Recipe a Day challenge part 2

So it turns out...doing a new recipe every day is tough because LEFTOVERS happen and eating new foods when there are old foods that no one else will eat is kind of tough. That vegan cheezy stuff was AMAZING though, especially with the red wine I got (of course mac n ch*z go with red wine, what u talking about?)

So the second recipe I made..once again I fail at following recipes.

FRIED TOFU (original silly recipe here: http://thaifood.about.com/od/thairecipesstepbystep/ss/deepfriedtofu_5.htm)

So I KIND of followed the recipe.

• 5one happy box of firm tofu (u kno, firm like u like....er...firm things ;P)
  
• Tbsp. sesame seeds (I used black sesame seeds)
  
• 4 Tbsp. cornstarch
• 4 Tbsp. all-purpose flour, OR substitute rice flour for gluten-free diets
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• optional: 1/4 tsp. white sugar (this helps eliminate any bitterness)

....except I didn't use salt and I didn't use sugar. Instead I used garlic salt and cayenne pepper because that shit is amazing. and I don't actually know how much cayenne pepper I used.

The recipe says Drain tofu, press tofu. I drained it. I always get impatient and don't press it though. I DID chop it into little mini-pieces tho (approx 1/2 inch cubes each.)

So then one is supposed to coat chopped up tofu pieces in the mixture then fry them up.

The reicpe calls for about a cup of canola oil to deep fry the pieces in. That was when I realized I didn't have canola oil, and had no fucking clue how to deep fry anything, so I decided to just ....pour little pieces of olive oil, see if it fried well.

It ...um,..didn't turn out exactly how I wanted.

I fried the stuff for about 10-15 min...it kind of got crispy, but as I was tasting it I realized it tasted WAAY too much like olive oil.

So I dumped pre-made COSTCO pico de gallo salsa + mango salsa in the mix to a: give it color and b: make it taste better.

IT WORKED. That shit tasted good :D

Plus my step-dad couldn't eat it because it was "too spicy", which really means it had a good amoutnt of spice in it :D

Imma start taking pictures soon i swear :D

Recipe-A-Day Challenge

Halloo!

For a long time I've wanted to become much more of a person that cooks regularly, and so I'm introducing for myself a Recipe-a-Day challenge. Don't know how long it will last...but I'm trying it anyway.

Today's recipe is half made up, half using someone else's recipe (Like most of what I end up making)

MAC AND IMAGINARY CHEEZ
The original recipe is here: http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/The-Best-Vegan-Macaroni-and-Cheese-Ever-180878

Why imaginary cheez? Cuz I'm vegan.
Here's the recipe I made:

• 1 1/2 cups plain non-fat soymilk
• 1 1/2 cups nutritional yeast
• 1 tablespoon paprika (I didn't actually use this but I really wanted to)
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 3 ounces firm tofu
• 1 1/2 lbs macaroni noodles (or whatever the fuck noodles float your boat)
• jar sundried tomatoes
• jar kalamata olives
• half a container of fake ground beef.
  

The original recipe called for a cup of oil, but since the sundried tomatoes (something I added) already had shittons of oil in them, the extra oil seemed unnecessary

STEPS
1. preheat oven 350 degrees F
2. Boil water, dump macaroni noodles in water
3. mix up the yeast + pretend milk + salt + garlic powder + tofu in a blender = pretend cheez!
4. when noodles are done, put them in an oiled pan, dump pretend cheez on them, dump all other things on them.
5. bake 15-20-25 min until crispiness may be seen from the barely visible noodles.

optional stuff:
1. add breadcrumbs for even more texture?
2. Mix up everything before dumping it in the baking pan so its all evenly mixed?