Used different ingredients. I admit it, a steak flashed thru my mind too after the first bite. VERY BLAND. BUT, I just adjusted the seasonings to my taste, let it cook longer, and found it was a great meal. I did follow the recipe exactly, except I only cooked it 2 hours before adding the flour/water mixture instead of 3. I think it is a great "base" for a chilli recipe. I never have luck with my crockpot and all I had to do was add smoked jalapeno, cayenne pepper, cumin, paprika and brown sugar. If you are adding brown sugar I would cut back on the molasses, it was too syrupy. Also, I would like to add a lot more beans to this...I would definitely use this as a start to developing my own personalized veggie chilli recipe.  -  29 Sep 2008

Altered ingredient amounts. If you are making this recipe for a vegan, please note that not all "vegetarian ground beef crumbles" are suitable for vegans. Many of them contain egg, or milk derivatives--vegans do not consume these items. Having said that--I likedthis recipe quite a bit. It had a nice chilli flavour, and the molasses added something different. I added an extra stock cube, as well.  -  29 Sep 2008

i made this recipe for a company vegetarian theme potluck, and even the meat eaters loved it. one even asked for the recipe.  -  29 Sep 2008