I’ve made or bought my share of mock foods over the years. Being a vegetarian for so long you can’t help but try all the different varieties of fake meats out there. And my chickpea loaf and lentil burgers are to die for. To be honest, beans and all their subsequent dishes are the thing I miss most about the raw food diet. I always thought I couldn’t live without cheese… seriously! But now it turns out I miss my beans the most. Especially because I always thought they were healthy, while deep down I instinctively knew that cheese was not.

If you’ve been reading my blog, you know me by now, I’m just a simple salad kinda gal. But every once in a while I get that urge to make a mock dish. You know, a “fake” something or other. Usually pasta, meat, or cheesy stuff that these glorious raw food chefs dream up.

Today the beautiful Angelina Elliott of She-Zen Cuisine posted this mock meatloaf dish in her Facebook feed, and I couldn’t resist! The Kitchen Goddess playfully calls it “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Meatloaf,” and it was every bit as delicious as she claimed. In fact, I’m ashamed to admit that I ate the whole thing! Well okay, I halved the recipe, but still! These mock foods are dangerous to me!

Edit, a couple of days later: I didn’t gain any extra weight so happily it seems that raw dishes are much more forgiving if you over-indulge. 

Angelina Elliott's I Can't Believe It's Not Meatloaf

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Meatloaf
By Angelina Elliott

Ingredients:
• 2 cups walnuts
• 1 red pepper
• ½ cup sweet onion, minced
• ½ cup celery, minced
• 1 tomato
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 tsp onion
• Dash of oregano
• ½ tsp of miso
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Add all the above ingredients to a food processor, pulse chop until evenly distributed. Place meatloaf on a platter and shape into a loaf and serve.

*Angelina’s note: “This actually looks like real meat loaf and is absolutely delicious!”