Month: August 2017

“Aw-wee-oo killer tofu

Eee-aw-wee-lee-oo killer tofu”

-Beets (From Doug lol)

Okay so on a serious note aside from my childhood love of Nick’s awesome show of Doug, I decided to try some tofu. One of my friends is vegan and always peaks my interest in the life of her. I am a milk and cheese nut, so I don’t think I could live the vegan lifestyle infinitely…but, I am always up to try anything new. So in honor of my sweet friend, my meals this week consist of a veggie/vegan diet.

Getting a sufficient amount of protein is super important to me, especially what I put my body through physically on a daily basis, I always want to replenish it. So I went in search of some yummy recipes and came across these tofu tacos on emeals. I will say that I was a bit skeptical  at first, but man oh man were they good! Seriously one of my new favorite meals and the coleslaw used to put on top of the tacos…TO.DIE.FOR. I will be putting it on everything now.

For this super quick, delicious and vegan friendly meal you will need the following:

(Serves 2-4….realistically lets go with 2)

• 1 package of extra firm tofu
• 2 cups of shredded cabbage (I used red)
• 2 Tbsp of chopped cilantro (I am not a cilantro person so I substituted parsley)
• 1 jalapeño chopped
• 1/2 Tbsp of agave or honey
• 1/8 tsp of kosher salt
• 1/2 Tbsp of olive oil
• 1/4tsp of Mexican seasoning
• corn tortillas

Side Dish

• ears of corn shucked and cleaned
• 1Tbsp of olive oil
• 1/8tsp of kosher salt
• 1/8tsp of cayenne pepper
• 1/2 lime

For me it was just easier to combine all the ingredients for my slaw in a food processor. I started with the slaw first so that all the juices would marinate. So either cut up the cabbage, cilantro, and jalapeño finely or add them all to a processor. Next add the lime juice, agave and salt and mix and set aside. Rub your corn with the oil and evenly coat with the salt and cayenne. Place on grill (or bake in oven) until tender. While the corn is cooking (about 8-10 minutes) grab your tofu and get the juices out by placing it on a paper towel, covering it with a few more paper towels and press out moisture. Cut the tofu into 1 inch slices, drizzle with oil and Mexican seasoning and grill 2-3 minutes per side (or pan fry). Warm up your tortillas and serve with your slaw atop, and corn on the side.

 

Okay, since so many have been messaging about the falafel, here is the recipe. It is super easy, healthy, and packed with protein. You will need:

• A lemon
• cucumber chopped
• plain greek yogurt (3/4 C)
• fresh mint (1/4C)
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 can of no salt added chickpeas rinsed and drained
• chopped fresh parsley (1/4 C)
• whole wheat flour (1/4 C)
• 2Tbsp of Tahini
• 1tsp of baking powder
• 1tsp of ground cumin
• 1/2tsp each of salt and pepper
• 2Tbsp of olive oil

Grate the rind of the lemon to about 1tsp (and place in a food processor for later) and squeeze a tablespoon of the juice, coming it with the yogurt, mint and cucumber in a bowl and set aside.

In a food processor add the garlic, chickpeas, flour, parsley, tahini, baking powder, cumin, lemon rind, salt, and pepper until finely ground. Make into little patties. As you are making the patties, heat the oil in a pan over medium heat, add patties and cook about 4 minutes per side or until browned. Serve with the Tzatziki (yogurt and cucumber) sauce. Enjoy!

Emeals recipe.

 

With school starting, I wanted to share a quick and simple project for my homeschool families, or even for ones who don’t. Either way, this little project could help in saving paper, mess of chalkboard use, and all be right under you while you are working for efficiency. My daughter uses scrap paper a lot with math, and when she is writing paragraphs or speeches, brainstorming for a book report, or to figure anything else out that she needs to. Last year, and the year before, I had used chalkboard paint to paint a small table, that way she could simply workout her problems easier. The chalkboard paint is great, don’t get me wrong. But it can tend to be a little messy….dusty. So I wanted to search for a different solution. I found out about whiteboard paint and figured that would work out perfectly! It was a little pricey, so I looked at reviews of it and wasn’t too happy to find out that it didn’t work very well for a lot of people. It would leave the dry erase marker, marks behind pretty bad.

So I remembered when my little man had colored on my fridge with a dry erase marker one time and thought, hey, just maybe that would work! So I googled epoxy paint and decided to try it out. I mean for less than $5 a can, really what would I lose? I put on two or three coats of the epoxy paint, and let it cure for a few days. The can covered both of the desks with more left. I tried it out, and it worked like a charm! The kids absolutely love their desks, and I am happy that it cost me only $5! I will say, that if you leave the marker on for too long, it does leave a slight remanence behind, but so does all dry erase boards. Plus, the can of paint goes far, so you could always touch it up when needed!