Here's the finished product (food porn coming up!)
Chris helped me with the entire dinner from start of the seitan to the finishing touches on the greens. We used the Simmered Seitan from Isa Does It, the breading recipe Colonel Schmolonel from The Sexy Vegan Cookbook, the Punk Rock Chickpea Gravy from Vegan With A Vengeance, a mashed potato recipe similar to that in The Sexy Vegan Cookbook and the greens recipe from The Sexy Vegan Cookbook. The food was as delicious as it looks in the picture, perhaps more. Amy thought I put too much salt in the greens, so I'll back off of that a little next time. But I do like the touch of putting some red pepper flakes in the greens. The greens had just a hint of spiciness and were cooked perfectly, not too wilted. Chris really got into using the mixer to make the mashed potatoes. They turned out really well. (I didn 't use the amounts in the cookbook, just the basic ingredients; after all, I've made these before.) The Punk Rock Chickpea Gravy has become a favorite of mine, though I'm always having to leave one or two ingredients out because, well, I forget to get stuff at the store. Next weekend will herald a MAJOR grocery shopping day. Just saying.
Chris wants to do some more cooking, and I for one want to encourage him. I enjoy his company in the kitchen and I have also told him chicks dig a dude who can cook. (Now to get Marcus to do some vegan cooking... he is going to make Nirvana Enchilada Casserole some time soon, I think. Shucks that would make enough food to feed one person for a week. Of course, on the day of the Chargers game, we snarfed it all down in no time flat. But...
I think you could make Fried Seitan out of just about any decent seitan recipe. But I do want to try the Sexy Vegan seitan recipe some time soon. Wow. I am so satisfied by this meal, I decided NOT to bake chocolate chip cookies until another night this week.
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