Stuffed Tofu Smothered in Mushroom Gravy

I am thanking my lucky stars that I was given the opportunity to enjoy a week of the most perfect autumn weather one could imagine: sweater weather during the day, quilt weather at night, clear crisp days full of sunshine, and brilliantly colored fall foliage. Of course, a solid wallop of jet lag [...]

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Cherry Whiskey Tofu

“This tofu is purple”

That was the response this dish elicited the first time I served it up at the dinner table. I must admit: I really like the vibrant purple this tofu can take on. The secret to a very purple hue: let your frozen cherries defrost a bit before adding them to [...]

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Tofu Mushroom Dumplings with Ginger Garlic Green Beans

I love the Olympics. I love the competition, the sportsmanship, the seemingly impossible displays of athleticism, and the unity of humanity (if only for a short period of time). I get goose bumps when the American anthem is played at medal ceremonies. I get tears in my eye, without fail, at the [...]

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Mango Marinated Tofu Kabobs

This has been an incredible year for mangoes on Maui. Everywhere I look this summer, I see enormous mango trees laden with golden orange and red orbs of fruit. While we ourselves do not have a mango tree, we have been fortunate to be the recipients of many of our friends’ and neighbors’ excess yields [...]

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Rustic Musroom and Tofu Sandwiches

 

 
This morning I pulled my bread machine off of the shelf, where it has been gathering dust since the last time I used it, which was … so long ago that I can’t even remember. Home made bread is so good and the bread machine is so low maintenance to use that it really [...]

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