JULY COMMENTS

Pineapple grown by Fred Bornemann in Port St. Lucie, FL, 7/2012.

What do vegans do on the 4th of July?  We do what everyone else does, celebrate summer, being in a great country, and fireworks.  In my case it's the excuse I use to make a big batch of potato salad.  If you think vegans are happy with a salad during a celebration, you'd be mistaken.  I had my sister, Kari, and her husband Fred over for the day. 

Brunch was an Asparagas Fritatta, Fake Bacon, homemade Whole-Wheat Toast, cut tomatoes, and walnut sticky buns.  Dinner was potato salad, corn on the cob, Wheat Meat Philly You Up cheese sandwiches, and Reuben sandwiches on homemade Rolls, followed by a Lime Cheese Cake with a Date and Coconut Crust. 

I have a request for the Wheat Meat Roast.  I use this recipe for sandwiches and to serve with Golden Gravy, Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes, Peppered Peas, and salad.  It's one of our favorite meals.  If I want to be fancy and impress the guests, I use slices in my Wheat Meat Wellington. 

I have a Wheat Meat Loaf recipe that goes with the Golden Gravy, and a Wheat Meat Steak recipe that I use for Piccata, Potpie, Shepherd's Pie, Stroganoff, and Swiss Style Steak. 

All of the Wheat Meat Recipes are much easier than my first exposure to making wheat meat.  After an hour of kneading and washing the wrong soft wheat flour, we ended up with a baseball size lump of gluten.  These recipes take minuets to prepare.