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Vegan: Noodle Stir Fry? Reverse The Ratios
great concept; like Bittman says, you get "moist, flavorful one-dish meal of vegetables with the distinctive, lovable chewiness of pasta." keyword "moist". that's my major stumbling block to low-carbing it (which I know is better for my body in a bunch of ways) - it's just so relentlessly...wet. if you replace pasta or grains or breadcrumbs with veggies or meat or almond meal, there's nothing to dry out the mouthfeel, which is fine and maybe even novel once in awhile but, in my experience, quickly become monotonous. I've had more luck with oven-dehydrated vegetables (like zucchini 'noodles' or eggplant strips) as a way to invert proportions without doing too much textural damage.
The Vegan Experience, Day 5: Say No To Faux
I second the homemade seitan suggestion. If you use wheat gluten powder and a stand mixer, it's ridiculously easy, and you have a lot of control over the texture (by varying how much water you ad to the gluten, and the size/shape of the dough balls when you cook them) and flavor (you can season the gluten dough itself or the stock it's boiled in). Just dump the balls of gluten dough in a crock pot and let it alone for a day or so, and you got some easy, tasty gluten chunks.
I tried once to make it the old fashioned way, by making a very, very stiff dough with flour and water, and then running cold water over it while I kneading it in a colander. I wasn't able to rinse out nearly enough of starch and ended up with something that was like extra-chewy dumplings.
making your own tempeh actually isn't that hard either, if you can source the mold spores to ferment it with. it has a much sweeter flavor when it's very fresh.
I'm with you on hating the really processes faux meats like tofu dogs and unchicken nuggets and whatnot. I don't even really think seitan is all that good for you (i mean with all these people going gluten-free, i can't imagine ingesting straight up gluten is great for the intenstines), but I don't think it's anywhere near in the same category as those things either in amount of processing or taste.
Super Bowl Giveaway: California Avocado Gift Box for Guacamole-Making
on sandwiches...with sardines.
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not a football fan, i'll probably be playing cards with friends...maybe with sliders?