I love your cooking. However, I've tried a very similar recipe twice, but the final results had a crunch because the walnuts were not soaked to softness. I tried it a 3rd time, soaked the walnuts and bingo, soft ground. 😊
Javant, I want to really thank you for typing out all the detailed instructions, I know that's quite a task. Your video demos and written instructions are so incredible and kind. Thank you for being a bright shining light in the WFPB movement. I wish you a healthy happy life, filled with so much positivity and blessings.
I LOVE this message! No one had ever expressed so much gratitude specifically for the labor of writing out the detailed recipes. You are so spot on regarding the time commitment and effort it requires. Thank you so much for appreciating!! 🙏🏾
@@healthyveganeating I don't know anyone else in real life who is nutritarian like me, and in fact my family teases me about it. I get a lot of support from watching YT, so many thanks for what you are doing.
I have just about quit watching cooking vids because the recipes are no longer being posted with the vid. Thank you Javant. Your cooking is incredible and we can still get the recipe without going through an act of Congress which, in my opinion, isn't worth the hassle. God bless you and keep up the good work.
I am 74 and been an omnivore my entire life. My daughter is a vegan and in the last few years I have added more plant based meals, days, weeks to my eating plan. My biggest problem was weird ( to me ) ingredients and lack of flavour. I made this today and even ad I was prepping the Spice list gave me good sense that this would be tasty. And.. it is ! Can hardly wait to use it for Mexican dishes and a company Shepherd's pie. Unfortunately I can't upload a photo here, but it looks so much like cooked ground meat and give a nice mouth feel. I am so glad I found you channel, via Reels on FB. Thank you !!
I LOVE this message!! It makes me really happy when people experience a breakthrough using one of my recipes. I glad that you were willing to give it a try, and even happier that you enjoyed it. It's my most popular recipe, and I have received countless messages of appreciation for it. Thank you for taking time to share this, I really appreciate it!!!
This is the real challenge for folks just moving into plant-based eating. How do you.replace the old familiar dishes that we are so accustomed. Getting over that hump is key and so much that you are sharing helps move us to that place. Thanks for all that you do!
I can't wait to try this recipe. I don't like the beyond style veggie/fake meats. Anyway I would like to know if you can freeze this and if it warms up good.
I made this today for tacos. Everyone loved it. My youngest son asked for another plate and he’s the pickiest eater ever. He hate mushrooms and didn’t even know it was in the recipe. Thanks so much for sharing. Tomorrow I’ll try burgers ☺️
Watched you make this on Chef AJ and had to try it. It's the very best version of veggie ground I've tried and far surpasses the commercial brands. Thanks for sharing.
I tried this recipe today- Mother’s Day Dinner and it came out great. I substituted sunflower seeds for the walnuts. Served it up with roasted turnips, beets and sweet potatoes. Delicious. Your recipes are giving me the encouragement to go full vegan. Thank you for simple, easy to follow instructions and delicious foods.
Thank you. I always need a tree nut substitute due to allergies and I'm just dipping into changing my eating so I didn't know what to use. Appreciate this!!!
I made this Monday for my son and I this week! I didn't have a food processor, so I cut everything up. It was delicious! I'm glad you told us about the water. I would've been discouraged. We made tortillas! I picked up a food processor yesterday to make your carrot cake! It was delicious! I never thought that I'd be one of those people who love the cooking channels! Now, I love finding plant based channels! Yours is one of my favorites!! Thank you! I love your channel!
I DON'T OWN A FOOD PROCESSOR, AND I am not sure which one to purchase. I would appreciate one made in America, Japan, Korea, or Germany. I know I am asking a lot.
