A healthy vegetarian lunch

I’m not a vegetarian but I enjoy a variety of foods, including proteins that aren’t meat. Lately I’ve been craving fried tofu so I bought myself a package of extra firm tofu from Trader Joe’s. I’m too scared to try anything but extra firm, it just seems too squishy for me! This is also why, when I do cook with tofu, I cut very thin slices.

So, I started off with a non-stick skillet, where I added about a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil (also from Trader Joe’s). I cut some very thin slices of tofu and fried it up in the pan until nice and crispy. The olive oil gives it the perfect base to sprinkle on sea salt and pepper so that it will stick.

In the meantime, I had sweet potato fries baking in the toaster oven, on top of sprayed olive oil and sprinkled with salt and pepper. The fries were also from Trader Joe’s. When those were done, I paired it with reduced-sugar ketchup.

I toppoed off the meal with a nice salad and yummy italian dressing.