Tempeh Croutons
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Yields: 4 people
Ingredients:
- 1 package tempeh
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoon shoyu
Directions:
- Slice tempeh into bite-size cubes.
- In a bowl, mix together the oil, vinegar and shoyu.
- Add tempeh and mix well.
- Place tempeh in a baking dish or on a cookie sheet and bake at 325 degrees until golden brown, about 45 minutes.
- Let cool and serve in your favorite salad.
Very Versatile Mashed Tempeh
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Yields: 2 people
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup arame
- 8 ounces tempeh
- 1/2 small onion, finely diced
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup finely chopped celery, 1 or 2 stalks
- 2 tablespoons tahini
- 1 tablespoon ginger juice
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Sea salt to taste
Directions:
- Rinse arame and soak for 2 minutes.
- Place tempeh, onion and arame in a pot.
- Add water and bring to boil, reduce heat to low and cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- When done cooking drain any excess water through a strainer and transfer to a mixing bowl.
- Mash with fork.
- Add celery, tahini, ginger juice and lemon juice.
- Mix well and add salt to taste.
Notes:
- For an extra kick, add 1/2 a diced pear and a few splashes of umeboshi vinegar.
- Use the mashed tempeh to make a sandwich on whole grain bread or use as a filling for a wrap by putting a scoop inside a collard leaf or sheet of nori and rolling it up.
Nori Ginger Tofu Scramble
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Yields: 2 people
Ingredients:
- 3 sheets nori
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 package tofu
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 1 teaspoon tamari
Directions:
- Cut nori sheets into very thin one inch strips (scissors work best).
- Heat oil in a skillet.
- Crumble tofu and add to skillet once oil is heated
- Simmer until tofu is heated
- Stir in nori, ginger, nutritional yeast and tamari.
- Cook for 5 more minutes or until fully heated through.
Notes:
- Sprinkle on toasted sesame seeds for added flavor.