Monday Meal Challenge

These are three cooking staples in our house: brown rice syrup, tahini, and miso. What happens when you mix them all….you make something delicious!

I am not really satisfied with this picture of our meal, but I was rushed with bad lighting and it will have to do. We had vegetable brown rice, garlic sauteed baby bok choy, and miso tofu.

Steamed Tofu with Sweet Miso Sauce

1 block of tofu

1 Tablespoon Miso
2 Tablespoons Tahini
2 Tablespoons Brown Rice Syrup
a little water
sliced scallions (optional)

First, cut the block of tofu into slabs and steam in a bamboo steamer. If you do not have a steamer, you can lightly sautee them with a little olive or sesame oil in a frying pan.

While the tofu is steaming, mix the first three ingredients together in a small saucepan, to make the sweet miso sauce. Once mixed, add a little bit of water at a time until it makes a sauce like consistency that you like. Usually 1/2 cup or less.

Warm saucepan on stove over medium heat, but do not boil, until heated through.

Serve over tofu. And top with sliced scallions if desired.

Sweet and simple.

Enjoy!

For some more recipes check out knitterMama, Musings on the Simple Life, Young Ones, Chicken Counting, Unearthing this Life, and of course, Once Upon A Parent.

{This recipe came from my friend Melanie Waxman, who is a macrobiotic cook. Her website is another place we find a lot of great recipes which can be found HERE.}