Baked Tofu with Spicy Soy Dressing

Yields: A pint or so
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins

Simple tofu prep with a simple Asian dressing. Like revenge, this is a dish best served cold.

Get this:

Dressing

• 1/2 cup  onions or scallions, minced
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup rice vinegar
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 T brown sugar
• 1 T lime juice
• A squirt or two of Sriracha

Tofu
A brick of tofu, cubed and baked (Baked Tofu)

Do This:

• Whisk it up.
• Pour over some Baked Tofu.

Eat more plants. Eat more tofu. Eat more Asian-ey.
Be well,
Veg VA

No pictures of this recipe, so instead, enjoy these pictures of Aaron dancing with a pig at the 2014 DC Veg Fest.

Go pig.

Go Aaron.

Dance party.

Baked Tofu

Yield: 2 meals for 2 people
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 40-50 mins

If you struggle with frying your tofu, try baking it. It’s super simple. If you love the texture of tofu at the Whole Foods salad bar or at most restaurants, it’s because they bake it, refrigerate it, and then cook it to order. So take 3-4 bricks on a Sunday and bake them for the week.

Get This:

• A cookie sheet, lightly oiled
• 2 bricks of drained tofu, cubed (How to Cook Tofu)
• S&P

Do This:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Place the cubed tofu on the sheet and season with S&P.
• Bake for 20 mins, flip, and then 20 more mins.
• Let the tofu cool before putting it in the fridge.

Baked tofu demands that you make it because it’s so easy. Don’t be proud. Bake your fu.
Be well,
Veg VA

Here’s your fu.

Slice it like bread.

Make carrot sticks

Turn.

Chop into cubes.

Spicy Sriracha Baked Tofu w/ Tangy Kale

We Three Kings be Stealing the Fu.

Foil or oil to keep it from sticking.

Space the tofu so it cooks quicker.

Black Bean Burgers

Yield: 6-8 Burger Patties
Prep:10 mins
Cook: 8 mins

These burgers satisfy that sandwich craving that we all have. Nothing screams America like a cheeseburger, and veg-heads shouldn’t be left out of the mix.

Get This:

• 3 medium sized potatoes, cubed
• 1 medium carrot, cubed
• 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
• ¼ C of Daiya (optional)
• Some slices of Daiya cheese (optional)
• ½ C of frozen peas
• ½ C shrooms, rough chop
• 1 C bread crumbs
• ½ t thyme
• ½ t garlic powder
• ¼ t sage
• 1 t curry powder
• A few fistfuls of flour (We’ll coat the burgers with flour before frying them.)

Do this:

• Rinse, drain and put the black beans in a bowl. Then walk away.
• Fry up all the veggies until a fork can pass through the taters easily.
• Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, except for the flour.
• Mash it up.
• Make patties, and then cover them with flour and set aside.
• Heat (medium-high) a pan with 3 T of coconut oil.
• Fry the patties for 3 mins on each side.
• Add a slice of Daiya cheese to the top of each patty for the last minute of cooking.

Try This:

A scoop of Guac on top.
Pickle, Mayo and Sriracha
Slices from a Fried Avocado

Do your burger thing, and do it without the beef. Or ham.
Be well,
Veg VA

 

Vegan Guacamole

It’s raw. It’s delicious. It’s fatty, creamy and goes on anything. Guac is a king, and we’re all loyalists.

Get this:

1)    A knife
2)    A bowl
3)    A spoon
4)    3 ripe avocados
5)    3 cloves of chopped garlic
6)    A few pinches of salt

Do This:

1)    Cut avocados in half.
2)    Remove their pits.
3)    Scoop the meat out with a spoon.
4)    Combine all ingredients in a bowl.
5)    Mash it up.

Tip: A food processor will mash it faster. The longer you process the guac, the creamier it will be.

All hail guacamole.

Be well,
Veg VA