No Whey, José!

I was just about to publish this post when my internet closed the page unexpectadly and I lost the entire post. So here’s take two.

::shakes fist at WordPress::

Josh and I have been making seitan like nobody’s business lately. We use the seitan cutlets recipe from Veganomicon and then we cook it on the grill pan with some grill seasoning (tonight we used a garlic pepper grinder) and a little margarine. It makes it all moist and grilly and delicious.

My Nanna always likes to make “1-2-3″ dinners, which is “meat,” a starch like pasta or potatoes, and a vegetable. Josh and I have been making 1-2-3 dinners more than ever lately, now that we’ve been finding new ways to cook up seitan. Josh bought some steak sauce, which for me was a very different flavor then anything I’ve ever had, but as soon as he tasted it with the seitan he said it was almost scary how much it tasted like, well, you know. It almost looks like the real thing too, which is kind of eery.

We also ate brussel sprouts for the first time a few days ago. Brussel sprouts have such a bad reputation but I personally believe it’s all in the way you cook things. I bet the people who say they hate brussel sprouts probably steam them and throw some salt and pepper on them, if that. We opted to grill them with some olive oil and some grill seasoning, and we think brussel sprouts are absolutely delicious.

The parts that are really grilled taste a lot like cashews, and for us anything that tastes like cashews is going to be a new favorite food. So for anyone who thinks they don’t like brussel sprouts, try cooking them like this and you may decide you like them!

So another thing that my Nanna is famous for is her baked macaroni and cheese. She used to cut up veggie dogs into coins and bake them in with the macaroni, and it was always one of my family’s favorite recipes. That was actually the last non-vegan meal I ate. I thought I’d go out with a bang.
Josh and I have had a few different vegan macaroni and cheese dishes, and as so many of you know, it never really leaves you saying holy crap this is exactly what I’ve been missing. So we decided we’d take a crack at recreating Nanna’s baked macaroni and veggie dogs.

Now I haven’t had macaroni and cheese in almost 3 years (May 20th will be my 3 year vegan anniversary!), but this baked macaroni dish satisfied my cheesy cravings and Josh’s too (that says a lot right there). The veggie dogs gives it a little smokey flavor, and the bread crumbs on top get all golden brown and delicious…it’s just awesome.

This recipe will be in our recipe zine which is still in the works (no we haven’t forgotten about it!) so as soon as we finish that it’ll be for sale for like 5 bucks and then you can make this amazing macaroni every night like we do (well, almost every night).