One of the things I love about Twitter is it’s vegan community. More often than not it helps me to discover new vegan products, restaurants and all sorts of interesting things.

One of these things is Sgaia’s Mheat! Sgaia’s mheat is a seitan product, something I haven’t really seen marketed on a mass scale over here in the UK. The US has the brilliant Upton’s Naturals, it was about time we got some! Seitan is one of my absolute favourite vegan substitutes. In my opinion it has a meaty texture and deep flavour that surpasses any of the others!

So obviously I inquired about where I could get my hands on some. Hillary at Sgaia was kind enough to offer to send me some to try!

I’m happy to say it’s damn delicious. It has a really good firm texture and slices very well!

You can find Sgaia online here and on Twitter here.

I’ve always wanted to make a stroganoff and I thought the mheat would be a perfect replacement for the usual meat component! I served mine with pasta, feel free to use whatever accompaniment you like. If you can’t find any mheat, feel free to sub with any seitan your choice! If you eat gluten-free you could try subbing with firm tofu.

INGREDIENTS

For the the seitan and vegetables

150g of mheat

1 red onion, diced

2 garlic cloves, minced

100g chestnut mushrooms, sliced

1 tbsp olive oil

1 bay leaf

1 tsp dried oregano

1 vegetable stock cube

50ml white wine

Salt and pepper

For the cashew cream

1 cup raw cashews, soaked for at least 2 hours

3/4-1 cup water