Alien Meat Cones

Alien Meat Cones:

3-4oz ground * (in this case, * is turkey. Last week it was chicken)
1/4 cup barley
4tbs wheat gluten
Portobello mushroom caps, stems trimmed to half mast

season to taste (Last night: 1 stewed tomato, 1tbs Korean soy sauce, coarse ground black pepper, 2 bay leaves, pulverized, 1tbs garlic powder, 1tbs onion powder, a touch of coriander, 1tbs balsamic vinegar)

Cook barley. When done, cool with cold water and drain

Mush barley with *. Add spices and liquids and mush. Add wheat gluten last and blend well.

Take barley mixture and pack onto mushroom cap into the shape of a cone. Pop in steamer (I'll try baking them next week).

Eat.

Prepare without mushrooms and shape mixture into little elephants and you have Babarleyballs.

As prepared above: ~600 calories (makes 2 cones and 2 balls..I had it with Baingan Bhartha (100 calories) and was very full.

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