Sometimes, after a long weekend, it takes me a bit to get my bearings. After three days off I’m back to work and asking myself how I ever managed to get anything done. At all. Know the feeling? Sometimes, during weeks like these, you just need some takeout. I actually cooked like crazy over the long weekend (and had fun doing it), but now, I just want something easy. Unfortunately, at the moment, there isn’t a whole lot of vegan takeout in the immediate vicinity. Fortunately, this stuff is almost as easy as takeout. Also, it’s extremely delicious, which is also definitely nice to have during a discombobulated post-holiday week. I went with seitan for the vegan “beef” in this one. I’m always tempted to go with tofu, and I usually find that readers are more receptive to tofu recipes, but seitan makes such a wickedly amazing stand-in for beef that I just couldn’t help myself for once. If you’re not down with gluten or just really anti-seitan, pan-fry up some tofu instead. In fact, I’ve included a bunch of notes in the recipe for swapping out the seitan, sweetener, or avoiding the oil. While I totally stick behind the original recipe, I realize there’s a lot going on that could conflict with the various diets of the peeps that visit this site, so switch things up as needed.
