Chickpea Cutlets

One of the first recipes I made when I got some wheat gluten, as I only had Isa Chandra cookbooks, and was wheat gluten-naive; since then, i've made various faux meats, sausages, etc.

The first recipe I made with wheat gluten, in fact, was a Vegan with a Vengeance recipe that required the gluten be cooked in a stock, and it gave less than satisfactory results (plus: the stock calls for a large amount of ingredients, and that expense - along with the relatively complicated cooking instructions - deterred me), so I haven't boiled/simmered seitan since.
The steaming and roasting methods are amazing, though, and i'll share some of the results i've had with these methods in upcoming posts.
The cutlets, however, are shallow fried, giving a crispy exterior.

I love the use of breadcrumbs in this recipe: the really make the texture of the cutlets something unique, and my overall opinion of the cutlets is that they're light (on account of the herbs), chewy, coarse, and delicately spiced.
I've only ever had them with vegetables (as pictured above) and gravy; however, I like Isa's suggestion that you eat them on sandwiches.

Recipe here.

UPDATE:

I made these again, last night, with the Rich Brown Gravy from Julie Hasson's Vegan Diner (my favourite cookbook of all time). Here are some pictures:

Chickpea Cutlets with mashed potatoes, steamed broad beans, broccoli, and carrots.

...with 'Rich Brown Gravy poured over.

From above.

I can't recommend this gravy highly enough; It's so thick, flavoursome, and tasty; and it's quick and easy to make.
I advocate giving up on instant gravy - Bisto, etc. - and getting a few simple, amazing, gravy recipes in your repertoire (or getting a repertoire, and then adding them to it).
Here is my favourite chef, Julie Hasson, making 'Two Pepper Gravy' (the next gravy recipe in Vegan Diner):


Two Pepper Golden Gravy at Everyday Dish TV.

Hot Dogs

 

These hot dogs are brilliant. They are exactly like 'meat' hot dogs in terms of consistency, thus evoking childhood memories when eating them...

What you can see in the above picture is the sausages - made from scratch, according to a recipe from the incredible Julie Hasson - on normal finger rolls, with lettuce (I prefer round lettuce: iceberg offends me...), fried onions, diced cucumber, ketchup, and American mustard. I had some guacamole, and a home-made red pepper and cashew 'cheddar' dip, so I served them over plain nachos as a side-dish.

I cannot recommend these sausages/hot dogs highly enough - especially if, like me, you find that food is evocative of good memories, or you just like sausages; these lend themselves to being sliced, and added to pasta sauces, pizzas, sandwiches, etc., as well as to being spiced/flavoured a massive number of ways.

From sausage to hot dog: