1st Post - Vegetarian Spin on Asian Stir Fry

Hi! So I'm really starting this blog and my first post tonight. However, the stuff I made for dinner yesterday was really good - I thought so and my husband thought so. My dog would probably think so but he didn't get any ;) This is an all vegetarian dish and includes protein, lots of vegetables and carbs in the form of brown rice.
Roughly 350 calories, very little fat, lots of flavor and approx 13g protein.

Start with cooking brown rice. Typical serving is 1/4 cup per person.
    1 container extra firm tofu (try to press as much water out if it as possible)

1/4 cup soy sauce

1/2 cup water

1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced

3 cloves garlic, minced

1  tbsp olive oil

put all this stuff in a bowl and mix together. After the tofu is pressed, get a shallow bowl and put the tofu in with the marinade. I was only able to marinate it for about 15-20 mins. Might take on more flavor if you let it sit longer. 

Heat oven to 425 F. Bake for tofu for 30 mins and don't forget to add the marinade. It will bake into it. Yum! 

For veggies, I used a couple stalks celery, 3 carrots, 1 onion and 4 cloves garlic. Oh, and 1 block of frozen spinach. Chop all the fresh veggies up, put some olive oil in a frying pan and sautee all veggies, including the frozen spinach. It's good. The water from the spinach hydrates the other veggies. Pour lite soy sauce over veggies as they cook - about 1 or 2 tablespoons. 

You can serve the rice, veggies and tofu separately, or put them all together in a bowl. That's what I did and the flavors melded together great ! 

All told, this took about 35 mins. Will post photo of this next time I make it ;) Enjoy! 

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