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I was just reading over Joe's blog when I read this.



"I got home to a house full of wonderful smells and Lauren doing some serious cooking. ...
homemade pan fried seitan lentil loaf, braised carrots and a broiled asparagus casserole with homemade bread crumbs and local extra sharp cheddar aged 3 years. On top of it all was a delicious mushroom nutritional yeast gravy."

And I thought damn I became crunchy.. remember when I used to eat rare burgers?



For those of you who don't know what seitan is (I didn't either till I had a corned seitan sandwich at a Vegan resturant) It is made out of wheat gluten. Wiki says "It is made by washing wheat flour dough with water until all the starch dissolves, leaving insoluble gluten as a gummy mass, which is subject to further processing." I purchased mine as you would with flour. I made mine by putting 3/4 of a cup into the food processor and then adding 1/3 of a cup of dried lentils. Mix it for a minute or two with 3/4 of a cup of water and presto you have a nice sticky gummy dough. You let the dough sit for 20 minutes under a towel and then boil it for about 1 hour. (I boiled mine in 6 cups of water mixed with 1/3 of a cup of soy sauce. ) and thats it.. It turns into about a 1.5 pound loaf. That kinda looked like the one below if that one were to have lentils in it. I may try straight out seitan next time.
Nutritional yeast too might also make you wonder. Nutritional yeast is grown on mineral enriched molasses and used as a food supplement. At the end of the growth period, the culture is pasteurized to kill the yeast. Nutritional yeast contains 18 amino acids (forming the complete protein) and 15 minerals. Being rich in the B-complex vitamins, it is vital in many ways and particularly good for stress reduction. The B-complex vitamins help make nutritional yeast such a valuable supplement, especially to the vegetarian. It fortified with B12, a nutrient generally found only in animal food sources. One element of yeast is the trace mineral chromium, also known as the Glucose Tolerance Factor (GTF). This is necessary to regulate blood sugar and is important for diabetics and people with a tendency toward low blood sugar.
Hmm yummy... I know you are thinking that.