mmm...food

Another simple but tasty recipe...I was craving tofu in a big way and wanted to stir fry something for dinner last night.  oyster sauce keeps indefinitely in the fridge btw, so pick it up at the asian market and go to town!  It does not in fact taste like "oysters" but it does have a deep salty flavor..  I got to use the eggplant, peppers, basil, jalapeno, and onion from the garden! Yippee!!  The Jalapeno and onion were last minute additions since they were laying around - added a nice kick to the dish!  I also didn't have low sodium soy sauce and kinda forgot about that - a little on the salty side so I probably should have cut down the soy sauce to maybe 1/4 cup, but when paired with rice it was still good.  Since the basil is plentiful around here I put in about a cup of fresh picked - that was super fun to not have to slice them or anything and just let the heat of the dish melt the basil flavor into everything else.  Definitely a keeper and one we'll have to try when Dan comes back (T-minus 18 days folks!!).  I think I also converted Mike to tofu finally - he had given up on it being flavorful and instead looked at it as a bland protein source, not so!!  I heart tofu, and the combination of pressing the liquid out and sauteing it in the wok beforehand made it nice and chewy with a slight crunch...

mmmm

xo

ct