Sweet Chili Lime Tofu

This was my first time cooking quinoa, which was surprisingly easy and tasty. Quinoa is very high in protein, and considered a complete protein due to the presence of all eight essential amino acids. The recipe came from Lolo at Veganyumyum, who I completely idolize. I haven’t tried one recipe from her that I didn’t love. I’m almost hesitant to post the recipe here, since she created it… I don’t really know the ethics involved here… hrmm.




Hrmmm! I feel weird enough about re-posting the recipe here, that I’ll just link to it: Veganyumyum

When I made it, I skipped the mint. Yuck. I also skipped the lime zest, anything optional, used chili powder instead of flakes, and baby spinach instead of collard greens.

I was feeling creative and decided to play Top Chef. I put down a bed of spinach, then used a measuring cup to make my little quinoa sand-castle. I arranged the tofu around it, and garnished with extra lime. My fiancé almost cackled with glee when he realized he would get to “destroy” it. He reminded me of this kid: