Seitan Reuben, Challah, Pie, and Bloody Bloody Fingers

Hello all! These last few weeks have been insanely busy and I haven't been able to post. I promise the Thanksgiving pictures are coming soon!
In the meantime, here's a seitan reuben, challah, and apple pie.
Reuben: I have been trying to collect all the components of a reuben sandwich and have them at the same time for quite a while. I even ran to the store to get a jar of pickles! Then I realized I had no rye bread, but I wasn't too upset. I just used a slice of sprouted whole wheat and a really small slice of sweet pumpernickel I made that I dug out of the freezer. It wasn't really sandwich bread at all. I made the first seitan I ever liked, in baked form (it's "Seitan Pastrami"). I loved it so much! So, my sandwich has seitan, kale, caraway sauerkraut, homemade thousand island dressing, sliced pickles, sliced tomato, and sliced onion. With Trader Joe's banana crisps on the side. Those things are really really good. They kind of taste like potato chips to me, but a lot better. And when I say "crisps" I mean crisps, not crisps as in chips. They are very different from banana chips.

The first time I ever made challah. I served it with potato pancakes, Earth Balance, homemade applesauce, and lots and lots of sauerkraut.

Gingerbread Apple Pie from VwaV:
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The pie crust is sooooooo good. And so is the filling. I love this pie.

These little severed fingers are really almond-flavored cookies with blanched almond nails and red sugar goo. I found the recipe on another blog, but I can't remember who. Has anyone seen these somewhere else?