- Oven roasted basic seitan with toasted wheat germ from Mark Bittman's How To Cook Everything Vegetarian smothered in MIghty Miso Gravy from How it All Vegan!
- Mac and Cheese from the June 2008 issue of Vegetarian Times garnished with paprika for color. (Recipe below.)
- Salad of mixed greens with grape tomatoes and fake bacon bits topped with Oil-Free Vinaigrette from Living Cuisine.
Serves 4 - Vegan - 30 minutes or fewer
The “cheese” sauce is thickened with rice flour, making it both vegan and gluten free.
- 2 1/2 cups plain soymilk
- 2 1/2 Tbs. white rice flour
- 1 1/2 Tbs. large flake nutritional yeast
- 1 1/2 tsp. low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 Tbs. granulated garlic
- 1 Tbs. granulated onion
- 2 Tbs. nonhydrogenated vegan margarine, melted
- 1 tsp. yellow mustard
- 1 8-oz. pkg. rotelli (corkscrew) pasta
- Whisk together soymilk, rice flour, yeast, soy sauce, granulated garlic, and granulated onion in saucepan. Simmer 4 minutes, or until thickened, whisking constantly. Whisk in margarine and mustard, and simmer 10 minutes more.
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain, and toss with sauce.
I thought the recipe tasted a bit bland (it was designed for kids, after all) so just before I served it, I dropped a spoonful of white miso in and stirred to incorporate.
What a fabulous dinner! We were all fat n' happy by the end of the meal.
3 comments:
that all looks so awesome! i wish i was there! :) man, i need to just suck it up and make some seitan! i know it's not too hard, but for some reason i'm just intimidated! you make it look soooooooooooo good!
You can do it! Seitan is eeeeeasy. A little time-consuming, but totally easy. And most of the time involved in making seitan is unattended. Give it a try! I'm going to start making multiple batches when I do have the time (like on weekends) and freezing them.
Okay, so I found seitan at Whole Foods in B'ham (couldn't find it anywhere in SD, but whatevs!!). Tonight, I made low-fat chicken in peanut hoisin sauce...and then made the seitanic version for myself. I nixed the oil in the stirfry portion and amped the chili garlic sauce.
I had mamacita and the pops try my stuff, and the response was (especially when they found out how many WW points I saved over them), "Why didn't you serve me yours instead of the chicken???"
Did I mention our dinners lately have been almost exclusively vegetarian (Boca, Gardenburger, etc.) sandwiches with low-fat french fries?
Just wait 'til they see what I have planned for Thanksgiving....
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