Meatless Monday Endamame - Tofu Salad

Here is closed to other i of my favorites. It is salubrious too yummy. Soybean has chock-full of wellness benefits too nosotros tin laissez passer the axe reap it to the fullest through this salad. It has soybean inwards its simplest shape equally Endamame too inwards the fermented shape equally Tofu. It is quick, unproblematic too slow to make.

Servings: 2-3

Ingredients:

Shelled Endamame: ii cups( frozen Endamame tin laissez passer the axe too hold upwards used).
Extra theatre Tofu: iv oz , cutting into bite-sized squares.
Cooking oil: 1 tsp for greasing the skillet.
Red bell pepper: 1, diced small.
Orange/ yellowish bell pepper: 1, diced small.
Green bell pepper: 1, diced small.
Cilantro: 1 tbsp, chopped

For the dressing:
Sesame oil: ii tbsp
Rice vinegar: 1 tbsp
Soy sauce: 1 tsp
Grated ginger: 1/2 tsp
Honey: 3/4 tsp
Minced garlic: 1 clove
Red chilli pepper flakes: a pinch
Salt: to taste( cry upwards soy sauce is salty; conform accordingly).

Method:

Cook the Endamame over the stove-top until tender. Keep aside to cool.

In a skillet, pan sear the tofu pieces until slightly golden too piece of occupation along aside to cool down.

In a jounce mix together all the ingredients listed nether "for the dressing".

Marinate the tofu slices inwards the dressing for 5-10 minutes. Then mix inwards the Endamame , the bell peppers too cilantro. Mix well.

Refrigerate until cook to serve.

Serve chilled.

Enjoy!

Cooking made easy:

Do non soak the wooden cutting boards inwards H2O for washing. Just role warm/ hot H2O too dish soap, launder too dry out it completely earlier storing. If yous piece of occupation out the wooden cutting board inwards water, it absorbs the water, swells upwards too gets deformed.The same goes for wooden spoons.

Tip for salubrious living:

Soy is a non bad source of poly peptide for vegetarians too vegans. It is inwards fact i of the few consummate proteins available that are of plant-origin. People on elimination diet convey to hold upwards careful equally closed to people may too hold upwards allergic/ reactive to soy. One too has to hold upwards careful regarding the alternative of soy products. You desire to brand certain yous pick out Non-GMO ones too the products that are to the lowest degree processed; examples beingness Endamame, soy milk & Tofu.

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Food for thought:

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