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Looking for a flavorful budget friendly meatless meal? Check out these tasty TVP Tacos. Delicious and healthy and best of all ready in about 30 minutes making it perfect for Meatless Mondays, Taco Tuesdays, Lenten Fridays or any day you are craving some tacos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eons ago, Amway used to offer an incredible meatless taco mix that only needed water added, in addition to your favorite taco toppings. It is no longer available so I decided I had to recreate it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made a homemade taco spice mix, but you can use a packaged mix if you prefer. No judgements here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you add the spices to the TVP, the taste and texture are pretty darn close to ground beef tacos. Serve with your favorite taco toppings and you have a quick meatless weeknight meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is TVP? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Texturized Vegetable Protein<\/a> is a by-product from the production of soybean oil. After the oil is squeezed out the solids form a paste which is formed into various shapes and dried. The result it is high protein meat substitute with little to no fat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The consumer rehydrates it with water or broth before using. It has a mild taste yet a texture like ground beef making it great for tacos, chili, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WARNING! <\/strong>It may also be made from wheat so be sure to read the labels if you have a soy or wheat allergy. Though, if you have food allergies you probably already do this by force of habit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can usually be found in the grocery store (hint: look for the Bob's Red Mill products) and is available in many health or bulk food stores as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most TVP falls in line with a low carb<\/strong> diet, but it is a processed<\/em> food<\/strong> so those on a Raw or Paleo diet will want to avoid it. And most US soy is GMO so if you are avoiding genetically modified ingredients, skip this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an added benefit, TVP is less expensive than ground beef<\/strong> or turkey and since it is a dry product you can keep it in your pantry to grab whenever you need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When money's tight, but you still want to eat great, check out these budget friendly recipes from some of my favorite bloggers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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