Least expensive place to purchase textured vegetable protein (TVP) by the case?

I'm trying to stretch my food dollar a bit and I've really liked the textured vegetable protein I've found in local groceries, but it's not sold locally in any case-sized quantities at a decent price. I know there are places out there that offer TVP for sale in case quantities, but I'm not finding very many stores or websites. Anyone know of any stores or sites selling TVP by the case at a relatively low price?|||You can try the two links I've put below. I've bought food from Bulkfood.com before and though some items may seem more expensive...they offer free shipping with a $75 order. I still have several vacuum sealed bags of nutritional yeast left from my last order.|||Oh what a great idea! TVP is the perfect thing to buy in bulk. My mother buys it from the local bulk food store, but she talks to them ahead of time and actually gets the large bag it comes in. You get a discount for ordering so much, and it never goes bad.





Have you tried marinating it (the slice size) and putting it on shish-ka-bobs? It's my favourite meal of all time.





BARBECUED TVP


TVP (the flat chunk size)





Marinade:


(There really aren't specific amounts you use for this. Just make sure there is enough marinade to coat all the TVP liberally. Use lots of everything, you can鈥檛 use too much for this recipe. Please adjust to taste)


olive oil


apple cider vinegar


chili powder


oregano


chili flakes (or jalapeno, or hot sauce, depending on desired heat)


garlic, crushed





Reconstitute TVP by pouring boiling water over it and leaving it for 15 minutes. Drain well. Put TVP and marinade in a container and shake to coat. Put in fridge and leaving it there for at least a day, preferably 2 or 3 days. Make sure to shake/flip it periodically during this time. You can even sample it cold from the fridge and it's really tasty!





2 cooking options:


1. Shishkabobs: The TVP is great on sticks with cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers, and pineapple. Take all the veggies and put them in with the TVP marinade and shake it around so everything gets some of the flavour. Make sure to soak the shishkabob sticks in water for a bit before using them or they'll burn.


2. BBQ-ed by itself: We use one of those camping cook racks, with the big long handle. You can just put all the TVP in it, clamp it together, and put it on the BBQ (or over a fire!) It's delicious - some bits crispy and a bit burnt, some juicy and succulent.|||You could consider making your own seitan (wheat meat) from vital wheat gluten (in the health food section or flour section of the grocery). It is high in protein, just takes a while to make it.





Seitan Recipes


http://www.associatedcontent.com/article鈥?/a> (making seitan from whole wheat flour, page 1)


http://www.associatedcontent.com/article鈥?/a> (making seitan from whole wheat flour, page 2)


http://vegetarian.about.com/od/cookingti鈥?/a> (step by step how to make)


http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=7586.0 (seitan roast beef sandwiches)


http://www.vrg.org/recipes/vjseitan.htm (seitan and shitake mushroom stroganoff)


http://www.theppk.com/recipes/dbrecipes/鈥?/a> (seitan Portobello stroganoff)


http://www.theveggietable.com/recipes/mo鈥?/a> (mock beef stroganoff)


http://kitteekake.blogspot.com/ (seitan spare ribs)


http://www.veganoutreach.org/starterpack鈥?/a>


http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-sei鈥?/a> (seitan chicken)


http://www.innerself.com/recipes/entrees鈥?/a> (basic info)


http://www.ellenskitchen.com/recipebox/w鈥?/a> (several recipes)


http://www.ellenskitchen.com/recipebox/g鈥?/a> (steaks)


http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/222/Sei鈥?/a> (seitan beef cutlets)


http://www.chow.com/recipes/10596 (seitan veal picatta)


http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/seit鈥?/a> (general info)


http://unturkey.org/2006/12/20/the-untur鈥?/a> (Now and Zen creator鈥檚 Unturkey 5 original recipes)


http://unturkey.org/2006/12/20/the-great鈥?/a> (Now and Zen creator鈥檚 Unturkey original gluten turkey recipe)


http://unturkey.org/2006/12/20/homemade-鈥?/a> (Now and Zen creator鈥檚 recipe for gluten for Unturkey)


http://unturkey.org/2006/12/20/great-glu鈥?/a> (Now and Zen creator鈥檚 Great Gluten dressing)


http://unturkey.org/2006/12/20/gravy-for鈥?/a> (Now and Zen creator鈥檚 gravy for Unturkey )


http://unturkey.org/2006/12/20/light-yea鈥?/a> (Now and Zen creator鈥檚 light nutritional yeast flavoring powder for chicken or turkey flavoring for broth or seitan or gravy)


http://www.veganlunchcast.com/2007/03/ve鈥?/a> (chicken and dumplings with broth)


http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/seitanrecip鈥?/a> (seitan and tofu turkey roast)


http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/889/Tur鈥?/a> (incl.turkey)


http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/seitanrecip鈥?/a> (incl turkey)


http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/817/Sei鈥?/a> (turkey with gravy and stuffing)


http://tofufortwo.net/2007/10/18/mock-du鈥?/a> (from canned seitan mock duck)


http://www.vegsource.com/articles/bryann鈥?/a> (bryanna鈥檚 mock duck from canned seitan)


http://www.vegsource.com/articles/bryann鈥?/a> (using canned seitan duck..oriental tamales)


http://www.vegan-food.net/category/meat/ (several fake meats, some seitan, some yuba, etc)


http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/225/Sei鈥?/a> (seitan pork cutlets)


http://www.webvalue.net/recipes/sausage.鈥?/a> (veggie sausages, not with tofu..seitan?)


http://www.everydaydish.tv/Recipe%20Page鈥?/a> (spicy Italian vegetarian sausage from seitan)


http://letsgetsconed.blogspot.com/2007/1鈥?/a> (sundried tomato and Italian herb Seitan Greatness鈥imilar to tofurkey sausages or hotdogs)


http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/223/Sei鈥?/a> (chicken cutlets)


http://www.vrg.org/recipes/vjseitan.htm (seitan beef stew)


http://www.veganrepresent.com/forums/arc鈥?/a> (seitan stew in golden sauce)


http://www.theppk.com/recipes/dbrecipes/鈥?/a> (Homemade Seitan)


http://www.lobsterlib.com/taste.html (vegan lobster recipe..with seitan)


http://www.theveggietable.com/recipes/se鈥?/a> (seitan mock beef stew)


http://www.theveggietable.com/recipes/mo鈥?/a> (beef bourguignon, from seitan or tempeh)


http://www.theveggietable.com/recipes/se鈥?/a> (seitan cheesesteak)


http://www.vrg.org/recipes/vjseitan.htm (several seitan recipes鈥croll down for mock BBQ pork)


http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/seitanrecip鈥?/a> (lots of seitan recipes)


http://www.vegan-food.net/search.cgi (lots of seitan recipes)


http://vegweb.com/index.php?board=329.0 (several seitan recipes)


http://www.familyoven.com/recipes/search鈥?/a> (seitan recipe)


http://www.recipesource.com/special-diet鈥?/a> (pressure cooker seitan)





Seitan with tapioca


http://www.ellenskitchen.com/~cook/cgi-b鈥?/a>


http://www.ellenskitchen.com/recipebox/g鈥?/a> (unchuck roast)