Posts tagged tofu
Spinach-Noodle Kugel and Sweet Potato-Pear Tzimmes
Feb 21st
Spinach-Noodle Kugel and Sweet Potato-Pear Tzimmes
We had a really nice family friendly meal with these two recipes together. The baby ate his weight in sweet potatoes and kugel.
Spinach-Noodle Kugel page 151 Veganomicon is a little bland. It had a very creamy firm texture from the firm tofu and nice dill flavor, but needed something to zing it up for the adults.
Sweet Potato-Pear Tzimmes with Pecans and Raisins page 156 Veganomicon was a really hit with all of us. I loved the crunchy pecans and the sweet potatoes. Instead of baking it we fried it in a cast iron pan and it worked really well- since the oven was occupied with the kugel.
Mexican Chopped Saled with Honey-Lime Dressing
Oct 1st
This recipe is right up our alley. We got the recipe for the Mexican Chopped Saled with Honey-Lime Dressing from Epicurious. We also did Chili Cornmeal Crusted Tofu from Veganomicon. The kids loved the tofu- we all did. It was crusty and tasty. The salad was awesome. We separated out a bunch of the ingredients for the kids- who seems to like that better than the salad all together.
Sweet Chili Lime Tofu with Steamed Collards and Quinoa
Aug 15th
Really great recipe from our dearest love, Vegan Yum Yum. Sweet Chili Lime Tofu with Steamed Collards and Quinoa is right up our alley. The kids liked the tofu and the quinoa (which we called rice and is seemed to work). Quinoa helps add a recipe to our whole grain family challenge as well, so that is always good. The kids didn’t really do much more that try a bite of the collards, but at least it was a bite. The tofu was sublime. This is going to be a family favorite.
Mexican Chocolate Tofu Pudding
Aug 4th
A Mark Bittman recipe for Mexican Chocolate Tofu Pudding- couldn’t be better. Better than any other pudding I have ever eaten.
Apricot BBQ Tofu, Avocado Marinated Kale Salad and Southwestern Corn Pudding
Jul 25th
This was an excellent meal. The Apricot BBQ Tofu is a repeat from Veganomicon. Good stuff. The southwestern corn pudding is the obvious standout in this meal. It was from Veganomicon. We love this recipe and we love this cookbook! We are also trying to get more kale recipies because how vitamin rich kale apparently is. This salad was excellent. We got the recipe from a friend’s friend. Thanks for passing it along, Brenda!
Avocado Marinated Kale Salad
Ingredients
1 head kale, destemmed- we used dino
2 avocados (can use 2 Tbsp olive oil instead- we didn’t)
3 lemons (or lemon juice)
2 large tomatoes
handful of mung bean sprouts (I usually don’t use, mostly because I don’t have them on hand)
sea salt to taste
cayenne pepper to taste
Method
Wash kale very well. Remove leaves for inner stem with you hands or knife. Place into a large mixing bowl and with yourhands rip the kale into small bite size pieces. Scoop out the avocado into the bowl. Juice the lemons into the bowl. Dice the tomatoes and add. Add the sea salt and cayenne and then dig your hands in an mush it all up until the kale softens. Add the sprouts about half way through to get them incorporated, but not demolished. This is good right away and also saves well.
Notes
Kale has the highest level of antioxidants of all the greens. The kids will eat it as well. They prefer dino kale- which we got for this salad at the farmer’s market.
Stuffed Artichokes with Italian Tofu and Pasta
Jul 8th
Our neighbor gave us some old issues of Vegetarian Times, which we discontinued several years ago- but we have decided to renew our subscription. We found a great recipe for stuffed artichokes. We found some nice artichokes at Kowalski’s, which were great (more expensive, but far superior). We had two from Kowalski’s Market and two from Whole Foods. The ones from Whole Foods were local and organic, but were like cardboard and flavorless. Obviously the artichokes weren’t a hit with the kids… I guess we kind of knew that going into it. Our oldest, 5, tried them at least. Our middle, 2, passed.
The pasta was obviously the biggest hit with the kids as was the Italian marinated tofu which was from Veganomicon. So far everything that we have really liked has been from this cookbook. It is quite a find.
Baked Apricot BBQ Tofu, Sweet Potato Fries and Broccoli
Jun 25th
This delicious meal was real hit. The kids loved the Apricot BBQ Tofu, which was from Veganomicon. Sweet Potato Fries are always a hit too with the kids and the two of us, since the kids can feed their weird ketchup addiction (I found our oldest dunking apples in ketchup the other day) and we both love sweet potatoes. My wife makes them with a little garlic, cinnamon, cayenne, salt… oil… she blanched them first this time and baked them on parchment paper- so they were nice and firm.