Hey everyone! I have had a productive afternoon/evening. After work, I headed to the gym to get in a workout. I ran 4.3 miles on the treadmill while watching a special on Beyonce. It was actually really interesting and kept my attention. Running on the treadmill was not so bad, but no where near as great as running outside. After the run, I went to Body Pump. Gah! I love this class. My legs were beggin’ for mercy during the lunge track! Does anyone else HATE lunges as much as I do? My legs were shaking by the end of this track. This was a killer workout for sure! I felt amazing leaving the gym, the the way only a killer workout can make you feel.
After leaving the gym, I stopped at a fruit stand and grabbed an apple, I was really hungry. I didn’t get a picture of it…sorry. Once I got home I hopped in the shower, returned some calls for my part time job and then got dinner started.
I decided to do a tofu post after my friend Lauren’s mom asked me about how to cook tofu and I tried to explain it. I realized that a lot of people that are interested in trying tofu, don’t because they are not sure how to prepare it. I stir fry it a lot and I know I have posted MANY posts of my tofu stir fries. But, I am going to take you guys step by step of pressing tofu and then baking it.
HOW TO PRESS TOFU:
Here is the tofu I usually use, but there are many, many other great brands out there.
Step 1: Cut open the package, drain the water, and place the block on a cutting board.
Step 2: Cut the block into smaller pieces (I usually do 8 pieces).
Step 3: Lay out a thick stack (3 or 4) of paper towels and place tofu pieces on top.
Step 4: Place another paper towel over the tofu.
Step 5: Place a large skillet on top to press out the water.
Step 6: Press on the skillet a few times, just to make sure that the water escapes.
Pressing tofu is something you should do regardless of how you plan on preparing it. I put two servings right in the freezer (yup, you can freeze tofu)! and baked the other two (one serving for lunch tomorrow).
WHAT?! You guys want to knowhow to BAKE the tofu too?! Wow, you are really pushing it…ok ok!
I usually marinate the tofu during the day while I am at work, but since I didn’t decide I wanted it until today while at work, that was not an option. I decided to make baked buffalo tofu. So I poured some buffalo sauce into a little mug (hey, I gotta use what I can).
I used a brush to apply some sauce to the tofu, on both sides.
Then I placed them on a cookie sheet.
which they shared with some sweet potato fries.
I baked the tofu at 350 for fifteen minutes, flipped it and cooked it for another 15 minutes. I forgot to spray the foil with cooking spray, so a bunch of the fries did not come off. oops!
I enjoyed the tofu with some brown rice, green beans and a few sweet potato fries.
The rice was Uncle Ben’s, cooked up in 90 seconds and was awesome. You would think I cooked it the long way. If you like quick and easy rice, I recommend it! Dinner was fantastic and so was dessert.
Stoneyfield chocolate frozen yogurt with some mini peanut butter cups and coconut. Yum!
I am happy to say, I have all my summer stuff packed up for the change over tomorrow. I also gathered ALLLLLL the stuff (mostly work clothes) that I need to get taken in. After almost a 30 pound weight loss, it is a lot of stuff and will have to be done in waves, because I am not made of money.
Well, night, see you in the am, I am sleepy!!!
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