Bring Back the Lunch Thread !!!!

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Tofu stir fry tonight. I've never cooked with tofu so this should be interesting...

Dry it out as well as you can first, or you will have a soggy pan and your food will basically steam, not fry.

 

[Krakosky]

I got "extra firm". Just the way ladies like it.

 

[snickerd3]

Not a fan of the avocado at Subway. There's no flavor to it and the larger "chunks" are frozen.

not to mention they charge you almost as much as if you have double meat. 75 cents charge for avocada on 6 inch. 1.25 for foot long...for that much you'd think it would have some potential...

 

[Krakosky]

I hate when places charge extra for avocado and guacamole. I know Chipotle does this too.

 

[snickerd3]

qdoba does too unless you get the vegetarien buritto...but that is the one i get so guacamole is free for me there.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Chips and guac at Chipotle is epic.

 

[envirotex]

cheeseburger and fries

 

[snickerd3]

^same here

 

[Master slacker]

Leftover chicken and pesto pizza

 

[wilheldp_PE]

Tofu has a meat-like texture and absolutely no flavor. BUT, it does serve as a culinary sponge and take on any flavors thrown at it in a dish. That's why it's popular in Asian cuisine. Tofu is my favorite "floatie" in Hot 'n Sour soup.

 

[Krakosky]

Resisted the urge to get a quizznos sub and ate the salad that I brought with Asian ginger dressing, baby carrots and cherries.

The tofu stir fry didn't turn out that great due to some mistakes on my part. The recipe called for tamari which apparently is a type of soy sauce. When I asked the guy at the grocery store about it, he gave me a jar of tamarind and said they were the same thing. Lesson learned. I thought it didn't seem right to be adding an Indian spice to a stir fry. Mixed in some soy sauce I had on hand at the last minute after I discovered my error. Better luck next time I guess.

Made a "green" smoothie which ended up coming out purple. It consisted of almond milk, spinach leaves, a banana, some frozen mixed berries and a few squeezes from a fresh lemon. I was surprised it didn't taste gross. I have a few other smoothie recipes I'm looking forward to trying. Trying to replace my usual cup of morning coffee with a healthier option.

 

[pbrme]

I do a pretty mean tofu dish:

Extra firm Tofu, take block and slice into 3 layers, pat-dry all sides with paper towel. Cube the tofu. Marinade in 1/4 cup of Soyaki sauce, pan fried in olive oil until golden brown. Still at fry heat, Add in Cilantro, lime juice, grated green chillies w/ seeds, chopped garlic and ground cummin. These I wing, no measure style, to taste. Add some salted peanuts and another 1/4 of Soy-aki and turn down the heat to simmer. You can also experiment at the simmer stage with some peas and peppers.

 

[Master slacker]

PB&J and an apple.

The PB&J used two heels as two loaves of bread overlapped (finished one loaf and started the next).

 

[snickerd3]

the heels are the last two pieces of a loaf of bread in our house, . to keep the middle pieces from drying out.

 

[Krakosky]

All that PB talk last week made me hungry for a PB&J sandwich. Bought some crunchy PB over the weekend and also some creamy almond butter for smoothies.

 

[engineergurl]

I won't eat the heels of the bread. I'm a brat like that.

 

[Krakosky]

I do a pretty mean tofu dish:

Extra firm Tofu, take block and slice into 3 layers, pat-dry all sides with paper towel. Cube the tofu. Marinade in 1/4 cup of Soyaki sauce, pan fried in olive oil until golden brown. Still at fry heat, Add in Cilantro, lime juice, grated green chillies w/ seeds, chopped garlic and ground cummin. These I wing, no measure style, to taste. Add some salted peanuts and another 1/4 of Soy-aki and turn down the heat to simmer. You can also experiment at the simmer stage with some peas and peppers.

Sounds tasty. I'll have to try it some time. I made the mistake of not draining the marinade first before pan frying the tofu so it didn't turn out crispy on the outside. Also I just cut the big block into cubes. Good call on slicing it into layers. I did at least use extra firm.

 

[mudpuppy]

Trying to replace my usual cup of morning coffee with a healthier option.

Blasphemy, coffee is not unhealthy! Unless you load it up with sugar and cream. But there's nothing wrong with good, black coffee!

 

[Ble_PE]

Trying to replace my usual cup of morning coffee with a healthier option.

But there's nothing wrong with good, black coffee!

Except that it tastes like shit. I'll take my coffee with cream and sugar thank you very much!

 

[pbrme]

Had a bacon cheeseburger with seasoned fries and a coke. One last greezy meal before the 10 day Advocare cleanse. Starting the fruits and veggies tonight.