After years of searching and testing, I have finally found the perfect fake chicken for chicken salad, and thus, I have created a delicious (if I do say so myself) fake chicken salad recipe.

Ingredients

• 1 bag of Quorn Tenders (meatless chicken product that looks like bites of chicken)
• 2 Tbs. Mayonnaise
• 2 Tbs. Sour Cream
• 2 Celery Stalks (chopped)
• 2-3 Green Onions (chopped)
• 2-3 Hard Boiled Eggs (optional)
• Splash of Dijon Mustard
• 1-2 Tbs. Pickle Relish (based on your taste preferences)
• Salt & Pepper to taste
• Garlic Powder to taste

Method

1. Cook Quorn Tenders in microwave until they are defrosted.  I put them in the fridge after cooking them because I wanted my chicken salad to be cold, but you could process to the next step with warm Tenders.
2. Mix Tenders, mayonnaise, sour cream, celery, green onions and eggs together.
3. After you have the main ingredients, you can start to add the pickle relish, salt and pepper and garlic powder to taste.
4. I used very little garlic, but quite a bit of salt and pepper.
5. I also through in a bit of Dijon mustard for extra flavor.

I suggest you enjoy this wonderful concoctions on a croissant, but it is nearly as good on regular bread.

At least it didn’t until now.

Ingredients

• Yves Hotdogs
• Butter
• Grated Mexican Cheese (or any kind you like on your dog)
• Salt & Pepper
• Your favorite vegetarian chili
• Coleslaw
• Ketchup/Mustard to your taste

Method

• Bring a pot of water to boil, add salt to the water to help speed things up
• Put hotdogs into boiling water for 4 minutes
• Heat skillet/hotplate/frying pan to medium-high heat and put a pad of butter down (not too much, just enough to place the hotdogs on)
• Remove hotdogs from boiling water
• Butterfly the hotdogs (Cut hotdogs lengthways without going all the way through, so you end up with a split hotdog that can lay flat)
• Put the hotdogs face down on the skillet/pan on the butter for about 5 minutes
• This should give enough time to crisp up the faces of the hotdogs
• Turn hotdogs over (gives you a chance to check for doneness), and sprinkling of salt/pepper
• Add grated cheese to the top of the dogs
• To speed the melting process up, put a teaspoon of water down on the hot surface and cover everything with a lid. The steam will quickly melt the cheese
• Remove the dogs, place into a steamed bun, add toppings (chili, coleslaw, mustard/ketchup)

• Eggs
• Bread (for toasting)
• Morning Star Meatless Sausage Patties (the variety with Maple Syrup flavoring are awesome)
• Vegetarian Baked Beans
• Olive Oil

For home fries / potato scramble

• Small red rotatos
• Salt and Pepper
• 1 x Green Pepper
• 1 x Shallot
• Garlic salt (or other spices to your taste)

Method

You don’t really need to know how to make breakfast (we assume), so here’s the easiest parts:

1. Start cooking your sausage patties first on the griddle, or in a pan with very little olive oil or non-stick spray. These will take the longest out of the simple ingredients.
2. Cook your eggs any way you want them. We prefer fried Sunny Side Up (Nick’s Favorite) or fried Over Hard (Melody’s Favorite). This style goes much better with the other items on this breakfast plate.
3. Vegetarian baked beans can be heated in the microwave fairly quickly…they only take about 3 minutes at the most.
4. Don’t forget the toast.