I make this every other week now. I bought square soup molds for the freezer and freeze them in packages. Just like you get in the grocery store. Tried it on my husband on his nachos, he asked me why the meat tasted so good. I have used this as a substitute for all his favorites, and he continues to love it. Moved on so many of your other recipes today I am making the hamburger buns.🥰🎉
I just tried this recipe. It was fun and easy to make. Definitely better than fake vegan meats that I've tried in the past. Thank you very much for sharing and being such an inspiration 🙏🏾
Does this freeze well? This looks a lot for one person. How many servings does this recipe make? Where would you consider a good resource for the mushrooms? Thank you....thinking of going plant-based
I stop eating meat and transitioned to eating plant-based foods. I must admit, when I stop eating meat, my body went through withdrawals and I become sick--after a few weeks of just eating plant-based foods, I started to see a difference in my body and skin.
I think that’s a major issue that people do not discuss enough! The transition should be done gradually. In my personal experiences it gives the body time to adjust and also gives you time to learn about a completely new diet to make sure you’re getting the right nutrients!
Tried this recipe last night and was very impressed. You wouldn't know it had any meat at all. I followed the recipe as close as possible and added a few of my own seasonings. Also, I soaked my walnuts the night before to soften then up. Highly recommend and will definitely be a part of my cooking moving forward.
This is a keeper. There is so much room to play with this...customizing the spices to make it more chilli or taco flavoured...adding salsa, buffalo sauce, mashed beans.....Love that the base is so healthy and nourrishing. Thank you!! Worked awesome in a tortilla with a little vegan cheese and salsa verde!
You are right. Beans would probably thicking it up more. I can then just make some oatmeal tortilla wraps I saw online and just eat it like a borito; since I saw a recipe with some organic vegan cheese.
This is SOOOO much better than the “Impossible” & “Beyond” crap I was eating. Idk wtf is in that stuff. You made this foolproof (& you’re gorgeous-so that helps 😂) ❤
Let me tell you something, sir. I'm not even religious, but I declare you are doing the Lord's work! I just made this, and it is A-MAY-ZING. I made it in preparation for your meatball gyro recipe, and I had to MAKE myself stop eating it so I can have some left for the gyros. It's THAT good.I am approaching vegan life as a complete newbie. I had been looking for recipes and came across your channel. SUBSCRIBED without hesitation! Oh, and yes, I followed the advice of some of the other commenters, and soaked the walnuts first (I soaked them overnight). Also, I made a small error in technique. I added everything to the pan at the same time, including the walnut mixture. I forgot it was supposed to be added later in the process. Turned out perfectly anyway. Actually, I think it's easier getting everything mixed together doing it that way. Looking forward to making those gyros and other vegan masterpieces!
OK I made the recipe and it is a keeper. I soaked the walnuts as suggested. To get the best consistency and texture I highly recommend using a food processor or Cuisinart. It’s hard to describe the taste of all the flavors but they blended together nicely. The texture is consistent with ground beef and at first take it kind of looks like ground beef. I was making tacos and was tempted to put shredded cheese on it but said nah, that defeats my purpose so I just ate it plain on corn tortillas. It had cooled down and I thought it needed to be heated up but that wasn’t the case. Tasted fine slightly warm. Because the taste is versatile I can see using it in a variety of dishes.
@@SusieLybarger I've always found that freezer bags let in too much "freezer bite" and ice, so I use glass pint-size canning jars. I guess it depends on how long you're going to store the food item.
If only all cooking videos were this good. It’s not easy for vegans/vegetarians to find good recipes for meat alternatives. I’m really glad I found your channel. Liked and subscribed, with thanks from across the pond ❤️🇬🇧
Thank you so much! I made your Veggie Ground and used it to make your No-Beef Patties. It was absolutely delicious! As a plant based eater for three years, I was getting discouraged. I missed the foods I used to love and my cooking is very dull. I don’t know what seasonings work well together. Although I only eat foods with clean ingredients, I couldn’t separate myself from using olive, avocado and coconut oil. I thank God He directed me to your channel. As a subscriber I look forward to watching your videos and making your dishes. I now ceased using all oils. Thank you for caring about our health and showing us that plant base eating is exciting. I greatly appreciate what you do!
This is such a beautiful message ... the type that give me such a sense of purpose regarding sharing my recipes. So, thank YOU so much for taking time to share this!!!
