[DollyCali]

I make big batches also . Freeze some, give away quite a bit. Cooking vegetarian chili is interesting. Most people do NOT realize it is meatless as the soy crumbles resemble the meat in look & feeling in mouth & the heavy spices cover the taste buds. I add olive oil for the fat.

I love chili.. even though my recipe is meatless, I have won 2 large chili cook offs with it. At one of the events, one of the judges wanted to take away my first prize when he heard it was meatless, but the others said NO..

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[A knight without armor]

I've bought taco kits from Kroger that are meatless and made with soy crumbles. Unfortunately their health food dept. has discontinued that line. You can't tell the difference. I would not mind using them for chili and spaghetti. I don't know how to buy just the crumbles. I have nothing against meatless meals. No grease to clean up for starters.

By the way speaking of Kroger health food dept., I am crazy about Ling Ling Vegetarian Pot Stickers. http://www.4linglings.com/all_natural/index.html . I wonder if they would be hard to make at home.