Fabulous company was had at my place for dinner. Eric,
mushroom-tempeh pate and havarti with whole wheat and white baguettes
vegan cream of asparagus soup
mixed baby greens with apples and goat cheese (raisins, almond slices and balsamic to taste)
egg beater, cheddar, seitan, and mixed vegetable casserole.
sweet dark cherries for dessert
wine, raspberry kefir, or chocolate soy milk to drink.
I rather enjoy putting these things together. The casserole could have been done better but was still not bad. I think the rest of it came out really well.
free association with seitan
Seitan would make a really good meat substitute for the following type of sandwich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1nh_m%C3%AC
Some of the shops which sell this actually offer a veggie version, but marinated stir-fried seitan would probably be better than the faux-meat usually put on such sandwiches.
P.S.
Vegetarianism plus Asian food == pretty close to vegan.
I recommend:
http://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Vegetarian-Cooking-Deh-Ta-Hsiung/dp/1572150572