All right I had some time on my hands this weekend, so the girls and I started a cooking project. I love to cook and I especially enjoy getting my daughters involved. We have been vegetarians for over two years now and love eating vegetables and also trying out new recipes.

I had been eyeing in one of my vegan cook books the process for making wheat gluton to make setain and then flavor it like sausage. It seemed harmless so we tried. First off, it was a whole lot of fun and we were happy with what we made. We got our recipe from one of my favorite vegan cookbooks "La Dolce Vegan!: Vegan Livin' Made Easy" by Sarah Kramer.

The recipe for the wheat gluton called for 2 cups of wheat flour and 2 cups of all purpose flour with 1 3/4 cups of water. You mix it and then knead it for a minute. Then let it rest for 30 min. Once you have taken a little nap, you start washing the dough in a pan of water squeezing the dough until the water turns milky white. You dump out the water saving the dough and repeat the washing until the water is not milky white, then do it twice more. You now have wheat gluton that can be used to make faux meat. The girls thought it looked like old chewing gum when we were finished washing it.

We then followed Sarah's recipe for making a sausage broth.  It was wonderful! We all got a good lesson in creativity and also in the chemistry of cooking. Oh, we took our faux sasuage and then made a wonderful vegan lasagna with it. We will be eating it later this week.