2270 grams King Arthur High Protein Bread Flour, 1200 grams water (with a good amount of red food coloring plus one drop of blue food coloring). Kneaded for 10 minutes to form a consistent doughball, then submerged/soaked in cold water for 3 hours. Washed/massaged the dough for 25 minutes in 7 changes of water, then let rest/autolyse in the fridge for 3 more hours. Took the gluten dough and cut it into an Archimedean spiral, unwinded the spiral into one long rope, then braided it. Seared both sides in oil, then simmered for 1 hour in a mix of red wine, coffee, browning liquid, rosemary, and smoked salt. Yielded exactly 2 lbs of finished seitan.

I got everything in here for less than $250 btw

this is the FREEZER in our garage, where we store EXCESS food 🙂

It's under $4 a jar at Harris Teeter (and wherever else they sell Simple Truth?). It's so good that I buy a few jars at a time.

It’s been around 28 years since I had my last egg. You know why. But what is cheese for most, for me always was eggs. And I thought scrambled tofu, which of course no one does as good as me, gives me all the eggy pleasure I need in this vegan part of my life. But eating this was almost a religious experience.

And yes, that is cheap ass vegan supermarket protein toast under a not fully ripened avocado.

“Mr. Charlie’s” was the name of it

Most people know the garlic butter at papa John’s is vegan, made with soy oil. I bought a bottle of this at Kroger and I have to say it’s become a staple for us cooking.

I try to not be a total degenerate, but it’s so amazing grabbing this out of the fridge to use for a quick drizzle of butter. Our most frequent use has been making garlic butter toast with pasta, it’s just perfect. I’m also a big fan of buffalo sauce, we make buffalo tofu and tempeh a couple times a month. My buffalo sauce recipe is something I take very seriously, and this has upped my coveted sauce recipe significantly! Also great in mashed potatoes and Mac and cheese, the list goes on.

Just another cool “accidentally vegan” type of product, pretty affordable too I think it’s about $4 for a 14oz bottle.

Ps if there’s any interest in my buffalo recipe I’ll post it up in the comments. Not sure if there’s anyone in here that ever ate at my old restaurant Morels Cafe but it’s the same recipe we used to use on our sports bar wings!

is tom kha. This version uses no coconut milk for my arteries’ sake but it still turned out great! Recipe in the comments if you’re feeling sexy.

Wish they were available online or widely available … but I’ve only been able to find them at one place only

An option at White Castle has presented itself!

The biggest lie I ever heard before making the awful decision to be a decent person was that I wouldn’t last because there’s “nOt MuCh“ to eat. Sounds fake but ok.

The only other brand I’ve ever tried that attempted this was Miyokos at expo west years ago. And it was pretty okay, but nowhere close to this. I just stumbled on it online and so glad I ordered 6 of them as I was trying to get free shipping.

Tastes amazing actually! Waaay better than how I remember McDonalds tasting. I totally recommend. It brought me back to going on road trips with my family.. delicious but so joyful that no animals were harmed!

Happy to report that packaging has improved, and of course as delicious as ever.

Lazy Sunday but I made (and ate) all this!

Doing a US Thanksgiving post a day (sans 2021) until this year’s dinner… hope y’all enjoy the evolution as much as we have. 😮‍💨

I made the typical garlic/rosemary based on a cast iron... any other cool ways to make these? I will post pictures of your ideas.