Friday, April 3, 2009

D is for dinner and that's good enough for me

Nothing like blogging while you are eating what you are blogging about while talking with Dom on the internet about blogging about what I am eating! What is this delicious blog-worthy meal. Why it's this tasty number:Crispy kale and red cabbage stir fry, breaded tofu and baked yam with italian herbs. I made that all sound so fancy...
Dom and I cooked up this tasty dinner about a week ago with mashed yam instead of baked yam. It's all pretty simple but also all very delicious.
The yam was just sliced and baked in the oven with a bit of olive oil, sea salt and a mixture of oregano, thyme, marjoram and terragon. 30 minutes on 350 degrees.
For the stir fry chop up a bunch of kale and red cabbage. Stir fry over medium heat until kale is starting to look a little cooked but still well on the crunchy side. Toss in a mixture of equal parts balsamic vinegar and soy sauce (just enough to give flavour, not to make things soggy) and sprinkle some oregano on. Stir fry for about another minute or so until the liquid is all gone and things are looking cooked but still crispy. Remove from heat, add toasted pumpkin and sunflower seeds and drizzle with a little bit of sesame oil. Done like dinner!
The tofu I marinated briefly in a mixture of balsamic, soy sauce, water, and a drop of liquid smoke. Could have marinated for a lot longer but I was really hungry. The breading is the 'crispy tofu coating' from the Fresh cookbook (see below). Coat both sides of your marinated tofu strips in the coating and then cook in a cast-iron pan with just enough oil to keep from sticking.

Crispy Tofu Coating (for Dom)
1 cup flaked nutritional yeast
1/2 cup wheat germ
1 tbsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

Just combine all ingredients in a container and it will keep forever as long as you do your coating in a separate dish and don't get bits of tofu in your mix.

2 comments:

Dombot said...

Wheat germ! Nutritional yeast! Brilliant! I may try this tonight...

Dombot said...

Where is your bread post :(