Cacciatore Vegetarian Style

Total Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1 1/2 cups seitan or 1 1/2 cups bean curd
• 1 cup mushroom
• 1 stalk celery, coarsely chopped
• 1 medium carrot, coarsely chopped
• 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
• 2 sweet bell peppers, 1 green & 1 red, coarsely chopped
• 3 fresh garlic cloves (or 1 t dried minced)
• 28 ounces chunky tomato sauce
• 1/3 cup dry wine or 1/3 cup sherry wine
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 2 teaspoons artificial sweetener (succanat, sugar or substitute)
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly-ground pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 in a large skillet, saute mushrooms, celery, carrot, onion, peppers and garlic in balsamic vinegar until tender (add a small amount of water, if needed).
• 2 add tomato sauce, bean curd, wine, oregano, salt, black pepper, and sugar.
• 3 bring to boil; reduce heat. cover and simmer for 20 minutes. serve over rice or pasta.
• 4 notes: if you are lacto use a bit of feta cheese mixed in as well as some cheddar or mozzarella on top.
• 5 when i made it last time, i used stir fry vegetables. mix of peppers [yellow, red and green] also added some lemon pepper mrs. dash. nicely done.
• 6 will also work in microwave.