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Adventure Begins in the Kitchen

Back To Reality, In Pictures

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Breakfast: Spinach & Broccoli Frittata with Sriracha

Lunch: Amy’s Three Bean & Pasta Soup

Dinner: Burned BBQ Tofu (Oops!)

Dessert: Almond Shortbread Cookies

What a long day!  I got home from the airport around 1 AM last night and had trouble sleeping due to my week on the west coast.  I knew this would happen, so I stocked my fridge with breakfast stuff, frozen veggies, and a frozen meal before taking off.  Look at me, planning ahead!  Only one problem…  FoodFash mom got snacky while catsitting and chowed down what I had planned on eating for lunch, leaving me with emergency soup and tofu for non-breakfast meals.  She even polished off my coconut milk ice cream, which led to the creation of almond shortbread cookies for dessert.  Check back tomorrow for the recipe!

Saucy Tofu And A GIVEAWAY!

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A couple months ago, at the beginning of my saucy/spicy kick, one of my co-workers suggested I get in touch with her long time friend, The Saucy Queen.  Our saucy chatter lured in a few other co-workers and soon we had a little saucy pow wow in the works.

Everyone raved about The Saucy Queen’s sauces (Intensity Academy) and, not going to lie, I felt a little left out.  Six years of working with these people and nobody went out of their way to tell me about this goodness?!

Well I solved that problem right quick by getting in contact with The Saucy Queen herself.  I placed an order for a 4-pack and had myself some sauces within a few short days.

I had also sought out a tofu press around the time my sauces arrived.  Pretty perfect timing if I do say so myself – I fell fast in love with pressing and marinating tofu.

Chai Thai Teriyaki and Green Tea Gourmet are my go-to marinades these days.  As you can see in the pictures above, the tofu soaks them up nicely.

And what I like best about all the sauces is that every single one of them has a spicy kick.  Oh and don’t let the almost full bottles of Chai Chipotle Q (BBQ) and Chai Chipotle Chup (Ketchup) fool you because I’d venture to say they’re even more awesome than the marinades.  I suppose I will have to make a veggie french fry of some sort when I return from LA…  These pictures make it very apparent that I’ve neglected the Chup and Q.

The winner of the Intensity Academy giveaway will receive:

  • One Bottle of Chai Chipotle Q
  • One Bottle of Chai Chipotle Chup
  • One Bottle of Chai Thai Teriyaki
  • One Bottle of Green Tea Gourmet

Contest Entry Instructions:

Each of the steps below will count as one contest entry, with a maximum of 5 entries per person.  The contest will run between now and 8PM EST on July 7th.  Please leave a separate comment for each entry as each individual comment represents a number and a random number generator will be used to select the winner.

1.  Leave a comment on this post letting me know which sauce you think will be your favorite.

2. Follow me on Twitter and tweet “I entered to win @SaucyQueen sauces  at @FoodFash and you should too! https://foodfash.com/?p=2377″ and then leave a comment on this post indicating you have done so.  (If you’re already following me on Twitter all you have to do is tweet and comment on this post)

3.  Follow Saucy Queen on Twitter and leave a comment on this post indicating you have done so.

4.  Follow me on Facebook and leave a comment on this post indicating you have done so. (If you’re already following me on Facebook all you have to do is comment on this post)

5.  Follow Intensity Academy on Facebook and leave a comment on this post indicating you have done so.

The winner will be announced on Friday, July 8th.

Best of luck to you all!

Working Dinner, In Pictures

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Breakfast: PB&J on Sprouted Wheat Toast & Watermelon

Lunch: Amy’s Lentil Vegetable Soup with Leftover Tofu & Veggies

Snack: Remnants of Brownie Batter

Dinner: Pizza Fusion and a Stack of Papers

Tonight was not only my first official Junior League of Tampa Cookbook Steering Committee meeting, but my first official meeting as an active Leaguer.  And prior to an email that our co-chair sent out, I was dreading it.  In my experience, the food at league meetings tends to be boat loads of delicious dairy filled goodies.  But our co-chairs, aware that Lynn (woohoo I’m not the only weird one!) and I are both non-dairy, ordered dinner that accommodated our entire group.  Gold stars for our co-chairs!

Lap Wrap, In Pictures

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Breakfast: Fried Egg & Sourdough Rounds with Sriracha Tofutti

Lunch: Fried Tofu with Spicy Kale and a Hard Boiled Egg

Dinner: A Bigger Hummus Wrap for the Road

I’m attending a conference tomorrow in Orlando, so one of my best friends, Jimmy, suggested I come hang out with them for the night.  I’m verrryyyy excited because this will be the first time I’ve seen them since their wedding and I can’t wait to hear about their honeymooning in Italy!  I packed a gynorm wrap for the drive (I still have loads of veggies leftover from last night).

So on a scale of one to ten, ten being a ton…   How much of this wrap do you think will end up on my lap by the time I arrive in Orlando?