Nasoya so kindly offered to send me a coupon for one of their products, and I was excited to take them up on their offer. I browsed their website to find a recipe, and decided on the very simple tofu nuggets.
To start, I drained, wrapped, and froze the tofu when I got home from the store. I thawed it out in the fridge last night, and when I was ready for dinner tonight, it was ready for me.
First, I cut it into cubes and pressed using my heavy griddle to get the excess water out.
I let the cubes sit under there for about 20 minutes, and then dunked them in a combo of wheat germ, salt, and garlic powder.
Then put them on a baking sheet – covered in foil and sprayed with non-stick.
Next, I prepared some veggies to go along with the nuggets.
Asparagus drizzled with evoo and sprinkled with salt
Tomatoes with the core cut out and filled with balsamic vinegar and sprinkled with salt
I put the whole pan in the oven at 400* for about 30 minutes.
I ended up dunking my nuggets in bbq sauce because it sounded really good, and it was. Plus, it was an easy one-pan meal with minimal clean-up – always a plus.
In the 3rd grade world…
I think two consecutive weeks of indoor recess is interfering with this little girl’s ability to think rationally:
Wrong. I’m having a baby.
That dinner looks amazing – and indoor recess is getting to me too.
Those Tufo Nuggets look SO delicious!
Do you think other veggies would go along with them too?
Hehe, lol.
Haha!
We sent our kids out to recess for five minutes today. Made them run around and promptly brought them back in. It was amazing.
I hadn’t ever thought about making nuggets out of tofu–great idea!
Haha, your students are too funny.
I love that this meal is so simple! I am totally going to copycat it sometime!
“Wrong. I’m having a baby.”
Perfect.
Haha! That would be an interesting birth…
Those tofu nuggets look so good. I would have never thought of that!
I just had tofu with BBQ sauce the other day too! Luurve that stuff. That’d be pretty phenomenal if you popped out a puppy. Punky would have a friend.. ha!
I love the idea of filling tomatoes with balsamic…yum. That sounds awesome.
Hahahaha sounds like someone needs to have the birds and the bees explained to them…
I really need to try the whole freezing and then pressing tofu thing. I always press it with my Tofu Xpress but everyone says freezing it takes it to the next level. Must try!
I’m always so scared to use tofu!! Haha, but those actually look really really good! I’ll have to try that!
Tofu nuggets looks great!
That girl is pretty funny, I hope she’ll realize that you’re not pregnant with a dog
The nuggets look awesome and those tomatoes sound AMAZING!!!
tomatoes filled with balsamic? intrigued. what happens to the balsamic in the oven? how does it taste in the end? it sounds so good!!
You know, it doesn’t do a whole lot to the balsamic, but it does make the tomatoes taste all tangy and balsamic-y….which I love.
THOSE ARe so so so cute!! little tofu nuggets- i am so doing that!
Those tofu nuggets look incredible! So crispy and crunchy.. hmm, making me hungry! lol.
Kids are silly. Those nuggets look sooooo darn good!
Mmm…the tofu nuggets sound wonderful! I need to try this, the next time I’m preparing tofu.
hahaha omg i love your kiddies!
ok those nuggets look SO good!! i love the idea of drudging them in wheat germ…genious!!! they look all crispy and delicious!
i love the finished product- they looks like fuzzy little tofu cubes..ok i know “fuzzy” is a strange despcription but they are totally yummy looking- and way more fun to make than slopping raw chicken into breadcrumbs lol! xoxo <3
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Tofu nuggets look great. I tried tofu for the first time a few weeks ago, and had it last night at a Chinese restaurant – yummy! xxx
Must try tofu nuggets and the roasted tomatoes look amazing!!! Have a great weekend
Haha the title of this post totally made me think of the Black Eyed Peas song “My Humps” for some reason.
LOVE your tales from third grade- so freakin cute.
-Joelle (j0elygolightly.wordpress.com)
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Can’t wait to try this, maybe this weekend! How do you freeze the tofu? From what I read it sounded like you drained it from it’s original pack, then did you just stick it in a freezer bag or something? Thanks!
That’s pretty much it! I just drained it, pressed it for about an hour (put a cookie sheet with heavy cans on top) and then put it in a tupperware and popped it in the freezer! It makes the texture so dense!