@CherryBomb
I did not know what a terrible thing I did to my family member when I made soy-bean or chick pea patties with a variety of other ingredients - also vegetarian pie and another low meat high vegetable dish I think was some kind of cabbage dish - I loved it - my son loved it, my then-husband ate it without comment and it was years before I was told that my dd found it disgusting
I would do it again - but it is incredibly messy and time consuming and cooking for one would mean a lot of waste - but still - I do have meals where the vegetable content far outweighs the meat content.
But just as my mother never gave us much choice about what to eat - I guess I never questioned that - it was hard work but economically sound.
I think it's important to prepare the soy products carefully though - I don't think commercial soy products are prepared with that in mind because it is a time consuming activity -
But as I am writing this I am thinking about the patties made with or without soy products - but with grated vegetables bound together with bread crumbs and my mother is watering
Oh yeah
WTG - Decadian
BTW - my mother would put a ......... collection - that word will do - collection of vegetables on our plates - and I found cold roast beef flap - full of fat, mashed potato, cauliflour and cooked spinach on the same plate horrifying - and an insult to the plate and the table cloth and my palate - so I understand my family member
