Seitan with green pepper

Some dishes stand out from the rest, especially those that are healthier and more sustainable versions of other dishes, like this green peppercorn seitan.

People often believe that you can't make tasty dishes with plant-based ingredients alone, which is striking, because what makes a dish special is the seasonings, and the vast majority of those are made only from plant-based ingredients (spices, sofrito, wine…).

This is precisely what makes it so easy to make substitutions and so achieve not only excellent flavor, but also a greater and better nutritional contribution.

This seitan in pepper sauce is one of those dishes that changes the view many people tend to have of 100% plant-based food, because it lets you enjoy a delicious flavor without using anything of animal origin.

Green peppercorns, which are the unripe berries of the black pepper plant, are the most aromatic and the least hot of the peppercorns, and among their properties, they are digestive, lower cholesterol and improve the cardiovascular system.

Thanks to the flavonoids they contain and their richness in both vitamin C and beta-carotenes, they are also very antioxidant, so they fight the aging of the body by preventing cell oxidation and helping cells work properly.

On the other hand, we have already talked in another post about what a good alternative to meat seitan is, since it is a very good source of protein with plenty of lecithin, calcium and potassium, it also provides doses of magnesium and iron, and it is also low in sodium, has hardly any calories and is free of cholesterol and saturated fat.