Seitan is delicious and satisfying plant-based protein great in a sandwich, pasta or stir-fry. Homemade seitan is a special occasion treat that will impress your gluten-loving friends. This recipe is inspired by Terry Hope Romero’s seitan recipes in "Vegan Eats World". Get her cookbooks! Makes 4 fist-size loaves of seitan. Takes about 45 min.  1 ¾ cups warm or cold vegetable broth 1 clove of garlic diced 1 Tbs sesame oil 1 tsp grated ginger (fresh or frozen) 2 Tbs nutritional yeast or chick pea flour ½ cup chick pea flour 1 ½ cups vital wheat gluten (sold in bulk in co-ops and packaged) 2

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  Here are some dance quotes by Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī/Rumi, the insightful 13th century Persian Poet, Sufi Mystic, & Islamic Scholar for Belly Dancers [visual-link-preview encoded="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"]

The Dancing Cry of the Soul

Come to me, and I shall dance with you In the temples, on the beaches, through the crowded streets

Lamma Bada Yatathana is a beautiful old song to belly dance to. Lamma Bada is also The Danceable Song for the 9th episode of my belly dance podcast A Little Lighter [visual-link-preview encoded="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"] If you want to sing Lamma Bada, print these: Lamma Bada phonetic lyrics and translation - Aquabella version Lamma Bada Lyric Pronounciation and Translation - Taksim Ithaca Version Lamma Bada is a “muwashsha”, meaning a secular poem which grew out of al-Andalus. This often refers to Southern Spain before Christian invaders came in the late 1400s and kicked out a hell of a lot of great musicians and architects. Muslims and Jews were forced to either