Back! Told you I wouldn’t be gone long. :)
What’s more, I’ve returned with glad tidings from the kitchen. The meal we made tonight – noodles with stir-fried tofu and broccoli, from Nava Atlas’ The Vegetairan 5-Ingredient Gourmet, which is one of my favorite cookbooks ever – was filling, easy, and, most importantly, tasty. Paired with some frozen spring rolls, it made for a perfect Thai-restaurant evening right here at home!
I began by boiling a pot of udon noodles, and as they neared their completion, I lightly fried a pan of diced firm tofu. When the tofu cubes were nearly browned to my liking, I added a bag of (frozen, then steamed) cut broccoli and let the flavors mingle a bit. I’d drained the udon by this point, so once the pan was heated through to my liking I tossed the noodles with a hearty helping of peanut sauce and just like that, we were ready to eat!
The result was fantastic. Nava Atlas never lets me down, and tonight’s recipe was another winner! LeeLee and I both went back for seconds, and one of us (I’m not naming names, but follow my eyes) even went back for thirds. To say nothing of the spring rolls, which we also demolished. Ahem.
So, in short, another winner! And in Recessionista fashion, with five easy ingredients, it was another money-saver, too.
:)