I've been plant based for 12 years and have tried many different "meat" replacement recipes as well as buying store products which usually have way too much oil added to them. I just tried your recipe last night and I'm so pleased with the results. Not only does it have ingredients that I can feel good about, but the texture and flavor are great. The final test was if my husband would eat it....and he loved it. In fact he's in the kitchen making himself a burrito out of it right now. Thank you so much! I just got a mushroom growing kit, so I'm excited to try your "mushroom wings" next.
Keep up the good work, he is helping us save our lives, our toxic fast food culture is the #1 cause of chronic disease and suffering. How ironic insurance companies pay fortunes for drugs and procedures, but no one will spend a penny on prevention and education on nutrition... not even the medical schools that train doctors, so even they are clueless! In a world where profit rules, sickness is big business, so the only profit in good health is our own!
you're such an excellent cook and teacher and you're so generous sharing your knowledge, and I know comes from such a sincere caring place so thanks and gratitude!
Thank you to Chef Aj for having you on her show, I saw you and decided to try it. I love this, I made it recently for my son's birthday. I prepared a taco bar for our family and friends, and everyone absolutely loved it. They were shocked that vegetables could taste so good. It is helping me to transition into becoming vegan, I am currently vegetarian.
I prepared this last night and it’s pretty good. I have been consuming beyond meat products since going plant base in 2016 and knew it wasn’t healthy but it was good. I recently in the last month stopped consuming it and was looking for a healthier alternatives when I came across your IG page. Thanks for sharing your recipes ❤
I so appreciate that this does not have beans in it. As a vegetarian for the past 8 months i love beans but sometimes I want a different flavor. Love all these ingredients ♥️
@@heidibrummett3499 You want more protein? You need to incorporate maybe some into your side dishes than. For instance if you are having tacos you can make beans and rice as your side for more protein, if you are making Lasagna or spaghetti you can make a salad with spinach and chick peas to serve on the side( both have protein) , burgers serve with veggies and hummus , get creative, you can figure it out. 😊
Love love love what your sharing, your recipes are on point! I started living in a Vegan community in Peru for 3 months, healed my fatty liver, drpped 40 pounds. Upon returning to Canada, I started eating junk vegan, I was lazy and oh my body did not appreciate it. I feel better eating clean again, thank you :)
I’m so happy to have found this. I’m only 2.5 months in on eating plant based so I am constantly looking for recipes. I tried your carrot cake last weekend and everyone was surprised at how delicious it was. So I’m excited to try this!
This looks so delicious I’m 65 and I have never tried to eat vegan yet but right now your recipe has my mouth watering 😊I’m so looking forward to trying my first vegan foods now Thank you so much for sharing this ❤
New follower/fan. Made this last night and it is a-m-a-z-i-n-g! I kept testing it as it cooked and I was worried that the spices were too much for me and I might need to cut them back in the future. But when you mix in the tomato paste and walnuts: MAGIC! I love it! I made tacos with it last night and again for breakfast this morning, it's that good. I've got so many ideas...Thank you for your great instructions and demos. No wonder it's getting noticed!
I just made my first batch also. Half is for tacos tonight, and the other half I seasoned up for breakfast sausage to go with some oat waffles. I make a fake queso out of cashews that fooled my teenage son.
I love this message!! The veggie ground is so versatile and the recipe makes a lot, so you are able to create lots of dishes with one batch. Glad you are enjoying it! Thanks so much for watching, appreciating, and subscribing!!
I always like watching these types of videos. I'm still learning different ways to cook. I've been cooking and eating vegan foods and snacks for around 6 years now. Cooking plant based from mother nature has never let me down. Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe.
I love all your recipes. I just became a vegan and it’s been a challenge figuring out how to eat. You make eating fun again with all your meal ideas. Thanks
I made this for the first time this week. My cauliflower was a bit small do i added broccoli. Soaked the walnuts, as others suggested. Smells and tastes amazing. Thank you
I made this today and all I can say is WOW! I soaked my walnuts overnight and used 6 cups of frozen cauliflower rice to replace the fresh cauliflower. It was delicious!!! It does make a lot so hopefully it freezes well. Thank you so much for this awesome recipe!!
