Hi everyone, hope you’ve been having a great weekend! Mine has been a good but strange one, I’ve been all over the place seeing family and friends looking at cars, catching up with work and study!
Breakfast on Saturday was a huge bowl full of strawberries with Dorset Cereal High Fibre Muesli and rice milk:
I also had a gingerbread coffee with sweet freedom and rice milk.
Saturday I was out at my parents and friends and looking at cars (haven’t bought one yet!) most of the day so I just snacked on a 9 Bar and some apples I had in my bag. When I did get home I had some miso soup followed by a big green juice:
This contained cucumber, broccoli, celery, lettuce, pear and ginger.
Dinner both yesterday and this evening featured some of my new home made seitan! Seitan is a vegan protein source made from vital wheat gluten flour. A little while ago I bought some vital wheat gluten from iHerb (can also be purchased in the UK from The Flour Bin) and when I saw this recipe I knew it was time to try it out:
Baked Seitan ‘Sausage’ (makes 3 – 4 servings)
- 1 1/4 cups of vital wheat gluten
- 1/4 cup of gram flour
- 1/4 cup of nutritional yeast
- 2 tsp of vegan vegetable bouillon powder
- 3/4 cup of water
- 1 tbsp of soy sauce
- 1 tbsp of braggs
Pre heat oven to 160. Combine dry and wet ingredients in separate bowls then add wet to dry. Mix together to combine and kneed for a couple of minutes. Place dough into some foil and roll up into a large sausage shape. Bake in the oven for an hour until golden:
To store wrap tightly in foil and keep in fridge. I’ve tried freezing some too but I won’t know how well this works until I come to defrost it!
Last night I used some finely sliced seitan in cabbage wraps also containing sun dried tomato high protein hummus, alfalfa sprouts, carrot, yellow pepper and fresh basil alongside some parsnip chips seasoned with herbamare and braggs:
These were awesome! The seitan was quite firm and chewy which I really liked. All the wrap ingredients went together so well, these were just super tasty!
Dessert was a bowl of Freedom chocolate ice ‘cream’:
On Sunday I was up nice and early for my run. I fuelled up with my usual orange and dates and set off. I did just over 7 miles in 1hr 08 minutes with an average pace of 9.38. That’s a big improvement on last weeks 9.45 average pace and considering that I ran a more hilly route today, plus it was freezing and windy I’m absolutely over the moon! :-)
Post run breakfast was another wonderful smoothie containing lots of kale, romaine, frozen cherries, 2 pears, rice milk, maca, matcha green tea powder, spirulina, raw cacao and almond butter topped with flaked almonds and half a bag of bear cocoa cherry pie granola:
Today I decided to use up some of my veggies by making a big pan of my favourite lentil and spinach soup. I had a big bowl for lunch followed by some fresh blackberries:
I also had another green juice, same as Saturdays but with apple instead of pear and lemon instead of ginger. It was so good, I heart green juice!
Tonight I made a seitan, veggie and millet pilaf. This contained the seitan, 1/2 cup of cooked millet, onion, swiss chard, carrot, yellow pepper and courgette plus some veg stock, dried basil, shoyu and mixed seeds:
This was such a delicious, healthy and filling meal! Dessert was some raw 75% cacao ginger chocolate and 2 sliced organic pink lady apples:
I bought the chocolate when I was in York last month, I love ginger chocolate!
Have you tried seitan before? What did you think? Obviously its no good if you have any kind of gluten intolerance. I was really impressed with the ease of this recipe, it could be amended to add new flavours and textures. I would love to try and make some spicy seitan sausage! Seitan can also be cooked in a flavoured broth instead of baked, so many ways to try it!
Today I also decided to sign up for the Bupa Great North 10k! Its being held in Gateshead where I was born, and isn’t very far from Durham at all. Its in July and should be great preparation for the Great North Run Half Marathon in September. I’m absolutely buzzing about it! Are you signed up for any races this year? The only race I’ve ever ran was the Great North Run last year (and I’m signed up again for this year, running for Cancer Research UK again too) so I’m really looking forward to running a race with a shorter distance.
Hope you’ve all had a great weekend!
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That seitan sausage looks delish!! Thatnks for linking to the gluten!
Awesome run!! And I’m so excited for you!! I’m running the Race For Life 10k with my best friend and the Royal Parks Half in Ocotber and another smaller half before that:)
Does the seitan seem “meaty”? I tried some before (or maybe the other stuff that I cant remember what it is called) but it was too much like meat for me- I never liked the texture of meat so don’t tend to like the replacement products.
