Fast Food at Home

Good morning Bloggy Friends,
So here is the deal. I read food blogs a lot...A LOT. I learn from them and try to utilize the recipes in my life in order to incorporate more healthy options for my husband and I on a daily basis. I try to help him not feel as deprived as one would think when the words "eating healthy" come out of someone's mouth. Reading blogs have really helped me in that sense. Granted this reading (and posting of my own) is very time consuming, it has become very rewarding as well.

I will say this one thing about reading other food blogs, though....sometimes I get a little jealous of the more popular ones who seem to...I don't know...have this healthy eating down cold. You know what I mean? Like I still have to convince myself that I should eat this and not just order a pizza or just eat cheese for dinner. Is that a crazy feeling or what? Obviously these people have their stories about how they have come so far in their journeys, but I just sometimes don't see an ending to me craving the worse things and craving a nap instead of the gym. I don't know. I just feel sometimes like I may be the only one who feels these strange things.

Anyways, onto something that I have recently learned from a blog....Emily's blog! I took the recipe from her blog, along with the tofu tutorial to enhance our meatless dinner options. Here's my crack at it last night.

First I used Trader Joe's Extra Firm tofu, drained and cut it into 8 pieces, then laid it on a towel.

I folded the towels over it and put books on top of it to press more liquid out.

I cut them into more cubes.

I put them into a pan sprayed with olive oil and salted and peppered them.

Then I popped these bad boys in the oven.

After that, I started the brown rice.

Zapped my frozen veggies for a couple minutes

Then I went back to my browning tofu and turned each piece.

Emily made a sauce from scratch, which I thought was good the first time I tried this, but my husband REALLY likes this sauce. It does have more calories, but what are you gonna do? My husband agreed to eat tofu....need I push for more? So last night, into the pan it went!

...in goes the veggies.

...and then we plate it all together.

...yuuuuummmmmmy

 Thank.You.Emily! Cheap, healthier fast food at home. To die for!

My Question for You: Have you experienced any negative self talk while reading blogs? How have you dealt with that?