Food for Fuel: Beef and Tofu Stir-Fry with Spicy Hoisin Sauce

I finally made a dinner worth posting on Monday night after getting out of work early.  Unfortunately, MSB played golf until late, so we still ended up eating at 9 PM.  I prepped all the stir-fry ingredients and then finished cooking it during the few minutes he was in the shower.  Stir-fries are so fast [...]

Food for Fuel: Very Green Stir-fry

I did 65 minutes on the elliptical today.  I got almost as sweaty as running outside in the heat.  I did a little strength training at work yesterday afternoon, but I feel like I’ve been slacking on that overall. Very Green Stir-Fry 1 block firm tofu, sliced Brown rice, cooked ~1 cup chopped broccoli 3 [...]

Food for Fuel: Big Curry Noodle Pot

I found more noodles that I like: Melissa’s Yakisoba Noodles.  They’re organic and contain some whole grains (but not 100%).  The package didn’t look very big and I wasn’t sure if they would be good, so I bought another package of Tofu Shirataki and mixed the two together, using half the mixture for this recipe.  [...]

Food for Fuel: Peanut Noodles with Stir-Fried Beef

I’ve been craving Asian noodles, but haven’t found my favorite soba noodles at my grocery store.  However, I saw these Tofu Shirataki noodles and decided to give them a try.  Beef was on sale for really, really cheap with a coupon and I bought some top round. These “noodles” are made out of tofu and [...]

Food for Fuel: Sesame Stir-Fried Beef with Tofu

I’ve had half a steak in the freezer for almost too long now, so I pulled it out and meant to use it over the weekend.  Then I didn’t, so I really needed to use it yesterday and that meant cooking stir-fry for lunch.  I chose Sesame Stir-Fried Beef from How to Cook Everything and [...]