Tofu & Wild Rice

I didn't have a lot of time yesterday evening to do a lot of cooking for lunch today, so instead of using recipes from books or the internet, I just made something up. Since I'm trying to eat healthier, then that automatically means that I probably don't even need to worry about 2 or 3 items in my lunch because they should automatically be some vegetables or fruit, which really don't require any preparation. So that leaves me with just needing to come up with the main entree to really put a lunch together. I started browsing through the fridge, and then the freezer. It was there that I came upon a small block (about half a package) of tofu that I had frozen. It was leftover from making something else (I don't remember what), so I just threw it into the freezer for use as a meat replacement in some later dish. You probably already know this, but freezing and thawing tofu makes it a little bit tougher and more meat-like in texture. It usually does change color when you do that and end up a little bit on the brown side, but since you normally end up cooking it in some soy sauce, or other dark liquids, it doesn't really matter.

All I did was cook up a package of Uncle Ben's Long Grain & Wild Rice and just stir in the cubed up tofu at the very beginning. So it spent the whole 25 minutes in there with the simmering rice which gave it plenty of time to cook up and absorb a lot of the flavors from the rice seasoning packet. Since I didn't have that much tofu to start with, there's not a whole lot in there, only 3 or so pieces in my lunch serving I think. And the rice is basically fat-free since I never add the oil or butter that they suggest in the instructions. So this makes for a nice low-fat dish.

To go along with the Tofu & Brown Rice I just brought some Steamed Broccoli, some delicious Strawberries for dessert, and I whipped up another quick little batch of that Carrot Salad that I made a week or so ago. All I did was shred some raw carrots, stir in a little Apple Cider Vinegar and then toss in a few raisins. Fat-free and quite delicious. The tangy taste of the Apple Cider Vinegar goes really well with the sweetness of the carrots and raisins.

So I guess that does it for Thursday's lunch. It was really easy to fix, since I really just had to cook one item from scratch. It's also quite delicious and fits right in to this whole eating healthier thing. I did walk every day this week, until today, so that puts me exercising 3 days so far this week. However, it's pouring down rain outside here so it looks like I will not be walking outside today. I do have a treadmill at home in the garage that I, needless to say, rarely use. So I guess I will have to break down and have a 30 minute session with it this afternoon. I'm feeling pretty good since the initial weight loss thing has been going so good, so hopefully I will be motivated enough to exercise when I get home.

Thanks for reading my blog today. I'll see everybody on Friday!