Now for the potato scramble…

• Pre-heat the over to 400 degrees
• Cut up the potatos into small bite size pieces. If the red potatos are small already, you may be able to just quarter them.
• Dice the pepper and shallot, or at least cut into very small random pieces.
• You want the potatoes small enough so they won’t take too long to crisp up in the oven, and you want the peppers and shallot to cook very quickly in a frying pan.
• Dry the potato by placing onto a paper towel, and pressing as much of the moisture out as possible.
• Put the potatoes in a mixing bowl, and add enough olive oil to get all the pieces coated
• Then add the salt, pepper, garlic salt, and any other spices you want.  You really can’t go wrong at this stage, but remember, you can always add some spice after cooking.
• Place the potatoes onto a baking sheet, and put into oven for 15-20 minutes, or until the pieces get crispy on the outsides. This will depend on how small the pieces are.
• While they are cooking, place the peppers and shallot into a frying pan with just a little olive oil or non-stick spray.
• Saute them until they are not quite caramelized, but this is your choice too. This will take about 10 minutes at the most, so start this step when the potatos are about half-way done.
• When the potatoes are done, remove from the oven, and place onto a plate (with the other breakfast elements that you’ve made).
• Add the peppers and onions to the potatos and mix around a little, making a nice scramble.
• Salt and pepper to taste, and you’re done.

• Biscuit mix (jiffy or bisquick works well)
• Any extra ingredients called for by your biscuit mix
• Cheddar cheese
• Morning Star meatless sausage crumble, or meatless crumble (beef version)

Method

• Preheat oven according to biscuit recipe
• Follow directions to make one batch of biscuits from your mix
• Defrost about half a bag of the meatless crumble (sausage works better than the beef variety)
• After meat is defrosted, add to biscuit mix
• Add about 1 cup or 1 1/2 cup of cheese. Mix well.
• Take spoonfuls of mixture and place onto cookie sheet (make them the size according to the biscuit mix)
• Bake (usually at 400-450 degrees) for about 10-15 minutes

For added deliciousness, split the cooked biscuits and add egg, or a slice of cheese. Ketchup also goes nicely..

• Soy Steak Strips OR Vege Burger Patties OR vege-chicken patties
• Large Green Pepper
• Large White Onion
• Hoagie Rolls
• Velveeta Cheese
• Worchestershire sauce

Method

• Cut pepper and onion into long thin pieces
• First, warm up the fake meat in the microwave, about half of the required cook time (according to box instructions)
• Warm olive oil/spray in frying pan on medium heat
• If using chicken or burger patties, cut into strips. If using steak strips, leave as is
• Put pepper, onion, fake meat into frying pan (when pan is heated up)
• Splash in some worchestershire sauce (to taste)
• Put hoagie rolls in microwave to warm, or in oven if you prefer a crusty roll (instead of soft)
• Cook until onions and peppers are soft, and fake meat is 98% done
• some of the fake meat may crumble or clump together. This is totally okay.
• add velveeta for a few minutes until melted fully
• remove from pan, put desired amount onto rolls
• add ketchup if you want, salt and pepper to taste…serve with sweet potato chips, fries, whatever you want…

• Baby arugala & romaine lettuce
• strawberries
• goat’s cheese
• olive oil
• red wine
• candied walnuts
• balsamic glace vinegar (thicker than regular balsamic vinegar dressing)…(these are also available in pre-flavored varieties, like raspberry, strawberry etc if you prefer)

Method

• Chop lettuce into bite size pieces, mix together well
• slice strawberries thinly
• top the lettuce with strawberries, crumble goat’s cheese on top
• add walnuts if desired
• add dressing, salt and pepper to taste

Dressing Method (this will make enough for several salads)

• in bowl, add 1/2 cup of balsamic vinegar glace, 1/2 cup of olive oil
• add splash of wine (or more if you prefer)
• Mix well, and quickly drizzle on top of salad before it seperates

• Fresh baked loaf of bread
• Organic tomato sauce (canned)
• Italian Seasoning
• Basil
• Garlic Salt
• 1/4 white onion
• 1/2 large tomato
• mozzarella cheese (grated)
• parmesan cheese (grated)
• butter
• red wine
• garlic salt
• olive oil

Method

• Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees
• Cut tomato into large chunks
• dice onion
• sautee onion with butter in pan
• mix italian seasoning, basil, garlic salt, splash of wine into the tomato sauce in a bowl (excess of this is great on pasta)
• brush the bottoms of the bread with olive oil (if you have an olive oil with basil, this is good too)
• put desired amount of sauce mixture, then onions, then tomatos, then cheeses on top (unbrushed side) of bread
• bake at 400 degrees until cheese melts and turns golden brown. This should take around 5-10 minutes at most
• Remove from oven and enjoy!

