Monthly Archives: June 2014

My CSA has started, yay!  Surveying today’s haul: it’s kohlrabi, red leaf amaranth, peas, spring onions, collard greens, fruit share is strawberries, and I got crimini and shitake mushrooms as add on extras. I’m determined to plan better to get the most out of the veggies.  I start by looking at what I won’t use andContinue reading “Fresh Vegetable Tofu Scramble Collard Green Burrito”

This week the seitan special at Sweet Grass was a steak rather than slices. Really good, but different.  I once got some gluten cubes from the H Mart (Asian market) that were similar to this.  It’s almost bread, but a meaty chewy gluteny savory bread.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s good but different from theContinue reading “More seitan at Sweet Grass”

Finally, my local veg friendly restaurant in Tarrytown, NY, Sweetgrass, has a seitan dish. I was expecting more of a “steak” but this thinly sliced seitan served it up with flavor.      Sweetgrass has also refined the Vegan Shepherd’s pie.  The mashed potato crust is perfectly crisped and the meaty jackfruit gives it authenticContinue reading “Sweetgrass Seitan and an evening with Rick Springfield”