Tofu and Veggie Stir-Fry with Rice

January 5th, 2017 from LindasRecipes.com

Thursday and I am back to painting class.  Didn’t really have my act together, but made some progress.  I had planned a simple, I thought, meal to make that evening.  This recipe comes from new information from Eat Better, a WW new year handout.  It was OK.  I better step up my cooking a little, or I will need to quit this blog.  This recipe reminded me of 3 things.  I hate stringing sugar snap peas.  Not flavoring tofu is why most people hate it, and shredding carrots should be off my list of activities.  

As with all Chinese dishes and inspired dishes, all items must be ready to add the minute the wok reaches temperature.  The WW recipe listed below is for one person.  I kind of winged it and as far as vegetables were concerned added a lot.  I used a whole package of tofu, cubed.  I made Jim lots of rice.  If you have been following, know that I always make it the same way.  

Ingredients:

Cooking spray

1/2 C red pepper, sliced (I used a whole one sliced) Zero WW Points

Carrots (I used 4) Zero WW Points

Snap Peas (I would use French green beans.  Still green, but no work) 

Zero WW Points 

Chestnuts (I used the whole can.) Zero WW Points 

Cubed Tofu (I used the whole package cubed) 4 WW Points

2 T chopped scallions (Jim bought shallots thinking he was buying scallions.  I cut up one and added chives.) Zero WW Points

1/8 t minced garlic, Zero WW Points 

Sprinkle with 1/2 T low-sodium soy sauce, Zero WW Points 

1 t sesame oil, 1 WW Point

Directions:

  1. Plan on slicing and dicing for a while.  You can pile all the vegetables together as they are added all at the same time.  
  2. Open the tofu and drain out the water.  Dice the block into cubes and place on multiple layers of paper towel.  (I sprinkled with Teriyaki sauce, but not enough.)
  3. Serve over 1/2C rice, 3 WW Points  

The whole meal is 8 points with the 1/2 cup of rice.  It was definitely eatable but not very exciting.  We had a dusting of snow overnight and it shut Nashville down.  Planned a relaxing day anyway, so it didn’t bother me.  the driveway had to be cleared, but not deep enough for the snow blower.  This shut Nashville down.  Yes, i am writing Friday AM.