Sushi Party Platters! Part I

Not too long ago, Drew and I went on a Grande Voyage to the East Coast, where we visited with various people. As it turns out, if you know how to make sushi, people like to have you around for their gatherings. This works out well for me, as I like to have people want [...]

Cook your tofu in the toaster for sushi madness

Recently, I was desperate for sushi. I also had a block of tofu that was desperate to be eaten. And I apparently had a toaster that was desperate to become potentially soy sauce flavored. So I combined all of these factors for beautiful harmony. First, I marinated the tofu. Pretty lazily, as it involved me [...]

Sticking Tofu in the Toaster

My block of tofu that’s been sitting in the fridge for the past several weeks was originally going to be reserved for miso soup. Thing is, I was sick recently. While being sick, I ate entirely too much soup of the instant and canned variety, as being sick = being lazy. So, being officially sick [...]

Beefy burgers and tofu burgers from the grill, and why there’s nothing wrong with eating both

So I’m trying to enjoy this grill for as long as I can before a bunch of snow gets dumped on top of it. See, before I came out to Colorado I’d heard it was crazy dry here and that I’d need to bring multiple gallons of lotion with me just to keep my skin [...]

Adventures in Getting Rid of Bean Sprouts (a.k.a. Curry Time)

I have mentioned before the dilemma of too many bean sprouts + not enough time. They become bean sprout paste by day 3 or 4 for me, so the little buggers must be eaten stat. This usually means pho up the wazoo. Eventually, however, one gets all pho’d out. This (for me at least) is [...]

Tofu with Peanut Sauce (aka More Protein Then You Ever Needed, Plus Some!)

I’ve been struggling, for many an eon now (and by ‘eon’, I mean ‘cooking session’), to make tofu such that I don’t feel like I’m eating teeny sponges. In theory, one can cook tofu such that it will be crispy, yet fluffy, on the outside, and delicious all over. I’ve had it like that in [...]

Vietnamese Garden Rolls

So at some point recently, a legion of lazy carrots invaded my fridge. They refuse to leave. So, inevitably, I’ve been attempting to figure out things to do with said carrots. I find raw carrots by themselves bland and boring, and cooked carrots by themselves are mildly repulsive. Nonetheless, the part of me that is [...]