Tasty Tuesday

This morning I woke up for the GYM! I love the feeling of getting my workout in early. A new book to read while stair mastering made the time fly by.

Once I was home and dressed for work I sat down to a filling bowl of neapolitan cereal. The base cereal was Kashi Go Lean, per the usual. I added in Enviro Kids Koala Crisp cereal, sliced sweet strawberries, unsweetened vanilla almond milk,  and a 1/4 scoop of vanilla protein powder.

Chocolate. Vanilla. Strawberry. YUM!

The morning at work went by quickly and soon enough I was headed home for lunch.

I couldn’t decide whether I wanted a salad or a wrap, but ultimately decided I needed to use up my lavash bread before it goes bad so a wrap it was. I warmed up some mashed black beans and then added some spinach, onions, tomatoes, and salsa. It was delicious. I will definitely be making more of these little wrapritos.

On the side I had a NEW product: Better Whey of Life All Natural Non-Fat Yogurt (Acai Mixed Berry).

my thoughts:

This yogurt wasn’t as thick as the Greek yogurt that I am used to but it was still really creamy and flavorful. The flavor was just sweet enough to cut the sour yogurt flavor, just how I like it.  I didn’t taste anything odd from the huge amount of whey protein. Overall, this yogurt was delicious, and really FILLING! I guess that’s what the 15 grams of protein are for. I like that it has less sugar than most yogurts, no fat, and 3 grams of fiber (this is considerable because most yogurts don’t have fiber) and only 145 calories. I will definitely be looking for it at Whole Food’s next time I go.

I ate it plain so I could get the full flavor without and additional flavors from granola, but then I decided I wanted some crunch and added some Cascadian Farm granola to the last couple bites. Then I ate some granola by the handfuls.. never a good idea because I can kind of get out of hand when eating things like cereal or granola by the handfuls, but it was tasty.

Lets just say I was really full walking back to the office!

Dinner was early because we are suppose to be attending a board game night at a friends. I made a favorite of mine, tofu & veggie stir-fry! You can never go wrong with stir-fry. It’s so quick, cheap, easy, and tasty.

I stir fried thawed frozen tofu in a Pam sprayed skillet with garlic powder and in a couple T.s of San-J Organic Tamari (wheat free soy sauce). Once the tofu was crispy I removed the tofu from the pan and added frozen veggies from BJ’s (a Costcoesque wholesale store we have here in VA). After the veggies were steaming  I added a T. of Veri Teriyaki sauce and then stirred in the tofu.

I’m pumped because I still have a bowl of stir-fried tofu left over!

I had never frozen tofu before so I was excited to see how it was going to turn out today. I don’t know that this is the correct method (it’s basically a conglomerate of my internet research), but my tofu turned out stupendous, so here’s my method I used for Freezing Tofu:

• I took one block of firm tofu out of the pack and drained the water with a paper towel.
• I cut the block in half and stuck it in a zip-lock storage bag, then placed it in the freezer.
• The tofu was frozen for about 3 days, but I don’t think it matters how long you freeze it for.
• I took it out to thaw on the counter today at lunch time. (The color of the tofu was an light yellow color and the texture had changed into a sponge.. online sources say this is normal)
• When I came home, it wasn’t fully thawed so I put the tofu in the freezer for a few minutes on the defrost setting, I cut the blocks into cubes and stir-fried the little sponges.

The result: I loved the texture!!! It turned out crispy on the outside with a spongy middle. I like regular tofu still, but I will totally be freezing tofu again fo shu! If you haven’t tried this method, I totally recommend it.

Tagged as: Better Whey of Life, black bean wraprito, cascadian farms granola, freezing tofu, neapolitan cereal, stir-fried tofu and veggies