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Merritt McKeon's avatar

These sound absolutely fabulous! I want to make something but am, at the moment, in court waiting for my case to be called. But I can dream can’t I? Fake Steak! Phony Baloney! Cheap and delicious and healthy. What’s not to like?

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We put the leftover on pizza after tossing it in olive oil an air frying the slices. Very good! It works on pizza. Trader Joe has an insanely expensive vegan pepperoni that is delicious but crazy like caviar or truffles… so this was delicious!

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The Turkish kebab! I have everything even a really good Turkish spice blend from Penzey’s spice. I am going to make this with some basmati rice, a nice soy yogurt with grated cucumbers on the side, and a little bit of cabbage salad … I may grill some tomatoes. I love grilling small cherry tomatoes a little bit to soften and sweeten them. The steaks and sausages also sound wonderful. I saved these.

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OK the seitan Turkish kebabs are steaming! I have a little loaf pan ready to roast the slices, so do I brush the magical marinade on each little slice and then roast them? I am making some basmati rice with some dehydrated vegetables (celery, shallots, red pepper, garlic and onion) and a spicy spice mix from Penzey’s. The seitan smells really good! Very easy quick recipe, the stuff all came together, dry ingredients then the wet. I didn’t have tomato paste so I used a small can of Rotel, which has tomatoes, jalapeños and onion in it, for the veggie broth, adding a little water. I blended it smooth and added the wet stuff, oil etc. To the blender, and poured it into the food processor as it was blending the dry stuff. I used a dough blade just until blended, about 10 seconds really, then gently kneaded it on a cutting board. It was nice to feel there is a whole kebab technique. Looking forward to lunch! Total mix time, 5 minutes. Total cooking, about 45-1 hour.

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Will Rankin's avatar

A flurry of feral hunger did make me laugh! It can be heavy… I try not to eat it *that* often!

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Will Rankin's avatar

Wow Merritt, my mouth is watering! Can you share a picture? How did it turn out? Probably a bit late, but yes, brush before, during and after with the marinade if you wish! I'd probably just pour it all over the slices. Your tweaks make it sound even tastier. I'd like to know what ingredients are in the Penzey's mix?

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Merritt McKeon's avatar

We ate it in a flurry of feral hunger but it was epic. We have an extra roll, we will try the glaze and loaf pan with that. Decided ok it’s tomorrow’s lunch. Seitan can sit a bit heavy hahahaha and so, we will do a pizza tonight with salad. So delicious I am grateful for the very clear easy instructions, I will send photos. The seitan was a wee bit gummy because I sliced while still warm. I cut it crosswise I to slices and fried it in the paprika oil. Very very nice.

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Merritt McKeon's avatar

OK so it’s rainy today. We will use that little nub leftover from the seitan kebab, in macaroni and grilled vegetables with soymilk noochilicious cheese. Laughing at how many good or great meals we got to the foray into seitan …. Once again thank you Will Rankin!

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