Dinner ~ Seitan Steaks with Carmelized Onions & Mushrooms

Seitan is a excellent meal choice when you are feeling like a hearty, vegetarian/vegan meal. It is wheat gluten, that has a texture similar to meat products. When preparing seitan, it can be flavored with shoyu, ginger, curry, or a myriad of other spices. 

For this meal, I served the pan-seared seitan on a bed of wheat grain then topped it with caramelized onions and mushrooms. As I am not much of a baker, I chose to pair this meal with a local, seasonal fruit of Concord grapes.  When I was young, we had a grapevine in our backyard. Eating Concord grapes evokes an childhood memory of walking into our kitchen, the air thick with the sweet, sticky smell of homemade grape jam being preserved by my mother and grandmother.

To complete this meal, pour yourself a glass of merlot or cabernet. Salut!  

Dinner: Seitan steaks with carmelized onions and mushrooms, corn, steamed broccoli, wheat grain, and Concord grapes.