Oh man this is fabulous so much Umami flavors! Made it for taco Tuesday, added red curry paste in place of tomato paste, 2 jalapeno chopped and 2tbls of taco seasoning, cilantro with lime juice. I am not missing any meat in this at all. Great job with the recipe man! ❤❤
The thing I love most about your videos is that you include the written recipe. That’s so much easier than having to keep pausing to write things down. Or, in some videos, GUESS what they are putting in.
I just made this. Your spice mixture is fantastic and gives it a beefy ground meat flavor. I ate some raw since that is usually what I prefer. Delicious as is. However, tomorrow I will cook some to see the difference. Thank you so much for your wonderful recipes.
I made my first batch of veggie ground today. Absolutely delicious. You can definitely taste the difference between impossible meat and this. Thank you for sharing your recipe 😊
I’ve made something similar but this looks even better. My husband loves the meat substitutes but I don’t because I just prefer legumes and whole foods so this seems like a great compromise and the fact that we can freeze it too is just the icing on the cake. THANK YOU!!!
Brother you are the truth. I’ve been following you on Instagram and tried several of your recipes and they are all on point. Gratitude to you and the Universe for letting me find you on RU-vid
OMG this recipe is delicious! I omitted the walnuts in mine, but kept the rest of ingredients. So far I have used it for spagetti bolognaise, lasagne and chilli with rice and over tortillas. Cannot get enough! It tastes just like beef mince and bonus keeps well in the fridge for 5 days. in original form. I added extra ingredients when cooking my final meal. Thank you 😁
Javant, thank you so much for this recipe. It's definitely a keeper. Made this for myself and my husband. We're both vegetarians. He said this was the best meat substitute he's tasted. I agree and it's so versatile. It made so much that I was able to freeze leftovers and use it for other meals. Thank you!
I just made some, but I could only find a small head of cauliflower, at the second store I went to, so I cut the recipe in half. Smell delicious and a sample taste so GOOD. I'm going to try it with tacos. Thanks once again.
Thank you soooo much. I’ve made it for the last year and so, and it’s DELICIOUS. It’s working out lovely for us, and as you said it’s can be very diverse. Bless you.🫶🙏💕
Made this recipe with a few adjustments such as swapping out the cauliflower for red cabbage, and I must say I absolutely loved the outcome. I would definitely encourage others to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing
Made my second batch today and it came out just as good as the first! I always follow you TO THE LETTER and it's amazing! So, now I'm going to start making other stuff with it. I saw your meatballs and I am definitely going to try that. Just checkin' in! Keep the good stuff coming!💖💖💖💖💖
Loving your channel! I've been a vegan for 50 years & I've learned to be a pretty good cook over the years. Your recipes are delicious & easy to make. I also love your easy to follow instructions & video quality is excellent. Thanks for sharing your gift.
Amazing flavor - a few notes for those who don't have a good quality food processor. Small batches and with the nuts, process first is a must before adding and blending together with the tomato paste. mine came out too pasty but still had large chunks of nuts. Thanks for this amazing and healthy recipe
I'm French and love cooking and I was right to look for recipes in the US! I was looking for ways to substitute meat for a veggie alternative when making my lasagna...After many failures thanks to you I have finally found the perfect meaty texture and taste that i was looking for ! MERCI BEAUCOUP !
