Veggie Skyline?

Last night we tried out a new recipe. John's fast from meat has limited my dinner options, but other than having to use a little more creativity for meal planning, it hasn't been so bad. I've still been able to eat some here & there, so I haven't really been missing things like bacon or cheeseburgers the same way my hubby has. There is only one thing I've started to miss: Skyline.

For those of you who don't know what that is, I'll make you some after Easter. My family in Cincinnati keeps us stocked with cans of Skyline, and Publix carries the frozen kind. It is one of those things I cook when I have no idea what to make for dinner, because we always have it on hand. Since it is terribly unhealthy, we don't eat it that often, but I am starting to miss it. John & I mused that there might be a Veggie Skyline recipe out there in cyberspace... and there was! It uses bocca crumbles instead of ground beef. I had to run out for babyfood anyway, so I picked up what we needed to follow the recipe. We were excited, but skeptical. Could it be that we could have meatless Skyline?

No. I mean, it wasn't awful. And it was in the same family as Skyline. But in the kind of sweet, spicy Cincinnati Chili family this recipe was Skyline's weird great-uncle. John ate most of his; I could only eat about half. He says he'll eat the leftovers, that even though it's not Skyline, it's pretty good. That wasn't the point... (sigh)