This time I used the shredder attachment on the food processor and threw in one small sweet potato, half a green bell pepper, and a quarter of a large red onion. Add three large cloves of garlic from the garlic press, a little salt and pepper, and some jalapenos. What looks like meat on top is actually chorizo-style seitan sausage. For those who are unfamiliar, seitan is a meat substitute made from wheat gluten. Here's a link to an informative (I almost said interesting until I read past the first few paragraphs...) article about it: Seitan--The Vegetarian Wheat Meat
This made two large servings which Justin and I ate alongside our pumpkin banana chocolate chip pancakes this morning. For all my vegan baker friends: I can't seem to do without the egg in my pancakes. The result is just not appealing to me. Any suggestions for good substitutes?
Nathan uses egg replacer in Alton Brown's pancake mix recipe. He adds the powder to the dry mix, then adds the water to the wet ingredients. I like using flax "eggs" (1 T ground flax whisked w/3 T water and let sit for a few minutes before using).
ReplyDeleteBut we've also successfully made some without any egg substitute:
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Have you tried making your own seitan? It's surprisingly easy. http://vegandad.blogspot.com/ has some good recipes - Nathan loves his lunchmeat, and we used his seitan roast for Thanksgiving last year.