Tag Archive: tofu

Breaking News: I'm a Vegetarian (and here's the recipe that taught me it)

Have you ever discovered something about yourself that everybody else already knew? It took qualifying for the Boston Marathon for me to realize I was a runner.  And yesterday I had another Earth-shattering revelation---I'm a vegetarian. I was making Korean ...

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Hot and Sour Asian Soup (with wood ears, whatever those are)

Want to make a really good soup that seems like you shouldn't be able to make it at home? Then this is your recipe, Veganomicon is your book, and I am your man-boy.  Though the authors describe it as "totally inauthentic," this is one of ...

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Spitting Out Tofu

Ladies and gentleman, it's a sad day in NMA world. Last night, for the first time ever, my wife spit out the food I made for her.  I don't remember her exact words, but it was something to the extent of "If I swallow that, I'll puke." The food in question was a piece of lightly-seared tofu, ...

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Back to School with Tofu

Well, my summer fun ends today.  Back to school.  Actually it won't be bad; I'm taking an interesting course about mathematical physiology that, although completely unrelated to my research, seems kind of fun.  But with two blogs, classes, research, and marathon training, I'll be mad busy.  Let's just hope that baby doesn't decide ...

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Thai-ing One On

Sorry for the late post today; recently I've been writing them during my office hour at school.  But get this--today a student actually came to office hour to learn something.  The nerve! 30-Day Challenge Check-In It has been 28 complete days since I last drank caffeinated coffee, the wonder drug that makes me extremely happy for no ...

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Sweet Potato Curry with Tofu, Bok Choy, and Carmelized Shallots

One day when I was a kid, the doctor informed my parents that I had extremely high cholesterol, 230 or something like that.  This didn't mean much to me, except that all of the sudden I wasn't allowed to have hot dogs anymore.  Coconut oil shared some of the blame, and it was also banished.  ...

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Red Cooked Tofu

You can't be a vegetarian for long without eating tofu, especially if you are trying to get lots of protein for training.  And while I'm not a total vegetarian because I still eat fish, I'd like to make true vegetarian meals often so that you non-fish eaters out there will get something out of this blog.  So with ...

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