This is how my food prepping has been going…
TOFU you are my b!tch
Clearly I have been a busy little bee on my days off. Busy with LA SOYA that is! To provide myself with several meal options, I mixed things up in the seasoning department.
From L to R: plain cubed, plain slabs, Whole Foods’ asian seasonings, and chili powder/paprika).
After some bonding time in the oven, they came out looking like this:
Shrinkage.
Spice-ayyy.
And here’s how I’ve been gittin’ my soy on.
Meal numero uno:
Big salad with mayj crunch, including an entire head of romaine lettuce, red bell pepper, BN squash, carrots, plain baked tofu, and OrganicVille’s Tangy BBQ sauce.
Big salads will never get old. Fiber belly love.
J’adore le green (yeah, French isn’t my forte). Let’s try it again. Me gusta la verde. Whatever, close enough, right homie?
Meal numero dos:
This was another completely effortless post-work meal thanks to the food prepping (it is seriously such a life saver)!
In addition to the seasoned tofu, this plate contained quinoa, broccoli/corn/Bragg’s salad, and mashed UNpotatoes. I forgot how awesome that parsnip, squash & cauli mash is…SOOO tasty!
And since I can’t leave you all on the edge of your seat, here are my delish packed eats for work.
A little of the same, and a few newbies, too.
Honey Graham Z bar, Apple Cinnamon Luna Sunrise, roasted red pepper hummus and whole wheat pita.
I’m really starting to like Luna bars (which is weird since I poo-poo-ed them for years before now)…looks like this girl was right all along. This apple cinn flavor was oaty and breakfasty and reminded me of a more substantial and wholesome version of apple Nutri-grain bars. Does anyone else remember those bars?
My salad was pretty tradish, loaded with every single veggie my fridge had to offer – including spinach, steamed kale, steamed broccoli, steamed asparagus, steamed carrots, corn, mushrooms, and dried cranz.
And last, but not least, I HAD to show you the dualing colors of my pinata apple.
Isn’t it SO weird how a mere 180 degrees and a fruit looks completely different? No? Just me? Ah well…
More work tomorrow. Happy Feb 🙂
Yum! I love your posts, not only is everything so tasty – but a lot of it is on-the-go stuff, like me 😛
i love love love your ginormous salads 🙂 i’ll admit to veggie-envy right now. do you usually eat them plain or with dressing/lemon juice/braggs/etc? i’m also loving the mashed un-potatoes idea. i hate mashed potatoes (i know, i know, i’m weird) but adore squash and cauli, so i’ll have to give this a try. any parsnip tips? i’ve been wanting to try them but just don’t know how…
have a lovely day!
xox
p.s. i love the nutri-grain shout out. i was a big fan as a little one.
Loving the piniata apple…is that actually what they’re called? I’ve never heard of them, and I like to think of myself as an apple conoisseur, so I better get crackin! MMM tofu…why does it get such a bad rep?
Mmmmm…I never liked tofu until I learned how to properly marinade and bake it. Now I feel like a proper vegan haha!
You show that tofu who’s boss!
Your colorful salads make me forget it’s winter. So thanks for giving me a good 30 seconds of freedom!
Holler at the asian persuasion tofu AND the correcto espanol. I feel like your ensaladas are the only ones in blogland that are as large and in charge as mine. Salad eating contest soon? Espero que siiiiii
No, I totally get the apple amazement! They are so gorgeous! Mmmm I love the salad–you’ve inspired to eat all salads out of tupperware, even if I’m not on-the-go. Love you!!!
I love baked tofu, especially when it’s been in the fridge for while. It gets nice and chewy that way and is perfect for salads. Yum!
I got that BBQ sauce recently and I love, love, love the fact that it is made with agave vs. sugar or worse, HFCS. If only they made bigger bottles though – I’ve had to force myself to use small portions so it lasts awhile, otherwise I would go through a bottle every other day!
They should just drop the weird Pinata name and call them Lady Galas… I guess that would make you the papa-paparazzi then right? Wow i’m tired, don’t mind the jokes. So tired in fact that while staring at your classy salad in your first lunch picture i spotted the word “poo” with what looks like half of a shroom as the “p” and your apples would be the “o o”. Okay i’m officially too far gone to be leaving comments right now. Were your lab days in undergrad as long as mine seem? By the way, nutri-grain bars used to be a staple in la maison many moons ago, i miss them but supplement them with Gnu Foods Bars now. Have you tried?
nutrigrain bars = high school memories! LOL
and this: TOFU you are my b!tch
LMAO!
xoxo
good job on all the food prep! how’s the OrganicVille’s Tangy BBQ sauce? I have been wanting to buy it, but is it worth the extra $$?
you are talented!! that looks amazing.
xoxo
shelley
http://findinghappinessandhealth.wordpress.com
gonna try cooooking my tofu in advanced! smarttttt (:
Thats my kind of salad. Loving the tofu action 🙂
My oven had a similar party last night! 😉
Big salads are my best friend.
<3 <3
I’ma ‘fu preppin tonight. My roommates make fun of me, but then I am the queen when I have dinner ready and they scrounge about. Whatever. Boy roommate #1 eats nachos for dinner every single night.
I love that you called tofu your bitch.
OMG, Elise…I have tofu baking RIGHT now as I type this for my salads, AND 1/2 of it is marinated in that EXACT same OrganicVille’s Tangy BBQ sauce! That is just weird 🙂 We really need to have a meal together, lol!
