2010 November 24 | Thyme Bombe

Time to relocate the dish towels…

Liam has decided that this is the best place in the house for a nap. I don’t really care to dry my pots and pans with cat butt, thankyou.

Do you ever get the feeling you’re being watched? I do.

The Luker gives me his famous look of disapproval.

This cat has whiskers for days. It’s like he’s saving them up for hard times.

What’s with that chicken wing thing he’s got going on with his arm there? Also, he has a drippy nose. Gross.

Alright, enough foolishness.

Liam and I are gonna go load the dishwasher together.

Later!

November 24, 2010 author

Alayna

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Yesterday was gross out so I had to skip my trip to the market that I had planned. We had very little left to make anything with but I think I managed to create something so great you wouldn’t realize it was made from scraps!

When I don’t know what I’m making for dinner I usually start making rice and chop up an onion, there are many possibilities that can blossom from that beginning. Last night I did just that with the addition of a chopped red pepper as well.

They sweat it out in the pan while I got to work on pressing some tofu.

When the peppers and onions were soft and browning, I added the tofu. Shortly thereafter I plopped on a couple spoonfuls of this black bean sauce.

It doesn’t really matter how much sauce you add, it won’t ruin it to put too much or too little. Just make it as saucy as you want it!

I spooned it over fluffy jasmine rice. Check out all the steam, it was super hot!

It was very warm and comforting on a cold and rainy evening.

Black bean tofu with veggies

An easy vegetarian dinner with only a few ingredients and the salty-sweet and spicy flavor of black bean sauce.

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Yield: 2 servings

Ingredients

1 block tofu (pressed and cubed)
1 medium red bell pepper
1 medium onion
approx. 3 tbsp. black bean sauce
sesame oil for sauteing

Cooking Directions

Dice peppers and onions and saute in sesame oil.
When onions are starting to caramelize, add tofu cubes.
Add as much black bean sauce as desired and stir.
Serve over jasmine rice and garnish with toasted sesame seeds if desired.

Poor Jeff is still sick. He’s already downed one whole batch of my cold cure drink so it was time to make some more last night.

I didn’t have any apple cider so I used plain water and added a thinly sliced apple and a big spoonful of my gingery pear and apple sauce. You wouldn’t have known it wasn’t cider.