Oompf.

[ofearthandstars]

Today was a work-at-home day, which meant I got to sleep in a wee bit before starting in on the daily grind. Sleep is my precioussssssssss. \o/ With the boys at home during the summer, I've been spending more time in the office because here = loud/distracting. I think L. probably cries when I leave for work, but he's usually in one piece by the time I get home, and so are the boys, at least, they are for now.

It was a very stormy day (they started as early as 10:00 a.m.), but I did manage a small 1.5 mile run this evening in between downpours. It may have been a little further than I should have gone, since upon removing my brace I felt the grind kicking in, but in good news, I'm not in any pain. I think I'm going to stick with piddly runs for next week, too. So. Damn. Frustrating. But necessary, because I do not want to ruin my knee.

Anyway, tonight I made pineapple salsa! It is the pretty.


Undressed pineapple was on sale this week, so I bought some and decided to make this Grilled Tofu with Pineapple Salsa and Coconut Rice. I made a few changes to the recipe:

• I used Freekeh (tamari-flavored) instead of brown rice, because I did not want to wait 45 minutes (Freekeh cooks in 20-25), and I used a can of full-fat coconut milk + 1 1/4 cups water for cooking it in. It had a little extra liquid in it at the end of the cooking time, but I took the lid off per the recipe and let it "steam" a bit, and it came out perfectly creamy. I did not add any oil.
  
• I only had one jalopeno for the salsa :(. However, I made the most of it by leaving in many of the seeds. I also took the salsa and put in the food processor very briefly to get it the above consistency, trying to leave some texture. It was pretty as it was simply diced, but my younger boys do not like big chunky salsa where the veggies are obvious.
  
• I cut the tofu into 12 triangles and marinated it in advance (about an hour?) in a tamari/lemon juice mixture (3 tbsp each). This is one of my favorite marinades for tofu. I cooked the tofu on my ancient George Foreman grill, and other than a couple of pieces that crumbled a bit (I cut them too thin), it came out beautifully, with nice grill lines and everything. I meant to take a picture, but I was too busy shoving the food down my face.

Overall, it was very nom, and I have just enough leftovers to pack into a tortilla for a nice lunch tomorrow. \o/

And now, Defiance!

♥

Comments

[heartonsnow]

I use a lot of tofu and coconut milk, just like anyone might use meat and dairy! I am veggie and eat mostly vegan. If i repeat myself at any point I am sorry as my memory is v bad.

[ofearthandstars]

I love tofu and coconut milk, but I probably don't use them as often as I would like. :) And, yay, a kindred veghead!

No worries on repeating yourself, I do it quite a bit.

[heartonsnow]

I have started to use them regularly quite recently, trying to improve my diet with good fats and clean protein. Food is an obsession!

[ofearthandstars]

Food is always an obsession with me. :) I try to eat a pretty whole-foods based diet, so it sounds like we might be able to trade some ideas.

[heartonsnow]

Yes, we can. I tried to start a Food Tumblr but that was not the right medium because you don't have a static website!

[ofearthandstars]

Sometimes I tinker with the idea of building a Wordpress blog centered on food, but I don't really have a good track record of keeping up with other blogs. Maybe someday.