Meatless Dinner Week 3
While not locked into the Meatless Monday movement, I have been trying to cook at least one vegetarian dinner a week.
Week 1: Leftover cheese fondue. It has become our tradition to have fondue on New Year's Eve with assorted veggies and good sourdough bread. We had the leftovers the first week of January.
Week 2: Tofu Fajitas were a marginal success. They tasted pretty good but it was my first time using tofu and now I know why they say press the moisture out of it before cooking. Also learned that non-stick pan would become my tofu friend.
Week 3: Asparagus and goat cheese pasta. Used whole wheat pasta for bonus fiber! OMG, it was f'ing delish.
Week 4: General Tso-fu. Was thinking I would do a riff on the local vegan chinese restaraunt's broccoli beef but discovered a bottle of Trader Joe's General Tso's sauce in the fridge. After learning the squeeze the hell out of the tofu lesson a couple of weeks ago, this turned out great. I also did some stir fry veggies with cashews that were awesome and would have been vegan had I used veggie stock instead of chicken stock -- but the chicken stock was already opened in the fridge.
Week 1: Leftover cheese fondue. It has become our tradition to have fondue on New Year's Eve with assorted veggies and good sourdough bread. We had the leftovers the first week of January.
Week 2: Tofu Fajitas were a marginal success. They tasted pretty good but it was my first time using tofu and now I know why they say press the moisture out of it before cooking. Also learned that non-stick pan would become my tofu friend.
Week 3: Asparagus and goat cheese pasta. Used whole wheat pasta for bonus fiber! OMG, it was f'ing delish.
Week 4: General Tso-fu. Was thinking I would do a riff on the local vegan chinese restaraunt's broccoli beef but discovered a bottle of Trader Joe's General Tso's sauce in the fridge. After learning the squeeze the hell out of the tofu lesson a couple of weeks ago, this turned out great. I also did some stir fry veggies with cashews that were awesome and would have been vegan had I used veggie stock instead of chicken stock -- but the chicken stock was already opened in the fridge.