Tofu Stroganoff
Wheat pasta
2 blocks (2 pounds) of tofu, cut into ½ inch cubes
Marinade:
½ cup soy sauce
Pinch of cumin powder
2 teaspoons fresh ginger, grated
Sauce:
¼ cup olive oil
1 cup onion, finely diced
¾ –1 teaspoon garlic, crushed
2 pounds mushrooms, sliced
6–7 leaves of fresh basil
1 tablespoon non-alcoholic
white wine vinegar
4–4 ½ cups vegan sour cream
1 cup unsweetened soymilk
2 tablespoons cornstarch
Salt to taste
¼ cup soy sauce
1 cup water
Zucchini Mint Salad
2–3 carrots, thinly sliced
3 medium zucchinis, thinly sliced
1/3 cup green onions, finely chopped
1½ cups fresh mint, finely chopped
2 teaspoons fresh ground
black pepper
¾ cup olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
½ teaspoon salt
Creamy Tofu Stroganoff- Put the tofu in the freezer the night before. In the morning take it out and thaw it.
- Cut the tofu into cubes of nice bite-size pieces.
- Put the tofu onto a flat pie pan.
- Prepare the marinade by mixing the soy sauce with the finely grated ginger, a pinch of cumin powder and a little bit of water.
- Pour the marinade so that it will cover all the tofu.
- Let it marinade for about 1-2 hours.
- Take the pan, and add in enough oil to cover the bottom of the pan.
- Heat the pan.
- Meanwhile, slice the onion thinly, and then dice.
- Add the onion into the pan, and fry it with low heat. Stir until the onion become translucent.
- Add in some finely chopped fresh garlic. Stir.
- Add in the button mushrooms. Stir and cook in a low heat flame.
- Meanwhile, in a cup, add in the organic non alcoholic white wine vinegar.
- Add in the water into the cup, stir, and then pour it into the mushrooms. Put the lid on and let it simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Put in a little bit of cumin.
- Meanwhile, roughly chopped the fresh basil.
- Strain the marinated tofu, and keep the marinade sauce to be used in sauce later.
- Add some unsweetened soymilk to the mushrooms, and then add in the basil. Mix a little bit.
- Take about ¼ cup of the marinade sauce, add in about 2 tablespoons of cornstarch, mix until the cornstarch dilute, and set it aside for a while.
- Meanwhile, boil some water, and then pour in the bow tie pasta and let them cook.
- Take about 3 pack of vegan sour cream and add them all to the mushrooms. Mix well.
- Add in the cornstarch mixture. Mix and let it cook. Stir it once a while.
- Meanwhile, take the fresh parsley leaves, chop it finely.
- Add in the tofu to the mushrooms slowly one by one. Slowly stir it. Turn off the flame. The stroganoff is ready.
- When the pasta is done, put it in a dish, add about 1 tablespoon of vegan butter, and spread it evenly so that all the pasta are covered by the butter.
- Sprinkle the chopped parsley and then mix them.
- Add in the stroganoff to the pasta.
- Ready to be served.
Zucchini Mint Salad- Chop the carrots and the zucchini thinly.
- Boil some water in a pot, add some sea salt.
- When the water boils, add in the carrots and the zucchini for a few minutes so that they’ll become soft.
- Meanwhile, take the mint leaves and take the stem off.
- Roughly chop the mint leaves.
- Take the carrot and the zucchini out from the pot and pour them in a salad bowl.
- Roughly chopped the green onions and put them in the salad bowl.
- Add in the mint leaves.
- Toss a while.
- For the salad dressing, mix ¾ cup of olive oil with one lemon juice, a little bit of salt, and black pepper.
- Add the salad dressing to the salad, and toss again.
- Put the salad in the refrigerator for a while just to make it chill.