And yes, I find it weird that apples can vary so much in color on the same apple too. Oh, to add to the weirdness, I bought Pinata apples over the weekend before reading your blog too…they are on sale at a store near me. Strange! And delicious 🙂
Courtney
first time commenter and I Just want to say that your blog is one of my favorites!! I love that you lead such a healthy lifestyle and have a busy busy job on top of that!!
mm love me some tofu. I always forget how great it taste!
good work on the meal prep girlie!!!! that mashed concoction sounds really good 🙂 ive been doing just plain cauliflower but yours sounds fancy…well, as fancy as mashed parsnips can sound i guess 🙂
Gotta say that tofu+BBQ is one of life’s greatest pleasures. Good thing I just got a bottle of BBQ today:)
Shrinkage…haha! I love it! You are well prepared and I’m motivated!
Question, do you also cook your quinoa in bulk ahead of time? I’m sure you do, but I wanted to know how far ahead of time you cook it and how long does it keep? I only know how long white rice lasts…it’s the Asian…hehe
oh and p.s. I made couscous the other night as a rice substitue and it’s so easy! I love my new rice substitute!!
OHH fa shoo!!! hahaha, i feel like the luna *sunrise* bars are even more feminine and woman-targeted than regular luna’s, damn marketing schemes, but they are actually way better!! Also I’m a tad alarmed at the small amount of hummus u packed for lunch…I’m sure you’ll get back on track ;D love u E baby!
Salad looks great with BBQ and tofu!
for some reason I have that song “everybody was kung fu fighting” stuck in my head.. and i’m craving tofu. Thanks girl, thanks.
Mmmm, I need to season me up some tofu that I have in the fridge. I love whole foods tofu. I can never seem to make it as good as them.
Mmmmm. Pita bread. How I love thee.
I am also fascinated by the various colors that can be included on a single apple. Another reason to be obsessed with apples.
Also, I used to eat nutri-grain bars EVERY morning for breakfast in high school. Yummmm.
thanks serena!! glad you enjoy, and thanks for the sweet comment 🙂
check out that link i had onthe page then…seriously its an AWESOME recipe. and btw, i dont think youre weird, but maybe thats because im the same way! parsnips and cauli are so yummy!!!
they are actually called pinata apples. i had never seen that variety before and now im obsessed – they taste like a cross btwn pink ladies and galas. so good! i have no clue why people are so anti-soy. i mean, lets be real, its freakin’ tofu!!! im all about everything in moderation, but tofu shouldnt be grouped in the same dangerous category as, say, bacon. as a cardiac nurse, its a very clear difference. one will lead you to the operating room and then ill be your nurse, and one will have you living a long and prosperous life. no brainer!!
haha. well done!! next up, home made seitan, right?
http://hungryhungryhippie.com/tutorialsrecipes/
oh man. im definitely a bigger is better person. so yeah, lets get our fiber bellies on muy pronto.
haha, i am lovin’ your tupperware eats. its just so nice to prep in bulk and have things ready onthe fly. espesh for a busy lady like YOU!!
me too!!! haha. i prefer my tofu and quinoa cold, so the ahead of time prepping is good for multiple reasons…
i know!!!!!!!!! that made me so happy to see agave on a products label. finally the world is coming around…
i wish their bottles were bigger, too, but then they would be so heavy because they are glass…dilemmas! i go through them soooo fast though, haha
lady galas! i love it 🙂
yes, i hated being stuck in those window-less lab dungeons for hours on end…i came out cuckoo too. the hospital can be equally as imprisoning…thats why i ALWAYS always ALWAYS leave to eat my lunch outside the hospital. im like an honorary starbucks staff member bc i basically live there, haha
oh and i forgot to say…i tried the raisin cinn flavored gnu but wasnt in love with it…the stats were good but if i recall, i think i wanted a bit more sweetness? thats the only flavor i tried though…the rest have nuts in the title i think (nuts are a turn off – insert obvious joke here).
yessss…i completely associate nutrigrain bars with high school, too.
i got it for cheaper than annie’s!! i love it AND its made with agave nectar – not sugar/HFCS…that’s worth the extra $$ in my book. plus its yummy 🙂
thats how it goes, right…make fun all you want, but youll regret it later when youre scrounging and im feasting…although based on the nachos diet, maybe he doesnt mind scrounging, haha
omg courtney -its like you are my long lost twin!?! geez. come to nyc and lets have a feast already!!!
awww…thanks for the sweet comment kay (and for reading, too)
tofu will never get old in my book, i could eat it plain!
haha…nothing fancier than heaps of mash, right? check out the link, its a great (and simple) recipe…you wont be disappointed!
i do cook my quinoa in bulk in advance. not only bc its super easy, but i also like my quinoa cold…
couscous is SOOO easy, right? i love it and you can get it from the WFs bulk bins for super cheap – have you tried the whole wheat couscous?
they are!! haha. i swear though, they did something to the regular luna bar recipes because all of a sudden i really like them!! or maybe my taste buds are becoming more ladylike, haha.
i had similar issues with the hummus. once i got to work and was eating it i was grossly disappointed with how little i had to work with. tragic. i made up for it at dinner, obvs 🙂
yo tambien 🙂
they use massive amounts of oil, so thats why it tastes so amazing…so good!
holler for the nutrigrain love in high school…those babies were vital after-school snacks for me.
ooo…that’s gonna be next on my list for when i make a WF run…sweet! danke e!
I know! I’ll be in Boston in March, so I’ll be closer, but still not quite. It has to happen one day…I mean, if we were separated at birth, we have to come together at some point, right?!?!
Courtney