Katsu means battered in Japanese panko breadcrumbs and fried. The technique is typically used with chicken and served with Japanese curry over rice. I substituted the chicken for tofu cutlets, and the results were the same – utterly delicious! We ate our Tofu Katsu with Japanese curry stew with root vegetables, over a bed of…
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Vegan Sushi
I tried to make sushi for the first time and I was amazed. It was so easy! I have a Japanese food store right near my office so I was able to easily pick up a bamboo mat and some nori sheets on my way home from work. If you don’t have a Japanese food…
Ribbon Veggie Noodle Stir-fry
Tonight’s dinner was really fun to make. I knew that we had all the ingredients to make a stir-fry, and I was in the mood for a stir-fry, but I was trying to think of a new, more exciting way to prepare it. We had asparagus and carrots in the fridge and, tired of the…
Soba noodles with veggies and marinated tofu
One of my biggest faults is that I cannot say no. If someone I know asks me to help them out with something, I can never refuse. Recently a coworker asked if I would volunteer to help with a special project she was initiating; as you might have already predicted, I said yes. The volunteering…
An Imperfect Vegan 