This recipe is absolutely divine. Thank you so much for coming up with it. I have been trying to incorporate more vegetables into my diet and this absolutely fills the bill. I even mistakenly added the walnut paste at the same time as the vegetables were cooking. Whoops! 🤦🏻♀️. Wasn’t paying attention to the recipe instructions but it still turned out just fine. Will do it right next time. Can’t wait to try your carrot cake recipe next. 🤗. PS: I soaked the walnuts overnight as suggested by one of the other comments
I've done it before but only walnuts and mushrooms, tomato paste and seasoning. Then cook it like ground meat. Perfect consistency. I liked my meat like Walnuts consistency so for me a little more on the crispy side 😂 but this method can make a lot more quantity than only mush and walnuts I would like to try. ❤️
I made this today and it is delicious! My husband and I are having burgers tonight and zucchini spaghetti tomorrow night. I'm so glad I found this channel. I also like the pace of the show...some of them can be rather slow and boring. Thank you Mr. HealthyVeganEating!
I freeze mine into portions. I made a tomato based veg soup (V8 juice)…day 3 I added yr veggie ground round to it and it became a delicious stew! Thanks again for this amazing recipe.
I'm so eager to try my hand at vegan cooking. After having a healthy eating class after church this afternoon. It was a seventh day Adventists church. Every Saturday they have vegan lunch. Yummy. So today I made a stir fry all veggies with cumin, rosemary, Himalayan salt cyane pepper. Very light touch of olive oil. Thanks so much for all your help. Teaching me how to cook delicious plant based food. God bless you in all your endeavors. Love sister Ellie in Florida
@@eleanorarman6888 God bless you sister Ellie! That’s exciting to hear! Best of luck to you on your plant-based cooking journey. It’s a big passion of mine & I love to hear people as yourself who are eager to try it out. 💕
I wanted to make this recipe months ago, but my food processor quit on me. Once I got my new processor, this was the first thing that I made. The veggie ground tastes even better the next day once all the spices have had to chance to settle. I threw it on some vegan mac and cheese and the taste is fantastic. My wife loves it. I'm not a vegan, but I am striving to get more plants into my diet. Thank you so much for sharing. It was definitely worth the wait.
I made this this morning before work and in my rush I didn’t hold the walnuts out to add in later, rather I mixed them in with the veggies. STILL in love with this recipe. It is LIFESAVING frfr!
I did not realise you are on RU-vid as been following your recipes for a few months now. Though not vegan more vegetarian and occasionally pescatarian- I love your recipes and have attempted a few. Thank you so much for sharing these amazing healthy alternatives with us.
I made this dish rather late. It's an acquired taste to me. It had a great flavor to it. I'm sure I'll start loving it soon. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I'm going to make one of those desserts soon enough.
You are a life saver seriously! Recently found out I was coeliac, and I was already vegetarian, and decided to ditch dairy along with gluten. Your recipes are saving me, I had no idea where to start. Thank you so much.
I can stop eating this from the pan!!! It is absolutely, positively, beyond a shadow of a doubt delicious!!!! And I honestly didn’t think that it would! I figured that I would have to do what I always do…. to make new recipes palatable! And to be honest I didn’t change a thing in this recipe, but rather made a substitution. I’m trying to cut back on my salt so In savory dishes so I use mushroom powder. It adds Unami to any savory dish! This recipe is definitely a keeper! Thank you soo much!!!
This is my 4th time making your fabulous veggie ground! This time I subbed sunflower seeds for the walnuts and added some (green) lentils. I can’t mess it up! Still tastes great! Thank you again, Jayant, for this recipe!
Since finding your videos, I've been watching them constantly and every single video has blown me away. Thank you so much from a newbie plant base lover. So many fantastic recipes to keep me going 🇬🇧
I made this recipe today and added a few extra spices and it turned out great! This veggie ground is so much healthier than some of the vegan processed “meats’. Thank you Javant!!😊
We loved this! We used it for tacos, stuff bell peppers, and spaghetti! Full meals to eat off of for days and/or many enough servings I didn't miss the meat making. I am making this exact recipe again tomorrow for lasagna. . if youre gonna do a ground meat replacement THIS IS THE ONE. thank you good Brotha
This was sooooooo good! I made a batch last night and threw together some taco seasoning (my own concoction) and had tacos with some vegan sour cream and vegan cheese sauce…..again, homemade. Actually, I’m remembering now that it was your recipe on IG, the one with the roasted jalapeños. So good! Anyway, tacos were delicious. Interestingly, I only had two tacos but my the amount of my recipe of “ground meat” seemingly disappeared in the pan. This recipe makes a lot! I found out as I was putting things away that my carnivore husband ate the majority of it! He loved it. Well, I made another batch today, along with your Rustic Bread (delicious!) Tonight I made Shepherds Pie with it. So good! This is such a versatile recipe, just as you say in this video. Thanks again for sharing and inspiration.