I have the marathon, and the great south run this year, probably a local 5k in the summer (instead of the half marathon) and about to sign up for the 20 mile run too! So a few races- glad you found something nice and local- with your pace at the moment you will speed through :)
Yum, your green juices always look delicious! I’m running the Manchester 10k which is also a bupa one. That’s in May and I’m a bit scared/excited now! When I have a good run I feel confident but when I have a bad run after today I feel all nervous about it. One day i would like to do a half marathon too, either the great north run or the liverpool half.
Ohh thankyou for posting this! I’ve been wanting to make seitan for ages and didn’t know a recipe or where I could get the ingredients.
Well done on your run! I’m excited for your Bupa 10K, I can already tell you’re going to do amazing :) I am very jealous!
My aim at the moment is to learn how to run once I don’t have any injuries and I am stronger physically and I’d like to do a race next year maybe…
Glad you’ve had a nice weekend!
I am signed up for my first race – the Super Hero 5k run in London in May. So not only do I actually have to run, I have to do it dressed as superwoman! Running it for the charity I work for! :-)
Sam x
AHH i cant find vital wheat anywhere!! YES im doing the london 10k and royal parks half! eep!
Congrats on your run!! I’ve just entered to run a 10k for Race for Life in July. I can’t wait!!!
I signed up for the Leeds 10k before I was injured. It’s in June, so it *might* be possible depending on how quickly I recover. Whether or not I get to do this race, I can’t wait to race someday.
I really really need to save pennies for a juicer!
I am running in the British Heart Foundation 5k next sunday, the Race for Life 10k in July and Run to the Beat Half Marathon in September, and hopefully lots of Park Run 5ks in between. I want to sign up for lots lots more though!!
I’m looking forward to my kale monster in the morning after eying up yours x x
I LOVE seitan! I rarely cook with it or buy it at the grocery, but I love it as “mock duck” in Asian dishes.
Have a great week, Laura!
I’ve always wanted to try seitan, but sadly the wheat gluten just wouldn’t agree with me. It looks so good though…I’ll just have to eat it with my eyes.
I’ve signed up for far too many races this year, given my capricious body. Provides extra incentive to hopefully not injure myself though ~ meant to be a 20 miler next Sunday as prep for the Edinburgh Marathon in May. Then there’s a trail 10k, more half marathons…marathons in winter. Lord knows if I’ll be in good enough shape to run any of them!
Good luck with your 10K: I’ve done that one, only it was a couple of years ago and they used to hold it in Sunderland. Would love to know what you think of the new course.
xxx
I’ve been looking for a good seitan recipe! I’ve only had it in restaurants- I’ve never prepared it myself. I’ve bookmarked this and I can’t wait to make it!
Emma – glad you like the look of the seitan and yey for those races, sounds like you have a few to look forward too!
Maria – great races you have coming up! Yes, the seitan was pretty meaty, very firm and chewy so if you don’t like mock meats you probably won’t be fussed on this.
Helen – that sounds great, I’m sure you’ll do really well. I know what you mean though, a bad run can throw you off but you’ll do great x
Nicky – hope you give the seitan a go! It was so easy to make and really delicious. I’m sure you’ll be racing next year given the excellent progress your making x
Sam – that sounds awesome! I would love to run dressed up, especially as wonder woman!
Carrie – check out the link in the post for where you can buy vital wheat gluten x
Jemma – wow that was quick, did you just sign up for it today too? Thats awesome x
Sarah – I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you :-)
Becky – awesome races! I’m so jealous of the run to the beat race, that sounds fab!
Tam – it was devine, I’m having another one tomorrow!
Katie – that sounds fab! I would love it with hoi sin sauce in a wrap!
Jessica – yes I remembered it was Sunderland last year but as a Gateshead girl I just couldn’t resist signing up this time round!
Kate – hope you make it! It tastes fab x
Yaay to a good outdoor run! Exciting that you’ve signed up to a 10k race too. I love having stuff in the calendar for motivation :-)
I ate seitan a fair bit when I was in the States, mainly in stir-fry. I actually like it, but I can’t find it here..
The seitan looks delicious :-) I’ve never tried it but i’m tempted to order some vital wheat gluten now and give it a go!
All your eats look great as always! :-D
I have a hard time with the texture of seitan, but I love the flavor!
I have never tried seitan before. It looks pretty good.
Glad you liked the seitan, that looks like a good recipe, I’ve done the “boiling” one before and it was a bit of a drag! I think seitan is a great thing to have on standby. have you tried the chickpea cutlet recipe from Veganomicon (think I saw that you have that book?) Once you have vital gluten that recipe is a doddle, as is the “beanballs” recipe with kidney beans. I just make chickpea cutlets on autopilot every weekend now, don’t even check the recipe. :)