Dinner has always been my favorite meal of the day (unless dessert is considered a meal, of course). I tend to eat smaller portions during the day because I know dinner will almost always be something special. There are days when laziness takes over and a bowl of granola ends up being dinner, but more often than not, my last meal of the day is pretty spectacular. Tuesday night was a perfect example:
What you see above is Sesame Crusted Tofu Cutlets with Lemongrass-Orange Reduction, a recipe from the October 2012 issue of Vegetarian Times. We served it with brown rice and steamed broccoli. I really enjoyed this meal, but next time I would marinate the tofu in the sauce first to add some heightened flavor. Quick, filling, and simple!
Dessert was a double chocolate cupcake… Or was it two three?
whoa! That sounds great. I find that a lot of the Vegetarian Times recipes just need a little extra OOMPH… but that they are great starting points for ideas and such. It really looks beautiful though!
Thanks, Amey! You are right, VT recipes usually need some tweaking. Perhaps we need to volunteer ourselves to be recipe critics in their test kitchen? :)
Nothing wrong with a bowl of granola for dinner, but this tofu sure takes the cake. (Save a cupcake for me!)
The cupcake I saved for you went missing…
Sounds & looks awesome!
It was awesome and there are no leftovers!
Yum. I love lemongrass and this combo with sesame tofu sounds delicious! Your photo looks so yummy!
I love lemongrass too and always forget to use it when I cook. This meal was a nice reminder. :)
I am really loving tofu lately and I always forget to crust it. I’m thinking cornflakes?
Yes! Do cornflakes!! Or maybe a crumbled doughnut from Cinnamon Snail? Kidding on the last suggestion… Maybe.
Why don’t I come over for dinner every night and put this to task!
Yay!
xo
kittee
You are the tofu master! I kept thinking of you and your lemongrass tofu!!
That looks great, I love tofu any way and serving it alongside rice & veggies is one of my favourite weeknight meals. I’ll definitely be trying that recipe soon!
Tofu for the win!! Perhaps with a rootbeer? :)
Oh, wow! That sounds wonderful! I need to pull that one out of my copy.
You should definitely make this recipe, but I suggest marinating the tofu first. I think it will help the sesame seeds stick better and flavor the tofu more too. Enjoy it!
Those VegTimes recipes always seem like great ideas until you see that they never have you press or marinate the tofu. Luckily, you and I know that these are necessary steps, but to those new to tofu, I imagine that some of their recipes might be a bit of a disappointment. (Still, this looks awesome!) Also did some backreading and saw that you have a cool new job! Congratulations! (Can you send some great new job mojo my way?)
We are professional tofu scientists! Thank you for congratulating me on the new job. It has been awesome so far. I am sending good job vibes your way!
yum, yum, yum and yum…I want these little squares of goodness on a stick, so I can snack on them throughout the day. :)
This looks FANTASTIC! Maybe it’s just your stellar photography, but I’m droolin’ over here… :D