Tofu is Your Friend

Last year I went through a vegetarian phase, which lasted about three months.  I stopped for a lot of reasons, none of which being I didn't enjoy it.  I did.  I discovered two life-altering things while being vegetarian:

1. If you don't eat meat, you can eat more almond butter.
2. Tofu is delicious.

You can turn this:

Into this:

*sigh*

Best Basic Tofu

1 block of firm or extra firm tofu

1 tbs. low sodium soy sauce

1/4 tsp. garlic powder

Salt

pepper

1 tsp. olive oil

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  Preheat the oven to 425 degrees and coat a baking sheet with cooking spray. 
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  Open and drain the tofu.  Cut it in half lengthwise and wrap it in a clean kitchen cloth.  Now you will need to press it.  I like to put a cutting board on top of it with a cast iron skillet on top of the board.  The weight of it presses the water out and gives you a better texture.  Leave it weighted for five minutes or more.
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  Unwrap the tofu and place it on the cutting board.  Cut it into 1 inch cubes.  Put it in a bowl with the rest of the ingredients and toss it around to coat.  Spread it out in one layer on the baking sheet. 
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  Bake for 30 minutes, flipping once halfway through cooking time. 

You can add this to a stir fry or casserole, or just eat it plain, dipped in a little of this:

(Because we don't want to be too healthy around here.) 

Enjoy! 

But if you don't, just eat more of this:

(Because it makes it all better.)