Week 1 of Our CSA = Amazing Seitan Dinner!

CSA 1/2 Share

We finally joined a CSA! After a not-so-good experience about 18 years ago, we finally tried again. This is what we got in our first week! Can you believe it? We went out to the farm and helped pick our vegetables... and to think it's only going to get better over the summer! There were also some scapes that aren't in the picture but made it into the amazing seitan dinner we had.


Seitan with Scapes, Peas and Mushrooms
Serves 3 generously

8 oz chicken seitan, cut in strips
2 - 3 Tbsp olive oil
5 scapes, cut in 1/2 inch pieces
1 shallot, sliced thinly
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 cup fresh peas (as fresh and sweet as possible!)
1 1/2 cups mushrooms, sliced thinly
1 cup white wine
juice from 1/2 a lemon
1 Tbsp nooch
1 tsp herbes de provence, dried
1 tsp thyme, dried
salt and pepper

Heat 2 Tbsp olive oil in a pan. Lightly brown the seitan strips, then remove from the pan. Saute the scapes and shallots, then add the garlic and mushrooms and a pinch of salt. Add the last Tbsp of oil if you need it. When nearly cooked, add the cup of wine with the seitan strips and reduce to about 1/2. Turn down, then add the rest of the ingredients and cook until it's saucy. Adjust seasonings and serve over pasta or rice.

I've got to say, this is probably one of my top 10 recipes of all time. Nothing incredibly original, but the way this comes together is incredible. The peas and scapes were both from our CSA. They were the sweetest peas I've ever had!

Speaking of sweet, how about a Chewy Spicy Ginger Cookie? Another yummy tester from Autumn Vegan and Garrick. Their book just keeps getting better and better!