Contrary to a popular stereotype, vegetarians are not all champions of self-denial, pathetically munching a sprout on the sidelines while watching the omnivores have all the culinary fun. Instead, the vegetarians we know love good food and know where to get it. They aren't about to settle for a bland meal, either at home or at a restaurant.
Heads-up: Food Lion has Nasoya refrigerated tofu on sale for 99 cents this week. That's right, 99 cents! They also had already-cubed "super firm" tofu, which I hadn't seen in stores around here.
posted by Cassandra @ 12:06 PM
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Contrary to a popular stereotype, vegetarians are not all champions of self-denial, pathetically munching sprouts on the sidelines while watching the omnivores have all the culinary fun. Instead, the vegetarians we know love good food and know where to get it. They aren't about to settle for a bland meal, either at home or at a restaurant.
We know that Winston-Salem isn't the most veg-friendly place in the universe -- it doesn't have even one fully vegetarian restaurant -- but things are getting better all the time. There is plenty out there for vegs in the know. So the idea of this blog is to share the places, tips, ideas, recipes, products, and so on, that get us all excited. We hope that you'll share your favorites with us as well. And if you're not a vegetarian, you're welcome here, too. To debunk another common stereotype, we have no interest in being the veggie-police. If you're just interested in eating a few vegetarian meals now and then, or are curious about what the heck this "tofu" stuff is, we hope you'll find things to interest you, too.
But vegetarians do sometimes enjoy a side of philosophy with their meals. Generally we eat the way we do for specific reasons: to improve our health, to be kind to animals, to reduce our impact on the environment, and so forth. We'll explore those issues as well.
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I may have commented before about cheap tofu, but here it is again...
Asia Grocery on Peters Creek or the Oriental Grocery on Lockland both sell the huge tubs of fresh tofu. 6lbs for $5. Best deal in town. Of course it might spoil if you don't eat tofu every meal for the week but you can freeze it in little cubes and thaw it out in the microwave then cook in your favorite dish. It's the extra firm kind so it works best in meat substitute dishes and even better for grilling (or in your Foreman fat free grillin' machine - soak in your favorite marinade first for best results).
Thanks for the tip! Since I like what freezing does to the texture of tofu, that should work out just fine.
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