140 Calories and yummy!! Hoisin Mustard Tofu

I just picked up Isa Chandra Moskowitz's newest cookbook - Appetite For Reduction. Which like all vegan cookbooks has a hella long subtitle - 125 Fast and Filling, Low-fat Vegan Recipes.

Last night I made the Hoisin-Mustard Tofu Lettuce Cups! Unfortunately the recipe isn't on her website so I can't give you a link to it. I guess you will have to get the book at the library! But I will give you the gist!

You need extra firm tofu. Squeeze the water out of it too. Fry it up (with very little oil, like a spray of Pam) with some soy sauce. Meanwhile in another pan use a teeny bit of sesame oil and cook up some diced veggies, like onions, peppers, garlic and ginger. Then add some rice vinegar to them, then add hoisin sauce and mustard. Don't let your hoisin sauce burn. I did. Wah Wah. Then toss the tofu in and mix it all up.

Tofu Cubes

 Veggies

Serve it with iceberg lettuce leaves and eat it like they were little tacos. I ate two servings which was only 280 calories and I was stuffed!!! It was delicious!!!

In the Hut of Bamboo

Not actual restaurant pictured.

If you are living in Vancouver and craving some Veggie Asian fusion, check out Bamboo Hut. It is located in the same strip mall that Fred Meyer's is on Tenney in Salmon Creek. (I sang the House of Bamboo the whole day both after I went there. Is it stuck in your head yet?)

I went there the other day because I had an insane hankering for Spring Rolls. I headed out there knowing that they had them and some awesome salad rolls that were made with Tofu.  

I received a pleasant surprise - They have vastly expanded their Vegan/Vegetarian menu. They have Vegan Chicken Pho and these ridiculously awesome rolls called Shanghai Rolls filled with Basil and other goodies. And the spring rolls......okay I now I have to have them for lunch.

I complimented the owner on all the vegetarian options. He said "Vegetarian is better. No killing." 

How adorable is that?!?

Check it out the next time you are on the northside of Vancouver, or NoVa. Did I just coin that? I think I did. Yay me.