I’ve been so busy blogging about farming and shopping these days, I haven’t even shown you what I’ve been eating! With all these crazy nights of eating out, believe or not we actually did eat at home a few times. Not once but twice this week, Casey was nice enough to make dinner while I was out running and doing yoga. Tuesday night I had a HOT run/walk with Kath, and when I came home, this fabulous meal was waiting for me when I walked in the door.
Delicious sautéed tofu served with white rice and soy-glazed mixed vegetables.
PERFECT crunch and crispiness on the outside of the tofu – the only way I like it!
Vegetables, rice, and soy sauce – three of my favorite things in this world. This is also a good example of a time when those frozen vegetables really come in handy.
And on the side, one of the most delicious salads I’ve had in a very long time.
A bed of butter lettuce and radicchio, topped with a mixture of diced avocados and banana, mixed with lime juice and pepitas. SO UNBELIEVABLY GOOD!
I always joke that he should have been the one to go to culinary school. Did you know that at one point about 5 years ago, Casey planned to open up a sandwich shop with one of his friends? He is the original Chef Malone. :)
Mmmmmmmmmmmm.
Last night I went to yoga with Kath, and we had a substitute teacher. I thought she was really weird and kept making scary SEX noises! I wanted to run out of the room! An hour later, I escaped and made it home to find another delicious dinner ready and waiting.
Red lentils and green peas cooked risotto-style, and delicious millet from the rice cooker.
He cooked 1/2 cup of lentils in a sauté pan, and stirred in 2 tbsp of regular coconut milk until it was absorbed. He continued to add 1.5 cups of water in small increments until the liquid was gone – the same way you make risotto. Tossed in some frozen peas and cayenne pepper at the end – viola!
Millet is definitely my favorite grain. I love it with just simple salt and pepper, toasted and cooked in the rice cooker.
On the side, another simple salad. I told you we were serious about our lettuce consumption! Can you believe he arranged the salad like this? Impressive!
Butter lettuce topped with sliced tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette. I can definitely say that butter lettuce is hands down my favorite type of lettuce – it is soooo soft and silky! I also think it is the best choice for lettuce wraps – iceberg is too stiff and always cracks and spills the filling everywhere.
Delicious dinner, enjoyed in front of Top Chef Masters – love it.
So that’s what we’ve been eating this week! Tonight is another meal out – that makes four this week, a new record. Usually we eat out at most once a month, and probably not even that. But we’re certainly not going to pass up fun opportunities with friends and family, especially since we do it so rarely.
Happy Friday!
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I'm seeing a pattern with Casey's food presentation! I like the artfully arranged tomatoes and tofu- very nice!
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LOL about the yoga teacher. Sounds a bit traumatic, but I'm glad you could come home and take solace in Casey's amazing food! I've never though to cook lentils risotto-style. Sounds intriguing.
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Your meals look amazing!
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I never thought about mixing bananas and avocados…great idea!
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Casey should open his sandwich shop. Everything looks great!
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You never know what you're going to get when you have a substitute group fitness or yoga teacher! Lol!
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Would Casey mind sharing his tofu technique? That looks far more fabulous than anything I've been able to produce.
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Emily – check out the tofu tutorial…
http://www.thefrontburnerblog.com/2010/01/how-to-tofu-tutorial.html
same method, just cut the tofu into longer strips instead of squares! SO GOOD! :)
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Thanks to you I'm definitely a millet fan now :-) Although I'm not vegetarian, I love all of the things you make and plan on trying out all sorts of items you post about (whether or not Justin likes it… which he usually ends up doing despite his initial protests).
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Oh, and to follow up to my comment… :-) the funny thing with our society is that we look at vegetarian meals and have some thought that if we're not vegetarian we're not supposed to eat it, but vegetarian meals are just creative ways to decrease the use of meat in one's meal. Ok, now I'm rambling :-)
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Love your simple dinners. That millet out of the rice cooker looks sticky + awesome!! I have an old rice cooker..not sure how good it works but I might have to check it out! Yummmm
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Amanda – TOTALLY agree with you. people don't realize that they actually eat vegetarian food all the time, but as soon as it is labeled vegetarian they are scared! MISS YOU! :)
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