You stupid cow.
By Monica on November 27th, 2007
There hasn’t been a tremendous amount of cooking going on at home lately. By the time we get Sampson taken care of, dinner time is 10:00 at night so we’ve been surviving on spaghetti for 2 weeks now. Good thing I love pasta! This is what I’ve had time to drum up though:
VWAV Tempeh Reubens. Delicious and oh so gooey as the dressing drips down your arm whilst trying to eat it! I added a slice of Tofutti mozzarella since I’ve never found soy swiss cheez.
A lentil based Shepherd’s Pie, made after watching last week’s episode of Kitchen Nightmares when Gordon schooled the Irish pub on how to properly make one. Now, I did not pipe adorable little mashed potato puffs onto the top like Gordon, but I also didn’t fill the pie with dead things, so I think we’re even! Eh, dead things or not I love watching him, even if he would call me a ’stupid f-ing cow’ for refusing to pipe mashed potatoes.
Seitan Chick’n wings from Vegan Vittles. They tasted good, but like my Oktoberfest Wiener experiment, they had more of a poofy bread texture than a meaty texture. Seitan experts, what am I doing wrong?
And finally, a bread machine rye bread. I am not pleased with this so there shall be no recipe yet, though the chickens enjoyed it just fine and it sure looks lovely! I was hoping that I could cheat and make good Czech rye bread in the bread machine instead of kneading and sculpting and lighting the oven… nope. Not yet anyway.
The Little Vegan says:
I love pasta as well; if you must get stuck eating the same thing for two weeks, pasta sounds like the best choice ;o).
I have yet to make a tempeh reuben… yours looks great!
November 27th, 2007 at 10:07 am
Vivacious Vegan says:
Check out Bryanna’s website. She just talked about why some people might be having problems with their seitan.
November 27th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
VeggieGirl says:
mmm, the tempeh reuben and lentil-based Shepherd’s pie look fabulous (haha, I too watch ‘Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares’); and hey, the rye bread looks great to me!! Sorry that it was a disappointment.
November 27th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
radiantfire says:
ooooh… and did you use pumpernickel on that reuben?? it looks fantastic.
November 27th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Mihl says:
I never made the tempeh reuben, but I have some sauerkraut…I might go out into the cold to get me some tempeh as well.
About the bread, I am sorry it was a disappointment. Sometimes my bread machine does weird stuff too. I hope you can fix the problem and post the recipe soon. I love all of your Czech foods.
November 29th, 2007 at 5:18 am
vegetalion says:
ohhhh the tempeh reuben looks lovely. My mother has been hinting that I should make them for her sometime - and now I am convinced, I must!
November 29th, 2007 at 8:40 am
jd says:
Uh-oh, you might have just forced me into making those Tempeh Reubens.
My bf was looking at your blog with me earlier today, and as soon as I scrolled past that sandwich, he was like “WHAT IS THAT?!”
(He loves reubens - me, not so much.)
So, thanks for making his day, even if you ruined mine…
LOL! Just joking
December 3rd, 2007 at 3:37 am