Spanakopita

Published: August 14, 2007, 10:08 am

Tags: tofu tempeh seitan, dark leafy greens, turkish, c

I love spanakopita. I adore spanakopita. If Derek would let me, I’d name our first born spanakopita. When I was in high school I once helped a friend’s mom make spanakopita triangles for a party. It was a lot of work, but they were delicious. I’ve never tried to make them on my own, however. I wasn’t sure I could bear to see how much butter and cheese I was ingesting in my favorite of dishes. When I saw the recipe for vegan spanakopita in Vegan with a Vengeance I was intrigued, to put it mildly. Derek and I had fun putting the layers together (especially without a pastry brush for the oil), and the final dish looked delicious when we pulled it from the oven. The taste, however, was quite disappointing. Can you say bland-sad-mockery-of-my-favorite-dish-ever? We didn’t skimp at all on the fat, so it wasn’t that we tried to make it too low fat. I think maybe spanakopita without feta is just a no-go. I tasted the

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