Soup, Bread and Seitan

For lunch today, we had this Vegetable Noodle Soup from JCD. It's a tester and really yummy. I'm not sure if these are really noodles or more like dumplings, but they certainly are delicious.

Over the weekend, we tried the whole wheat bread from have cake will travel. It's a variation from the Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book and really brought back memories. I used to make it all the time when the book came out. My loaf was really ugly. I need to remember that my bread machine makes 2 pound loaves so I don't get these totally misshapen loaves. But the flavor was good, so that's why I'm posting it for you to see. Even if it is humiliatingly ugly.

Because my go-to food always involves seitan, we had this chickeny seitan pasta dish that was a stick-to-your-ribs comfort food kind of dish. I've been playing with the camera and trying to learn more about the settings. This pic seems to show more detail, or maybe it's just me. We wouldn't normally have asparagus and brussels sprouts at the same time, but there were only a few sprouts left. We're not that vegan, if you know what I mean.


The basic recipe for the seitan is from Bryanna Clark Grogan. I know, I use it a lot. We also love the seitan cut in small chunks and lightly browned for the Caesar Salad in Veganomicon. As soon as it's done cooking, I add a tiny bit of tamari and it soaks in/cooks off and gives it just a little more flavor. Great on the salad. Try it!