Back on track being relative… *sigh* Anyway, this is part four of my groundbreaking series on desuckifying tofu. As a fan of tofu, I firmly admit that it takes some finessing (or some deep frying) to bring out what makes it truly good. Which is why in Part 0 of How to Make Tofu That […]
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Seitan Slow Cooker Style
Before my descent into veganism, I used to love to make short ribs and pork and roast in the slow cooker. As someone does not eat meat, I can still savor the memory of pork so tender it had to be scooped up because it would fall apart when pricked by a fork or delicious […]
Chipotle Seitan “Sausages”
This is my entry for the iBuyBarbecues grill contest. This recipe makes “faux” hot dogs from seitan, a dough made of wheat gluten. Chipotle Seitan Sausages 1 1/2 cups vital wheat gluten 1/4 cup nutritional yeast 2 tablespoons chipotle powder 1 tablespoon kosher salt 1 tablespoon garlic powder 1/2 […]
How to Make Tofu That Doesn’t Suck Part 2
Okay, quick recap: In Part 0, we learned how to prepare tofu via pressing and that silken tofu is largely the suck unless its the shake or the cake. In Part 1, we learned how to bake tofu to give it a firm outer texture and a moist inner texture that will keep your mouth […]
Breakfast Around the World
I’ve been dealing with an extreme bout of total unmotivation this week so I opted out of thought for this post. Instead, I posed the question to my Twitter buddies what they were interested in knowing about food. DazzlinDonna responded with the idea to look at what cultures around the world do for breakfast. I […]
Making Tamarind Paste
Unbeknownst to me, the tamarind is an somewhat popular ingredient in southern Indian cooking. My love affair with tamarind began the first time someone told me what was in phad thai sauce (which includes tamarind paste, fish sauce, sugar, garlic, and chilis.) Upon hearing this, I just knew that I would always love tamarind because, […]
Vegan Cheese Sauce Revisited
In this post on Nutritional Yeast, I gave a recipe for cheese sauce from How It All Vegan!: Irresistible Recipes for an Animal-Free Diet. Well I got to chatting with Wordvixen, a Twitter buddy of mine, about the recipe. Apparently Ms. Vixen grew up on nutritional yeast (good for her) and said she would try […]
The Joys of Nutritional Yeast
I’ve been trying to branch out and try new ingredients, especially those typically associated with vegan cooking. During my experimentation, I ran across Nutritional Yeast in several recipes (including my spicy “buffalo wings”.) I had no idea what it was, so I consulted my friendly local Internet and found out all sorts of interesting tibits. Nutritional yeast […]
Spicy Barbecue Seitan Wings
So last post, I talked about making my own seitan so that I could fry it up and make “buffalo wings.” Here are the seitan wings I made: It’s kind of hard to see, but they turned out really well. There was something about the light, moistness of the homemade seitan that turned into juicy wings […]
Homemade Seitan
For over year now, I have been a fan and evangelist of seitan, sometimes called Wheat meat or Buddha Food, which is a dough made from the vital gluten of wheat. But up until recently, I was using store bought packages rather than making my own. However, I decided that needed to change. Here I am, […]