Asian Slaw Salad

I’ve been really into making this on weekdays. It’s easy, quick, and lasts a few days worth of lunches/dinners. Ingredients (serves 4): Dressing: Baked Tofu (optional): If you’re making the tofu, press it about 30 minutes before cooking. Preheat oven to 425˚, toss cubed tofu with soy sauce, olive oil, sriracha and cornstarch. Lay in…

Pan Fried Pork and Cabbage Dumplings

Found some frozen dumpling wrappers and ground pork in my freezer! Who doesn’t love dumplings? I made up these pan fried pork and cabbage dumplings last night with the rest of my cabbage from that ugly produce box. For dumplings (makes 50 dumplings, plus a couple patties): 50 dumpling wrappers 16 oz ground pork 1/4…

Butternut Squash and Kale Thai Curry with Coconut Milk Rice

Thai flavors with fresh produce from the farmers market? Yes, please! This recipe was snatched from here with some minor adjustments. Hope you like coconut! Ingredients (serves 3-4): 2 tbs coconut oil (1 for curry, 1 for tofu) 1 package of firm tofu, cubed 1 small onion, diced or 1 large shallot, chopped 2 –…

Pumpkin Butter

This is scrumptious. Like Apple Butter? Try it with Pumpkin! This is straight up from Food & Wine Magazine, with some minor alterations. I’ll rewrite it in my own words, but I cannot take credit for it! Ingredients: 1 3lb pumpkin turned into puree (follow my recipe here) — Food & Wine wants you to…

Vegetable Dumplings with a Ponzu Dipping Sauce

I had a barbecue the other week, and bought too much cole slaw. I only made dressing for one of the bags, and still had the other, and thought to myself, what can I do with a bunch of pre-shredded carrots and cabbage? Turn it into dumpling filler, of course! So I bought some premade…

Ginger Garlic Broccoli

I had a sudden craving for ginger broccoli on my way home today, and I’m damn glad I did cause I pulled this beauty out of my butt. Honestly, I eyeballed the amount of the ingredients and cooking times. I’ll be giving my best guesstimation. Will change accordingly if I cook this again (knowing me,…

Brussels Sprouts with Chili Black Bean Sauce

Another Brussels Sprouts recipe! This time I experimented with black bean sauce and some other asian flavors. Ingredients: 16 Brussels Sprouts (or 1 pre-packed package), cut in quarters 2 tbs sesame oil 2 tsp chili garlic sauce (or more if you like it spicy!) 1/4 tsp ground ginger 2 tbs black bean sauce 1 tbs…

Filet Mignon with Ginger Glaze

I was in need of a respite from a solid month of tofu, so I went to the market and picked up three little filet mignons to experiment with. I still had some cold peanut sesame noodles left over, so I decided to prepare my little steaks with some of the ingredients I’ve been collecting for all…

Lemongrass Ginger Tofu/Chicken

I usually make this recipe with chicken, but decided to try it out with tofu (am including both versions here). It isn’t purely vegetarian as I use chicken broth (I suppose one could substitute this for veggie broth) and fish sauce (no substitutions allowed!). Super fragrant and flavorful, I couldn’t help but have seconds. Ingredients: 1…