What’s For Dinner: Vegetarian Lettuce Wraps

Clearly I’ve been on this tofu kick for the past few days but again, it can easily be swapped out for ground turkey, ground beef, or even beans.

Ingredients are:

1 Package Extra Firm Tofu

1 Onion

2 Cloves of Garlic

1 Bell Pepper, any color

2 Jalapenos

1 Zucchini

Salt and Pepper

Cumin, Smoked Paprika, Curry

Tomato Sauce

Plain Greek Yogurt

I bought a familiar brand of tofu this time as learned from past mistakes and actually ended up with the tofu I wanted. I prepared it as usual, sliced ¼ inch blocks and pressed it dry between two stacks of paper towels.

I used a large pot this time because I didn’t want to cram everything into a skillet.

Heat a few tablespoons of olive oil in the pan on medium high heat and add the tofu slices. I treated it like ground beef and broke it up with a wooden spatula until it actually kind of resembled ground beef. Then I added chopped onions and while those were cooking I chopped the rest of my vegetables. I added the seeds to the jalapenos to add some heat but if you don’t want it spicy then definitely leave them out.

Little piece of advice before you learn the hard way- wear gloves while dicing jalapenos. If you think your hands are clean after 6 washes, they’re not. And put your contacts in before you start cooking. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Add the vegetables as you chop them and make sure you scrape the bottom of the pan so that nothing sticks and burns because that’ll add a really gross, ashy flavor to the dish and no body wants that.

Once the vegetables are cooked tender, season with salt, pepper, cumin, paprika and curry, or as I always say, whatever you want/like/have. Then add a couple of spoonfuls of tomato sauce just to bind everything together. I added a scoop of Greek yogurt to make it a little creamy but you can leave that out if you want.

Don’t forget to taste as you go! Add spices as you feel they’re needed and remember that a little bit of salt goes a long way.

Once it’s done, pull of a sturdy leaf of iceberg lettuce and wrap it up. I topped mine with fresh avocado and I highly suggest it.

And there you go again, another vegetarian dish full of protein. Happy Eating!

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