previous posts on their great products. Even though part of the ingredients (beefless tips) where provided by @Gardein we don’t feel that this influenced the writing of this post in any way.

Filed Under: Vegetarian Tagged With: Gardein, Puerto Rican

Gardein Pinchos ala Beefless Home-Style Tips

March 22, 2011 by Lucymfel

It had been a long time since my partner had eaten a kebob aka known as food on a stick. Although the kebobs made in most countries look very different than the pinchos we are used to in Puerto Rico, the main ingredient is protein. We decided to do a kebob with vegetables and Gardein Home-Style Beefless Tips. The Gardein site has a kebob recipe but I decided to do my own.

I did not use the entire packet and decided to make about eight kebobs or pinchos with two beefless tips on each. Any vegetable goes with kebobs but we decided to use tomatoes, mushrooms, and onions. Depending on how big you buy the mushrooms, you can use a whole mushroom or half. I bought baby portabella mushrooms and used a whole mushroom. You can use grape tomatoes or campari tomatoes halved.

Ingredients

Wooden or Metal Skewers (If using wooden skewers pre-soak in water)
Any Vegetables you like but we used the following:
10 Baby Portabella Mushrooms whole
Tomatoes Grape or Campari
1 Large Onion cut into large pieces
Gardein Home-Style Beefless Tips
Adobo to taste
Pepper to taste
¼ cup of Olive Oil
¼ cup of Freshly squeezed Lime juice
Cooking Brush
BBQ (Whatever Kind you like)

Instructions:

Marinade the mushrooms and Gardein Beefless Tips for at least 20 minutes by mixing the olive oil, lime juice, adobo, pepper, and pouring it over the ingredients. I found that marinating these two absorbed full flavor of the beefless tips and mushrooms.

Start a assembling the items on your skewers but making sure you have room at the bottom to turn them over. Once they are assembled, line them up on a grill or on a baking sheet in your oven and set to broil.

I put these in my oven to broil and was constantly turning them. When you start seeing the vegetables cook, brush on the barbecue sauce of your choice. These won’t take too long to cook because there is not meet. Just wait for the vegetables to brown. Add a piece of bread at the end of the pinchos to soak up the excess barbecue sauce.

Disclosure: We where given products by Gardein in appreciation from one of our previous posts on their great products. Even though part of the ingredients (beefless tips) where provided by @Gardein we don’t feel that this influenced the writing of this post in any way.

Filed Under: Vegetarian Tagged With: Gardein, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico, Recipes

Product Review on @Gardein

February 17, 2011 by Lucymfel

We first saw Gardein products at Wal-Mart. I was immediately drawn to the name, the pictures on the package, and the adventure of trying a new product that was completely vegetarian. The products we initially tried were the Chick ‘n Scallopini, Seven Grain Crisp Tenders, and Marinara Chick’n Good Stuff. The flavors were awesome and they could be eaten out of the package without too much extra seasoning.

The product that really got me excited and thinking about different recipes was the Home Style Beefless Tips. You could use them in all sorts of recipes. I thought of a “guisao” with potatoes, carrots, and a tomato based sauce. I used the product in a gravy sauce accompanied with coconut rice and onions. Later this weekend I’ll provide the recipe for “Gardein Guisao” for the #SabrosoSaturday recipe sharing on Twitter.

From their website, you can view other products they sell whether fresh or frozen and where you can purchase their items. In Puerto Rico, we have only seen the frozen meals at Wal-Mart and El Eden in Ponce. Gardein’s site explains their commitment to better eating and greener living. They participate in #MeatlessMondays, provide recipes, and seminars.

For those trying to spend less time cooking or thinking about what you are going to cook, buy Gardein products.

Have you tried Gardein products at restaurants or home?

What did you cook with the product?

Filed Under: Products, Vegetarian Tagged With: Gardein, Vegetarian

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