Tofu and pesto

Two delicious vegan recipes that will blow your mind

Pesto – is made from coriander leaf – yes – coriander , and pine nuts, a dash of nutritional yeast salt fenugreek powder and the teensy-est drop of olive oil. The health benefits are great – it’s a very tasty addition to your vegan meals. it keeps in the fridge for several days.

The firm tofu has been dry fried in a non stick pan with garlic ginger and chili, all three first freshly and finely chopped added to the pan with a sprits of olive oil (you can get olive oil in spray bottles now – just for this use)
Then add the firm tofu chunks and let them roast gently turning them over now and then so some sides develop a golden crust – be careful not to let the spices burn – so keep the heat fairly low – enjoy the process, take your time. At the end just before serving add a pinch of salt and a twist of pepper

Prepare your underlying salad – this one is little gem lettuce and plum tomatoes with spring onion all freshly cut.

Simple, delicious, practically oil free and low calorie as well as completely vegan

Enjoy

Today’s salad

little gem
spring onion
Mejoul dates
green olives
sesame oil
lemon juice
mirin
rice wine vinegar
radicchio
smoked tofu
nigella seeds
black sesame seed
Japanese sushi seed mix
seaweed flakes
dried parsley
red pepper

all finely chopped or shredded –
go easy on the sesame oil –
and balance it well –
use your eye and your own taste to get this right –
Enjoy