The one question that I get asked more than anything else is, “Where do you get your protein?” It usually comes right after “You haven’t eaten any of the egg salad or cheese dip. Are you one of those ve-guns?” I’ve been eating this way for so long, that I’m actually kind of tired of…
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Praise Seitan
One of my favorite vegan protein sources is seitan. Despite how the name sounds, seitan isn’t food of choice for satanic vegans, it’s actually a tasty meatless food made from wheat gluten. It’s pronounced as it looks – say-tan. As a meat substitute, seitan isn’t quite as popular in mainstream cuisine as tofu yet. Maybe…
Seitan Chimichurri Tacos
If this recipe gives you a sense of déjà vu, it’s because it was inspired by the Seitan Skewers I posted a few weeks ago. I had a hankering for tacos, and I saw that there was some leftover sauce in the fridge. I Googled “chimichurri tacos” I discovered that it is indeed already “a…
Unicorn Tacos from The Great Vegan Protein Book
“Where do you get your protein?” “I could never go vegan. I need my protein.” “I tried to go vegan, but I felt week. I just wasn’t getting enough protein.” Food Advertising by These are all things I’ve heard many, many times. The question, “where do you get you’re protein?” is so ridiculous that the…
Stop Calling Vegan Food “Fake”
I recently watched a rerun of the canceled-too-soon show Raising Hope, and Cloris Leachman’s character Maw Maw was eating a plastic apple. “This apple tastes awful!” she exclaimed, and her granddaughter Virginia told her she was eating one of baby Hope’s toys. It reminded me of the bowl of fake fruit we had on our…
Vegan Seitan Gyro with Tahini Sauce
Seitan, vegetables, and tahini wrapped in a whole wheat pita – a Vegan Seitan Gyro with Tahini Sauce is the perfect filling lunch! I never had a gyro in my meat-eating days, so I’m not 100% what they taste like. They seemed to me to be some sort of flesh smothered in some sort of dairy-laden…
Soy-Lime Seitan Tacos with Mango and Chipotle Aioli
Taco Tuesday gets a fresh update with Jenna’s Soy-Lime Seitan Tacos with Mango and Chipotle Aioli When Vegan MoFo started last week I said that Tuesdays would be dedicated to book reviews. (And boy do I have a stack of books to review!) But I had a busy weekend and I didn’t have a chance…
Veggie Beef and Snap Pea Stir-Fry
Need a quick dinner recipe? This Veggie Beef and Snap Pea Stir-Fry comes together faster than you can drive to the local Chinese restaurant for takeout! I don’t eat very much soy “meat”. When I first went vegetarian in the early 90s it wasn’t available. As different brands slowly began to creep into the market, I…
Fresh From the Vegan Slow Cooker
I’m a big fan of my slow cooker and an even bigger fan of Robin Robertson, so earlier in the year when I heard that she was working on a new vegan slow cooker cookbook, I began to eagerly await the date of it’s release. Fortunately, the wait is now over, and I am now…
Slow Cooker Seitan Stew
No time to to make dinner after a busy day at work? Just throw the ingredients for this Seitan Stew in your slow cooker before you leave for work in the morning, and dinner will be waiting for you when you get home! My slow cooker really has been earning it’s keep lately. I love using it…
