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Weekend Recap, with a Side of Tofu Pad Thai

Notes from a Messy Kitchen

This weekend was quite different from last, largely out of necessity. No sleeping in was involved, and other than the half bottle of wine I drank while impatiently waiting the hour and a half it took for my pre-race carb load dinner to arrive at Toscana Cafe, I didn’t have a...

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BBQ Tofu with Smoked Cheddar Grits, Roasted Tomatoes and Fried Leeks

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You know the old saying “nothing to call home about?” Well, this was just the opposite. In fact immediately after dinner, I called home to tell my mom that I had a recipe I had to make for her. This is a prime example of all of the tastes and...

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Spicy Smoked Maple Tofu with Garlic Maple Kale and Rice

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I’ve been eating out far too much lately, so last night I decided I’d try to compensate by staying in and cooking at home on a Saturday night. I didn’t want to make a pre-Sunday- Trader-Joe’s-trip grocery run though, so I did an inventory of the fridge and found everything...

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Lighten Up Your Classic Chinese Take Out

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Chinese food is most definitely my least favorite Americanized ethnic cuisine. Perhaps this is because as a child, I refused to stray from an identical order each time: fried chicken fingers, white rice, and wonton soup. Still, this recipe caught my eye as looking healthy, tasty and not too hard...

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Calling All Spicy Vegans: Thai Coconut-Curry Soba Noodles with Tofu

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I know it’s a sin to be using frozen veggies when so many fresh vegetables are coming into season at the farmer’s market just around the corner, but forgive me… I’ve been out of town and I’m jet-lagged. I modified this recipe quite a bit to both fit what was...

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I’ve Finally Tackled Tofu! {A Simple Trick and an Easy Vegan Stir-fry}

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I’ve lamented (more than once) that cooking tofu does not come easily to me. Well, this was momentous: I actually did it right. I give credit to the fact that I “pressed” the tofu first (see below). I then panfried it slowly with lots of herbs. It had great flavoring...

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