Yes, that does take its name from Rent's "La Vie Boheme." No, it doesn't taste the same if you close your eyes. That's probably because when I did, I stabbed my nostril with my tomatoey fork. If, however, you have better coordination than I do, I'd still recommend you look at what you're eating because it is marvelous! I'm not sure if I was more excited at how amazing it came out or at how I made something with a funny name, but let me tell you, this sentence is as stringy as the experience was exciting. Down to business. Here's what I did:
Ingredients:
Meatless balls-
1 pkg. Gimme Lean Ground Beef Style
1_1/2 slices Arnold's multigrain or 12 grain or whatever bread (the purple one)
2 boops of Goya Adobo All Purpose Seasoning
1 boop of ketchup
1 little boop of lemon juice
5 cloves (or probably more) of garlic, minced
Grated parmesan cheese until your heart's content
Olive oil (to cover pan)
Sauce-
1 green pepper
1 Valida onion
5 cloves of garlic, minced
1 small pkg presliced mushrooms
1 jar of chunky Ragu tomato sauce with onions and garlic
Olive oil (to cover pan)
Pasta-
1/2 pkg Ronzoni whole grain spaghetti
Directions:
1. Dice onions, green peppers in hearty chunks, mince all garlic
2. Soften the onions on medium heat. When they are clear-ish, throw in the green peppers and add mushrooms after a couple of minutes. When the mushrooms are cooked down, add garlic. Stir regularly, but do other stuff in between. Use olive oil as needed- if there is too little, veggies will burn. When you start to smell the garlic, put the sauce and veggies into a large pot and keep on low heat.
3. Empty contents of Beef style TVP into a mixing bowl with all other ingredients. Just make sure you rip up the bread into bitty pieces first. Mix with hands and form 1" balls. Roll the balls in grated parmesan. Place balls, separated, in a heated frying pan with olive oil, medium heat. Cook until crispy and yummy looking. Make sure all sides are cooked and do not burn. Place individually into pot of sauce with veggies already in. Cover. Let simmer for 15ish minutes.
4. I hope you've made the pasta by now.
5. Put everything together and enjoy!
Serves 4, or 1 with 3 leftover plates.
Please note: Boops are not exact measurements. They are tilting the bottle of whatever for a second into whatever mixture you're mixing it in. If more explanation is needed, I will happily, and narcissistically, post a video of what I mean.
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