Meat Free Spaghetti Bolognese Review
Before I even get started on what it was like, I probably won’t have it again but if I got severed it I would probably eat it on the basis I like spaghetti bolognese. For the last few years I have given something up for a year and tried it after the year had finished. So this year I made the choice of trying something new every month for a year. So with my list already started with couscous,tortillas and wholemeal products. I decided to add meat free food to the list. I know I can’t swear off of meat free food just after one try of it. So here is my first experience of a meat dish without the meat?
I have a few question about this meat free bolognese?
First Question — How can vegetarian eat this stuff?
Second Question — How can it smell like bolognese but taste like cardboard
Third Question and probably my last question — why do vegetarians eat this stuff
When I opened the pack and got a nice smell a similar smell to meat bolognese I was surprised. The second surprised got was when I started to read the instructions on how to cook it.
Empty contents in to a saucepan and add 300ml of cold water and cook for 15 minutes and then stir till sauce is to you’re liking.
’15 Minutes’
It took only 15 minutes to cook and according to the packaging you would feed 4 if you made a lasagne but with that you’ll need to add half a salad to feed even the slimmest of people. I had to wait for the pasta to cook and that it self is only 20–30 minutes.
The meal has two packs for two people so I’m assuming one pack would feed two people and it does if those two people are small eaters and don’t have a meal suitable for an adult.
Don’t get me wrong I don’t have a problem with vegetarian eating, but this stuff, there is some flavour from some where and the smell is okay as well as it did reminded me of a normal bolognese. I don’t understand where they get the flavour or the smell from because most of the flavour is in the mince and since I make a bolognese with turkey mince anyway it is more healthier then a normal beef bolognese.
What is a vegetarian meal? When I was younger a vegetarian to me was someone who only ate vegetables and nothing else, that was my knowledge. But as I got older my understanding of vegetarians has expanded to more than that. I knew you had semi vegetarians and full vegetarians and now I know there are Vegans. ( Whatever that is, is beyond me ). Back to the main question, I did a bit of research to find out what a vegetarian meal is and okay the research was a simple google search. It came back with a small and simple understand but that answer is split up in to different type of vegetarians. Let me explain — You have the
. Lacto-ovo Vegetarians who eat milk products including milk and cheese and yoghurt and eggs and not meat, poultry or seafood or fish.*
.Lacto-vegetarians eat milk products, but not eggs, meat, poultry, seafood, or fish.*
.Vegans (say “VEE-guns” or “VAY-guns”) are total vegetarians. They eat only plant foods. They don’t eat food that comes from animals in any way, including milk products, eggs, honey, and gelatin (which comes from bones and other animal tissue).*
After waiting 15 minutes for my meat free bolognese I was sceptical about the taste because it smelt like real bolognese. After taking my first bite I knew that it would’ve of been better eating cardboard. However this is my first ever meat dish with no meat in it to I won’t hold that against it.
This is however not the only meat free product on the market so my investigation in to meat free food will continue and I will post my results and conclusions as I get them….
