Veganuary - Tasty Tofu

Anyone trying new plant-based meals for Veganuary? I tried Nisha’s (Rainbow Plant Life) tofu technique the other night for dinner and it was soooooo good!!

I didn’t have all the ingredients to make her shawarma bowl (I have to remake it with all the components!!), so I served it with yellow pea protein pasta, some edamame, and Siete brand taco spice.

You can find her video/recipe here:

https://youtu.be/qEu2VHpTt58?si=ptL0JjnCvRtb8evs

But here's a quick jist:

• She calls for super firm or extra firm tofu, and I could only find firm, so I pressit for a few hours, and drained off the liquid, then sliced it as thin as possible. You can also use a cheese knife or the slicing side of a box grater (I think both would work best if you manage to get the firmer tofu)

• I put pieces into a bowl and added soy sauce/coconut aminos

• Then I spread the pieces on the dirty cutting board (from when I cut the tofu) and dusted both side with arrowroot powder. She recommends using a fine mesh strainer to dust them, like you would dust tiramisu with cocoa powder.

• Preheat skillet to medium-high, add olive oil, and add pieces. Half batch will fit nicely in the pan.

• Cook 5’ish minutes, then flip and cook another 3’ish minutes

• Add spice here. She did shwarma spice and made it into a shwarma bowl. I added Siete brand taco spice, flipped and sprinkled more. Then served with some high protein yellow pea pasta that I bowled with some shelled edamame. Delicious!