Coconut Basil Satay

  This is a really great ”wheat meat” to use in rice paper wraps with rice noodles, fresh veggies, cilantro and mint.  It’s also wonderful as the anchor for a southeastern Asian-styled meal.  Seasoned from the inside out with coconut milk, Thai basil, ginger and chili pepper, it’s full of flavor and has a chewy texture that is [...]

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Dilled Georgian Wheatloaf

  We love just about every fresh herb out there, but we especially love the flavor of dill.  I wanted to incorporate some dill into a seitan recipe and decided to couple it with the Georgian spice blend, kharcho.  This is a really simple wheatloaf that takes minimal effort to make and leftovers make great sandwiches.      Dilled Georgian [...]

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Savory Phyllo Roll

  Savory Phyllo Roll This dish is similar to the Mediterranean Braciole dinner in that it’s a combination of separate dishes combined into one  main course.  It’s very straight-forward and easy to assemble and well worth the time investment when you want to create a memorable and special meal.  The three main components can be made ahead of [...]

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Veggie Dawg

  It’s summertime and people are out grilling and gathering around tables laden with food.  Problem is, there usually aren’t many vegan options.  These veggie dawgs will be a hit at your next gathering and are, as always, entirely vegan.  I had a few goals when I set out to make these veggie dawgs:  First, they had [...]

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Comfort Food; Greek-style

  I’d made a batch of Gyros-style seitan and wanted to use it in some traditional Greek-style dishes.  This impulse just happened to coincide with the arrival of a sample of  Teese’s newly revamped stretchy mozzarella-style faux cheese.  So there you have it, Greek-style comfort food was on the menu.  It was absolutely carb coma-inducingly [...]

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A Compassionate Easter Feast

  Easter has been on my mind for a while now because it, along with Thanksgiving and Christmas, are important holidays where people gather for food and community.  These days can be especially stressful for vegans because you’re expected to do something a little extra special on these occasions and omnivores are used to substantial, [...]

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Mushroom Steakhouse Burger

This is an incredibly satisfying and savory burger.  I was both eager and hesitant for H to try this because she loathes both mushrooms and onions.  To my profound relief, because I want to make these again they were so good, she loved them.  And yes, I said them.  She has had more than one over [...]

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Playing with My Food

So yes, I’ve been playing with my food again.  I don’t expect to stop anytime soon.  The dish above [potatoes and zucchini stuffed with the star of today's post and a  lemony cashew cheese] could be constructed in a far simpler way and be just as tasty but I wanted to express the inner child for [...]

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Breakfast Sammich, Redone.

Like I said, seitan has been preoccupying my mind.  I wanted a breakfast sausage flavored seitan that would go great on a biscuit for a quick breakfast or scrambled up with some tofu and onion equally well.  I have my heart set upon savoring  pancakes with this spicy sage and apple seitan; maple syrup to be used liberally.  Vegan Apple and [...]

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Greek Gyros, Vegan-style.

Seitan. This food fascinates me with its versatility. I want to conquer it and meld its glutenous soul into fantastical creations to satisfy any cravings that H or I may be jonesing over. [I think this is the mad scientist in me expressing herself.]  I want the ability to craft it into textures and infuse it with the flavors of the [...]

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