Seitanism is Simple!

at least, how I do it, it is.

Recently, my sister-in-law was taught (in her medical school class, no less) that ingestion of over 30 grams daily of soy protein may contribute to hypothyroidism, via a "not understood" pathway. Since I probably ingest close to this (or more, depending on the day) and that, at the same time, there is evidence that mortality from heart disease and certain cancers are lowered through ingestion of 25 grams of soy daily (or more, depending on who you read), either I need to be concerned about there existing a very narrow effective dose range for soy products, or this is all hype taken out of context. I suspect the latter.

But that said, for many vegan-ish folks, getting enough healthful protein can be a challenge, especially if we want to get it in a lean format, and not mostly from soy.

I eat beans.

I eat different kinds of nuts.

I eat higher-protein grains (oat groats, quinoa)

but at the end of the day, I could easily ingest a lot of soy stuffs. Soy milk in my coffee (since other vegan milks are typically a lot lower in protein and higher in sugars), soy yogurt, maybe a nice mostly soy TVP product in my lunch, and tofu in my dinner... it is easy to see how it can happen. After all, as I have admitted many times before, I am kinda lazy...

so, friends, enter the realm of seitanism.

details of how to cook it yer damn self to follow.