Today, I woke up so hungry, I felt I could eat a horse. Looking over yesterday's meals, it was probably a lack of protein. Also, I was watching YouTube videos of competitive eaters. I was watching them scarf amounts of food that should make me sick just watching them, but all I could think of was mmmmeeeaaat!
I thought about it, and figured I could, in fact, eat a horse. I mean, Congress lifted the ban on horse meat inspections a few months ago, so it's a possibility. Normally, I would never consider consuming such a majestic animal, but the more I thought about it this morning, the more horse meat, or any meat, sounded appealing. In fact, I figured I could even kill and eat a horse. I mean, I would be sobbing the entire time, both during the killing and eating process, and it would be a sight both horrific and pathetic at the same time, but by golly, I really felt like I could eat a horse.
I decided to start things off on a better note today. Before my route, I smeared some peanut butter on whole-wheat toast, with an apple on the side.
When I finished my paper route, I took the time to make a heartier breakfast. I made a two egg omelet with spinach and some cheese.
Today I also ventured into the wonderful world of tofu. No one warned me until a couple days ago that tofu requires pressing, and that this process takes 30-60 minutes. Fortunately, I was warned. My paper route conveniently takes about an hour, so I set up the pressing before I left.
Most directions recommend using a dish towel, but we don't have fancy things like that in our house, so I used lots of paper towels. I will need to invest in dish towels in the future.
Take your tofu block, and cut it in half, and lay it out like so on a cutting board.
Fold the dish towel over (or if you're me, add more paper towels), put another cutting board on top, and then put something heavy down to squeeze out all the moisture. Let it press for 30-60 minutes.
Yeah, that's a Merck Manual.
The tofu went into one of my favorite recipes: Chef Meg's Nutty Noodles. I used the tofu in place of the chicken, and since I'm running out of baby carrots I used a red bell pepper instead. I love this recipe because it sounds fancier than it is. It's easy! The peanut sauce consists of peanut butter, soy sauce, and sriracha, and that's it.
I actually make the sauce fairly bland, because Hubby's a total English-mouth, but then I load my own plate with sriracha to suit my own tastes. Yum!
Dinner was the same sandwich, apple, and carrots from yesterday, because I'm boring like that. I did add some pepper and onion salt to the sandwich, so it was much more tasty this time around.
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