• Soy/Vege Meat Crumble (morning star brand recommended)
• Mini-loaf of pre-sliced Pumpernickel bread (each piece are about 2 or 3 inch squares)
• Block of Velveeta Cheese
• Ketchup or BBQ sauce

Method

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees
• Defrost the vege crumble in the microwave
• Microwave method (quicker): Add any spices/seasonings, add small blocks of velveeta to the container, and then cook the vege crumble in the according to instructions on package. Judge when to add the cheese according to how long you have to cook it (depends on how much you’re making).
• Pan Method: add the vege crumble to the pan on medium heat. Gradually add in velveeta cheese in chunks, slowly mixing it into the meat mixture. You can decide how ‘cheesy’ you want it as you go. The cheese should melt slowly enough for you to be able to taste test as you go.
• While it is cooking, lay out your pumpernickel bread slices on an un-greased baking sheet
• When the meat mixture is ready, put a 1.5 to 2 teaspoons of cooked vege crumble on each piece of bread.
• Slide the baking sheet into the oven for 5-10 minutes at the most. You are only trying to get the bottom of each piece of bread a little crispy, and the tops of the meat/cheese mix a little crunchy. You do not want the meat mixture to get tough. The meat is cooked already, so you can taste test as you go as well.
• Remove from oven when ready, and serve with sides of ketchup or bbq sauce depending on your preference.

• Veggie Crumble
• Shredded Monterrey Jack and Cheddar Cheese
• 2-4 tbsp BBQ sauce
• McCormick’s Hamburger Seasoning
• Medium Flour Tortillas
• OPTIONAL: Finely chopped white onion
• OPTIONAL: Substitute the kind of cheese that comes pre-made with taco seasoning on it…it really kicks things up a notch!

Method

• In small frying pan, add chopped onions with a little non-stick spray on medium heat. You want to cook the onions a little, but not too much. If you like your onions crispy, just put them on low heat until you’re ready to assemble your quesadilla.
• Heat veggie crumble in microwave until defrosted, according to directions on package
• Add BBQ sauce (as much as you like), and hamburger seasoning, then mix well
• Turn large frying pan on to medium/low heat, add a little non-stick spray
• Return to heat in Microwave until fully cooked (should only take a couple of extra minutes)
• Put flour tortilla in pan, pushing it around to coat in a little oil
• To one side of the tortilla, add cheese, then burger crumble, then onions, then a little more cheese on top
• Let it cook until the cheese barely begins to melt, then fold the tortilla over on itself, closing it up.
• Let it cook a little longer, then flip over, being careful not to overcook one side. You want the outside of the tortilla to be crispy, but not burned.
• Repeat process for as many quesadillas as you want to cook.

Serve with more BBQ sauce, or some sour cream/guacamole usually tastes good too.

• 2 x flatbread, 6×10 inch pieces, rosemary & peppercorn variety (or your choice)
• 8oz mozzarella cheese
• 1 package of Fresh Basil (0.6oz)
• Pizza Sauce (enough to cover the flatbread pieces)
• 2 x Fake Sausage circles (Morning Star Brand)
• 1 tsp Sausage seasoning

Method

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Put sausage in microwave until it is cooked according to directions on package
• Chop basil, not too finely, removing the stems completely
• Cut mozzarella into large circular slices
• Cover flat bread with pizza sauce
• Remove sausage from oven, and chop/crumble up into smallish chunks
• Assemble pizza by putting basil on first, then mozzarella, then sausage.
• Sprinkle sausage seasoning on top of pizza
• Put in oven for 15 minutes, checking around 10. Depending on your oven, you’ll want to make sure the base crisps up without the top burning. You do not want your cheese to brown on top. If you’re worried about cooking too much, turn to 300 degrees, and until bottom crisps up, then turn to broil for 2 minutes.