Where can I find the exact spices and seasonings? Or is it a secret? I can’t believe I just found your channel, you’re doing amazing work over here! Thanks for sharing with us 💜🙏🏼
@@catsieja5862 Hello Cat, Thank you for the enthusiasm for my channel! 🙂 The full recipe with all measurements are under the video. Just tap on the word MORE and you’ll see the top of the recipe list. Tap again, and you’ll see the entire recipe 👌🏾
I love this man. I just finished making this without a food processor; I instead used my Ninja Auto IQ smoothie machine. I needed to do batches of veggies. It tastes so fresh. I will add Worcestershire for burgers, taco seasoning for tacos and more Italian for meatballs and meatloaf at the time when I cook each. I made three pounds at a total cost of $13.00. The same amount of unhealthy beef would have cost me over $20.00. I just made tacos by adding water and taco seasoning and wanted to update. It tasted great! Also, that price is deceiving because one pound of this veggie ground makes at least twice as much as one pound of beef would. Winner. I used my 12" cast iron skillet in two batches then threw it all in my large enameled cast iron pot with lid on to sit for 20 minutes to marinade. Wonderful recipe!
Thanks for the taco idea. I will surely try it! I also don't have a food processor that is full size, so I made it with my little mini food processor and it took awhile, but it was well worth it! And I soaked my walnuts, too. I have been getting lots of fresh zucchini and spaghetti squash from my garden and I have been serving it with the veggie ground and drizzling it with a bit of hemp/cashew cream and it's been so good!
Honestly, this is the best vegan meat Ive ever made. It is too good. I blended the walnuts nicely after soaked and it was a good binder. Thank you so much for the recipe bro❤
On a low FODMAP diet so I substituted: broccoli heads for cauliflower, leek tops for onions,didn’t have oyster mushrooms(can’t have the other ones) so I omitted the mushroom, added a little vegan Worcestershire sauce, and low FODMAP stock cube to replace the garlic. Still good!
Javant, I did it. At first I thought this recipe was too much me, but I got all the ingredients and got work. This veggie ground meat substitute is the MAC DADDY. My family was skeptical at first but they tasted it and went crazy. I then made the vegan breakfast sausage and that was spot on. Delicious and healthy. TWO THMBS UP!!!
Love this message!!! These are the type of messages that inspire me to post lots more recipes. So glad that you and the fam like it! Please try more recipes and let me know what you guys think! Thank you for appreciating my efforts!
just made this, but omitted the walnuts. legit recipe. i was really having a hard time not just inhaing all of it from the pan. cant wait to use it for other stuff. .... so glad i found your channel.
Javant, so glad I found this recipe and your channel! I added some organic smoked paprika to this. Awesome! I plan to modify the herbs and spices according to the ways that I cook whether it's Asian, Italian, Middle Eastern, Jamaican, etc. Also love that you don't go crazy using oils, sugar and processed white wheat flour. I've been eating plant based since June 2020 while taking care of my brother after he had a heart attack and quadruple bypass surgery. We both went plant based cold turkey. Before a year passed, he went back to work and exercises everyday, which he did not do previously. The doctor said that lack of exercise is on the same level as smoking cigarettes! Keep up the great work. Be blessed!💗
I just made this just tweaked the volume to test it . Can’t believe how good it taste and it looks exactly like ground beef. Awesome video I just made sure to test it and adjust it as needed with a touch of salt and added a touch of chili flakes!
