Teczcape-An Escape to Food

Besides incorporating this vegetarian plant-based protein into veggie bowls and salad bowls, I was just as excited to add tempeh into a bean stew (winter food!) which is quite similar to this one-pot bean stew.

Very importantly, this is a fuss-free way to prepare and cook a protein-loaded dish, which also means an absolutely easy way to a healthy and nutritious meal.


This whole package of organic tempeh packs about 40g of protein. With the addition of organic red kidney beans, it will be at least 60g of plant-based protein in this pot of spice goodness. If split into two meals or two servings, it is still a decent amount of protein per serving or meal.

To make sure we consume legumes/beans at least once a week, I have to find easy ways to weave them into our diet and meals. Other than depending on canned beans, I also try my best to include a variety of beans e.g. garbanzo beans/chickpeas, black beans.

Thereafter, cook a batch from any variety of beans, start to finish in one pot. Oh my god, I am such a sloth!


A sloth who wants to have healthy and nutritious meals, needs to work even harder to think of short-cuts and fuss-free cooking methods.

To elaborate further, let us calculate the time (and effort) to put this plate together.


Alright, a big batch of beans was cooked in advance for this meal. Before serving, the beans were re-heated (steamed) for 10 mins.

Time for reheating beans, 10 mins.
Time for hard-boiled eggs, 15 mins (or zero mins if hard-boiled eggs have been made in advance)
Time for steaming broccoli, 8 mins or less.
Time for making couscous, 8 mins or less (no burner required, just add boiling water, and let it seep)

And depending on how many burners you want to turn on, you can achieve everything, technically, in 15 minutes; or no more than 30 minutes for the plate of food above.