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Old 05-18-2008, 04:25 PM   #2
Firebird Rising
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Default Re: My accountability in food (aka: lotsa recipes to come)

Today was my first attempt at making a real breakfast since Elijah was born. I decided on fried tofu, hash brown waffles, toast and white grape juice.



The fried tofu is a meal that is easy to make and very delicious. You can vary it quite a bit with ingredients and make it complex or simple. I usually use a block of firm or extra-firm water-pack tofu, drain the tofu and cut it into 1/2-3/4 inch chunks. I heat up a frying pan and put a small amount of oil in it (sesame oil is GREAT for this) and heat it on high. I've found that cooking tofu on high keeps it from sticking as bad. My spices today were curry, salt, garlic granules and some dehydrated onions. I've also used dill, turmeric, paprika and whatever other spices seemed interesting at the time. When cooking tofu on high, make sure to stir it often to keep it from burning. I like to get it nice and toasty, a little more cooked than what shows in the picture.

The hash brown waffles are very good and easy, providing you have a way to shred lots of stuff. Here's the recipe:

Waffle Iron Hash Browns

8 oz potato -- scrubbed and grated
3 medium carrots -- scrubbed and shredded (I actually just do a "whatever" mix of both potato and carrot to equal 4 cups)
1 TB Ener-G-Egg Replacer -- mixed with 1/4 cup water
1 TB nutritional yeast flakes
1 TB flour
1 TB dehydrated onion flakes
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp garlic granules
2 TB chopped fresh or 1 TB dried parsley (Optional)

Preheat a lightly-oiled or sprayed, non-stick waffle iron (I use a Belgian waffle iron, but the other kind would work as well). In a mixing bowl, mix all the ingredients together well. Pack about half of the mixture into the hot waffle iron.

Cook for 10-12 minutes until brown and crispy. Eat immediately. Top with ketchup or applesauce. These will freeze but won't really crisp up all that well when you defrost.


For Lunch, I had kimpura gobo, which is a Japanese salad with burdock root and carrot. I first had it up at the Briar Patch Co-op up in Grass Valley where they have an EXCELLENT chef in the deli who makes some incredible Japanese salads. Obviously, she's not giving me the recipe, but I've done some looking online and found an approximation of what I get up in Grass Valley. You can find burdock root at most natural food stores.



Here's how I made it.

Kimpura Gobo

3 burdock roots, scrubbed well and soaked immediately in cold water to keep the color.
2-3 medium carrots scrubbed
Soy sauce (1-2 TB?)
Sesame oil (1-2 TB)?
Mirin (splash, maybe 1-3 tsp)
Rice Wine Vinegar (1-3 tsp)
Honey or Maple syrup (1-3 TB)
Red Pepper flakes (just a sprinkle, optional)
Sesame Seeds (for garnish)


Shred root and immediately resoak in cold water. Shred carrots. Place burdock root into frying pan on high and sauté for 1-3 minutes, add all the seasonings and sauté another 1-3 minutes. Add carrots and sauté for another minute or less (you want to maintain the crispiness of the veggies). Sprinkle on some red pepper flakes while cooking. Garnish with sesame seeds just before serving. Serve either hot or cold.

This can also be made raw. If you want to do it raw, marinate the veggies overnight and drain, saving the marinade for another batch. I have saved the marinade for over a week at a time. I prefer it cooked, but it's pretty good either way.


OY! Dinner was magnificent, almost unbelieveable. Here's a pic of my plate.


I had an open-faced sandwich on a slice of french bread (actually had TWO of them, they were so good.) Avocado, tomato, lettuce, red onion and a slice of worthington vegetarian mock chicken with vegannaise. From top clockwise, There was a rice salad (recipe below), a green salad (I did put pear vinagrette on it), and a couscous salad my dad had made (recipe listed on Tuesday for lunch). The middle is a boxed pasta salad my dad had made, got some stuff in it I don't normally eat so I didn't have too much of it. Here's the rice salad recipe:

Rice and Pea salad

3 cups cooked rice (I prefer brown long grain for this)
2 - 3 cups frozen petite peas
1 cup sliced celery
1- 6 ounce can slices water chestnuts
a grated carrot or two
toss with seasoned rice vinegar (basically seasoned rice vinegar is just rice vinegar with sugar and salt in it, if you want to make it easy)


It was a glorious meal finished off by a vegan peach gelato (my mom was given a mix by an Italian friend last year and we finally decided to try it out)

YUM!
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