When I announced to my best buddy that I was going to "go vegan" he told me that he would bring a Vegan Meatloaf by that weekend - he and his partner have been vegetarians for awhile now and he said that this recipe was easy and "really good." So that weekend I looked forward to his call to tell me when I could plan on having this great meal. He didn't call but I wasn't terribly surprised because that is his way - I'm used to it - nobody's perfect and he has a lot of other great characteristics that make him a great friend - follow through, not one of his best traits UNLESS it involves some new electronic gadgetry that I've bought and can't figure out how to install or get to work - THEN he's there in a nano-second!
When he did call he was asking how my weekend was and I said (somewhat passive-aggressively but with a hint of humor), "Well we were really hungry cause we had counted on having a Vegan "Meatloaf" but it never showed up...or called!" He said, "Do you want me to make one cause I will, it's easy, or you could just get the recipe, it's in that Engine 2 book."
To which I replied, "Well duh! I can look up lots of recipes! I thought you offered to make it for me and bring it by." (That passive aggressive thing is hard to avoid sometimes!) So long story short I bought the book and made it! The recipe is called "Lynn's Meatloaf (Vegetarian)" which sounds like a contradiction to me so we dubbed it "Meatless Loaf" and I don't know why but every time we said that we were having meatless loaf for dinner we giggled like children so the name stuck! You cand find it here Lynn's Meatloaf (Vegetarian)
Just like with "meatloaf," I wanted mashed potatoes with it (the meatless loaf - hehehe) but I still had the South Beach mindset going from my last diet and thought that I shouldn't eat potatoes. This actually wasn't thought out - I was going from muscle memory when I thought that we could have Faux Mashed Potatoes from the South Beach Diet Book. This is the recipe made by steaming cauliflower until it's soft and then throwing it into the food processor with a little fat free half&half and processing until it's the consistency of mashed potatoes then spraying it with a little buttery flavored spray like "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter." I substituted Soy Half&Half but other than that made the South Beach Recipe. And of course I HAVE to have English Peas when I have mashed potatoes (for which I might add there is NO substitute!). So that was our meal. It was fantastic - even if I do say so myself. The photo below doesn't do it justice - it tasted more like meat than it looks! The newly named "Meatless Loaf" will become a regular at our house - I may even invite my friend over to enjoy it with us (not is a passive aggressive way of course!).
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