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Vegan Tater Tot Hotdish
Inspired by the classic dish from the U.S. Upper Midwest, this easy vegan tater tot hotdish recipe has ground seitan, a flavorful homemade mushroom sauce and frozen mixed vegetables. It’s one hearty, savory seitan casserole that keeps you coming back for more. Across the U.S.’s Upper Midwest, hotdishes are commonly served at potlucks, family gatherings,…
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Vegan Stroganoff with Mushrooms and Seitan
About a decade ago, I came across a recipe for vegan stroganoff with tahini. Despite having no vegan sour cream in it, the sauce was great. Time passed, and I haven’t been able to locate it. And honestly, at this point, all I can recall is that it had tahini and cornstarch in it! Inspired,…
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Seitan Steak Sandwich
This vegan seitan steak sandwich recipe is loaded with bell peppers and onions. It’s perfect for crushing hunger, because it’s just that hearty. And it’s really easy to make! A few things… This recipe makes 4 vegan seitan steak sandwiches. Discover additional UVK recipes, like Slow Cooker Vegan Italian Beef, Seitan Beef Stew, Vegan Stuffed…
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Vegan Sauerkraut Goulash
Segedinský Guláš is a pork and sauerkraut stew that’s popular in Central Europe, especially in Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Inspired by this dish, this vegan sauerkraut goulash recipe is savory, creamy and sour in all the right ways. Vegan goulash with sauerkraut and seitan seasoned with paprika? Yes please! I love how the…
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Homemade Seitan
This is one easy homemade seitan recipe with vital wheat gluten, red miso, soy sauce, nutritional yeast and more. You mix some seitan ingredients in a bowl and then, you simmer it in a pot. You slice it up, and incorporate it into your favorite recipes. I tend to use this vegan wheat meat recipe…
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Cowboy Skillet Pie
This vegan cowboy shepherd’s pie recipe combines mashed potatoes, pinto beans, and seitan. It balances them all into one savory, slightly sweet, and very hearty meal. Perfect for a grown Paul Newman (à la Butch Cassidy), cowboy, or really anyone that is looking for a deeply satisfying, delicious vegan cowboy skillet pie. It takes time…
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Vegan Slow Cooker Seitan and Green Pea Stew
As cooler months approach, I get more and more excited to breakout my slow cooker for vegan stew. Not only is it easy to use, but after a few hours of simmering, you have a dish saturated in deliciousness. And this vegan slow cooker seitan and green pea stew recipe is a phenomenal example of…
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Slow Cooker Vegan Chile Verde
When I bought the ingredients for this recipe, the cashier at the grocery store commented, “Now, that’s what I call the right ratio of chiles to tomatillos.” I told him, “If you’re gonna do it, then do it.” He probably didn’t realize that I was going to make a slow cooker recipe for seitan and…
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Slow Cooker Vegan Ropa Vieja
This recipe is inspired by the Cuban national dish, ropa vieja. The English translation of ropa vieja is “old clothes”, because the shredded beef and vegetables look like rags. This slow cooker vegan (or vegetarian) ropa vieja recipe uses thin sliced seitan, shredded jackfruit, dry white wine, peppers, red onion, crushed tomatoes, green olives, and…
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Slow Cooker Vegan Italian Beef
This easy slow cooker vegan Italian beef recipe combines shredded young jackfruit and thinly sliced seitan with a super savory au jus loaded with red miso, reduced sodium soy sauce, onions, garlic, and Italian herbs and spices. Slow cooked in a crock pot for hours, it makes such a delicious plant based filling for vegan…
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Seitan Wheat Berry Chili
This is a revised vegan seitan chili recipe with wheat berries, canned pinto beans, jalapeño and more. Now, it uses less ingredients and is a little more efficient to put together. But I promise, it is just as hearty and delicious as the original! And it still tastes amazing loaded up with toppings, like avocado,…
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Vegan Pozole Rojo
Years back, I had a bowl of vegan pozole rojo at a restaurant in Santa Cruz, California. And while it was not a bad bowl of soup, it felt like it could be a better bowl of soup. Since that time, I’ve thought about it on and off. And today, felt like the day to…
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Seitan Beef Stew
This vegan seitan beef stew recipe wants to be your favorite. I used a little bit of red wine, red miso, and a hint of soy sauce to bring the umami. If you don’t have red miso, substitute a vegetable or fake beef bouillon cube, instead. Just make sure to taste it at the end,…
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Kale Pesto Sandwich with Seitan and Apples
This is a revised recipe for a grilled vegan kale pesto sandwich with seitan and apples. I did very little to change anything, because let’s face it, this is plant based excellence. It’s warm, savory, a touch sweet, cheesy, and very satisfying. This recipe makes enough for 1 very large sandwich or 2 medium sized…
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Slow Cooker Seitan Goulash
Originating in Hungary, but beloved throughout Central Europe and beyond, goulash is a stew of meat, vegetables and paprika. Inspired by the classic dish, this delicious slow cooker vegan (or vegetarian) seitan goulash recipe is loaded with potatoes, carrots, red peppers and more. It has a savory broth with sweet Hungarian paprika, smoked paprika and…