Broccoli Pino Nut Pasta

September 11, 2012

Some nights you lot simply involve a unproblematic in addition to filling repast - nosotros frequently autumn dorsum on the lazy selection of Fry's schnitzels but managed to come upwardly up amongst a slightly healthier innovation on Tuesday night. We had broccoli in addition to zucchini to move upwardly in addition to Cindy had this easy recipe from It Ain't Meat, Babe bookmarked in addition to thus nosotros joined the dots. It's incredibly slowly - a flake of veggie in addition to tofu chopping in addition to xv minutes or in addition to thus of cooking. And it's pretty tasty - soy sauce inwards a pasta dish struck me every bit a flake weird piece I was making it, but it worked well. In simply about ways it's closer to a noodle dish than a pasta, in addition to I establish it was fifty-fifty ameliorate amongst a low-cal sprinkle of chilli flakes on top. The leftovers were bully for dejeuner the side past times side twenty-four hours every bit well.

Broccoli pino nut pasta

(adapted from this recipe on It Ain't Meat, Babe)

300g tofu, cubed

three tablespoons tamari
ii tablespoons olive oil
v garlic cloves, minced
ane caput of broccoli (including the stalk), chopped into bite-size pieces

ane modest zucchini, chopped into one-half moons

1/3 loving cup veggie stock

250g pasta (we had leftover spirals)

1/3 loving cup toasted pino nuts

Toss the tofu inwards one-half of the tamari in addition to move out it to marinate piece you lot become started on the rest.

Get a pot of H2O on the stove for your pasta - hopefully it's boiling for you lot past times the fourth dimension you lot involve it.

Heat the olive stone oil inwards a big frying pan over depression rut in addition to gear upwardly the garlic, stirring constantly for a few minutes - you lot desire to become it dainty in addition to cooked without letting it cross over into burned.

Add the tofu in addition to plow the rut upwardly a bit, stir-frying for simply about other few minutes, until the tofu cubes showtime to brownish upwardly a bit.

Now is a skillful fourth dimension to become your pasta inwards the boiling water!

Tip the veggies into the frypan in addition to stir everything together thoroughly. Pour inwards the stock in addition to the remaining tamari, encompass the pan in addition to allow the veggies steam, stirring occasionally. You desire nearly of the liquid to simmer off in addition to the broccoli to survive cooked but non soggy.

Drain the pasta in addition to stir it inwards amongst the tofu in addition to veggies, along amongst the pino nuts. Serve amongst a sprinkling of chilli flakes if you're that means inclined.