Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | celery in Heather's sloppy joes recipe

I was THRILLED because I found TVP at a grocery store today for only $1.65/lb!!!! (I'd found it before, but it was like $3 for a tiny bag) (I also found nutritional yeast flakes for $8.49/lb, which is a slight improvement over the $11/lb I'd found before.)

When I'm feeling better I'd like to try Heather's sloppy joes recipe since it looks so yummy. But it uses (yikes) a whole cup of chopped celery. I don't do IF too well, and IF veggies in particular usually just sail right through me, unperturbed by silly digestive enzymes. But a whole cup of something is quite a bit to simply omit -- any suggestions for subs? I can't imagine it really adding that much taste so I was thinking about bumping up the TVP by 1/4 C or so and hoping for the best.

P.S. For some reason, I cracked up reading the line in this recipe where it says to add all ingredients except for the buns. I had this vision of some bright new expectant cook carefully stirring around a saucepan full of tomato sauce, TVP, molasses, and whole hamburger buns.

OK! Maybe I should go get some sleep!

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jen

"It's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle -- to get one's head cut off." -- LC

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