Deirdre: I Cheated on Tofu

First off I’m super excited for the Healthy Living Summit! This is the third year that Amelia and I are attending. These are my recaps from  Boston and Chicago. I am also excited to be rooming with Danielle and Shannon. Yay for New York blogger love!

Anyway…

For a long time, tofu has been my main squeeze.  It has been my favorite form of non meat protein.  But I knew I needed to venture out of my comfort zone. I knew I should probably try other things like tempeh. I was a little scared of tempeh. It looked so grainy. But finally I was inspired by this lovely recipe by Mama Pea. She admits that she too used to be afraid of tempeh. But Mama Pea actually grates it with a cheese grater! This was awesome to me because what  weirded me out most about tempeh was the long loaf like appearance.

My ingredients were all from Trader Joe’s: Thai Red Curry Sauce (contains eggs), broccoli slaw, and of course tempeh.

Mama Pea says to grate the tempeh over the pan, but I am a  SPAZ and started to get tempeh bits everywhere so I had to switch to a bowl.

This is what the tempeh looks like when it is cooking.

After 3 minutes I added my slaw and sauce and let it cook for only 3 minutes because I like my slaw kinda chewy. So easy!

All ready to eat!

The best part was I had leftovers to eat for lunch for 2 days and the curry tempeh slaw tasted just as good cold as heated. Next time I would add even more vegetables.

I’m currently totally into tempeh and broccoli slaw so I’ve also used it to make a healthier stir fry.

So that’s how I overcame my fear of tempeh.

Anyone else try tempeh or have a good tempeh recipe?

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