Don't hate me because I can cook.
It's no big deal.
Sometimes people ask me for a recipe or what something is called, but recipes and names of dishes don't really exist in our house. I use things we have on hand, very rarely do I follow any instructions or do the same thing twice, and even MORE rarely do I have what I would call a "well-stocked" fridge to begin with.
Tonight was basically a dinner made from leftovers. I had a partial brick of extra firm tofu that I cubed and marinated in Tamari soy sauce (extra firm is the only style I prepare this way) and a container of sticky risotto that I made the other night.
I also had 2 jalapenos that really needed to be eaten. I'd rather throw something unusual into a dish than end up throwing it away because I couldn't think of a way to use it. If something is colorful and nutritious, I don't see how you can go wrong!
Ok, I started by coating balls of the risotto in some flour/cornmeal mixture. I would have preferred to use bread crumbs, but for the reasons explained earlier, that's what I had. I was hoping for a little bit of crunch there. I browned those little buggers in some oil while I fried the tofu in a similar fashion.
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| Risotto Cakes |
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| Fried Tofu |
Ah, everything is brown. Not good.
I want to eat a rainbow.
I did a little prep work. A couple of slices of purple onion, those 2 jalapenos, garlic, the last 2 carrots in the fridge, 2 celery stalks, about 6 mushrooms and a handful of baby spinach.
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| Sauteing veggies |
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| Add the mushrooms. |
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| Add the tofu back in. |
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| Spinach at the very end. |
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| Served with a small bed of arugula under the risotto cakes. |
I had enough left over for lunches tomorrow! Yippee. That was delicious.
I can't wait to eat it tomorrow!
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