January 30, 2008beer brats!yesterday was my first attempt to make beer brats with seitan. it was a failure from my perspective because they didn't tasted like brats. they were good, and we're still eating them, but they need some serious tweaking. here's what i did: i started with julie hasson's spicy italian vegetarian sausage recipe, and i adjusted all the herbs and spices so they'd be more appropriate for beer brats. aren't they beautiful?  and then i swapped 1 1/2 cups of the water with a 12 oz bottle of beer. i chose deschutes brewery's jubelale, one of my very favorite local seasonal beers. next time, i will probably use a lighter beer, like a hefeweizen.  after mixing everything together, i rolled the mixture into foil logs and baked them for 90 minutes on 350, cooled them on the sheet, and then put them into the fridge until that evening. for the first tasting, i just cut the brats into slices and tasted them with mustard. it was obvious right away that the main problem was the texture; the brats were almost spongy. the flavor was great! but the texture was all wrong. i'm pretty sure that i should have let the beer go flat before combining it with the wheat gluten mixture. the foam obviously started a reaction that puffed up the dough and created air holes in the dough.  later, i ate the brats with sierra nevada porter mustard and sauerkraut on a toasted bun, and of course it tasted delicious! you could put my big toe in a hot dog bun with mustard and sauerkraut and it would be heavenly!  so, i will be trying this again eventually with a light beer and letting it go completely flat before i do the mixture, so i get all of flavor without affecting the texture of the seitan. onward!
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January 29, 2008blogs!i know that this really shouldn't warrant a post, but suck it! it's my blog! i finally got around to making a list in the sidebar of the food blogs that i read. and of course it didn't take as long as i thought it would take, once i got rolling. why did i build it up to be this sisyphean task that i could never accomplish? why did blogger just underline sisyphean as if i misspelled it? don't make me question myself, blogger! can you tell that i've had a half-caf soy latte today? please let me know in the comments if you have a food blog and it's missing from my list. i would love to read it.
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January 28, 2008because i just don't have enough going oni just wanted to pop in here and let everyone know that i've begun writing recipes for the second cookbook, tentatively titled yellow rose family, to be released by herbivore in spring 2009. the only reason that the title is tentative is that i really don't want to exclude my single and childfree audience, because the real target demographic of the book is the person who doesn't feel like he has enough time to cook healthy vegetarian meals in addition to everything else he has going on. it saddens me most americans consider a home cooked meal to be a luxury rather than a priority, even though i completely sympathize with feeling like there just isn't enough time in the day. the goal of this book will be to provide some healthy, quick, and mega-tasty recipes for everyday life.
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January 02, 2008yellow rose recipes table of contentsmany people have been asking for a list of the recipes in the book, so here it is: Tofu Scramble Perfect Oatmeal Buckwheat Pancakes Jalapeño Corn Cakes Buttermilk Biscuits Rosemary Home Fries Cherry Almond Granola Zucchini Muffins Raisin Bran Muffins Very Berry Muffins Roasted Red Pepper Hummus Roasted Eggplant and Garlic Hummus Spinach Chickpea Dip Lettuce Wraps Polenta and Eggplant Napoleons Veggie Wontons with Ginger Miso Dipping Sauce Baked Samosas with Cilantro Mint Chutney Potato Corn Chowdah Tortilla Soup Black Bean Soup Miso Soup with Edamame Black Eyed Pea Soup Curried Carrot Ginger Soup Mom's Lentil Soup Daily Green Salads Antipasto Salad Taco Salad Minty Summer Fruit Salad Barley and Avocado Salad Texas Caviar Goddess Pasta Salad Couscous Chickpea Salad Quinoa Tabouli Carrot Salad with Herb Lime Dressing Wild Rice Salad Sundried Tomato Cream Sauce Ratatouille Pasta Sauce Marinara Béchamel Sauce Pesto Mexican Pesto Lemon Artichoke Pesto Mushroom Gravy Almond Milk Gravy Lemon Tahini Dressing Creamy Pepita Dressing Tangy Sour Cream Nacho Sauce Guacamole Mango Salsa Raw Corn Salsa Birthday Salsa Chipotle Ranch Sandwich Spread Tapenade Sunflower Feta Vegan Parmesan Simply Sweet Potatoes Braised Cauliflower Lemon Pepper Chard Collard Greens Sesame Green Beans Pickled Onions Creamy Herbed Polenta Spiced Applesauce Lemon Rice Green-wa Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes Stuffed Twice-Baked Potatoes Roasted Roots Refried Black Beans Dirrrty Rice and Beans Simple Chicken-Style Seitan Mustard Crusted Seitan Crispy Beer-Battered Seitan Tofu Marsala Baked Mac and Cheese Spinach Lasagna Butternut Squash Lasagna Penne Alfredo Pasta E Fagioli Kasha Varnishkes Grilled Portabellos Asparagus with Spinach and Artichoke Cream Sauce Thai Bowl Sloppy Joannas Chana Masala Cajun Spiced Tofu White Beans and Kale Black Bean and Sweet Potato Flautas Tamale Pie Better-than-Basic Veggie Chili Northwest Meets Southwest Chili Aloha Bread Cherry Compote Soft Oatmeal Cookies Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Bars Mojito Pie Lemon Almond Cake Spice Cake
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