flat screen, flat abs, flat food?

The weekend started off productive.

#1 – I cleaned out my closet to donate bags of unworn (and no longer fitting) clothes for the salvation army
#2 – Kyle and I finally bit the bullet and bought a 32 inch flat screen HDTV (sweeeeeet!)
#3 – I did some cooking (and tried a new recipe)
#4 – I dragged Kyle with me to the gym

So, Kyle was with his student at Minds Matter in the AM, allowing me to leisurely sip 2 cups of coffee while doing the crossword…until 3 pm! (btw my coffee was starbucks’ blend with ff vanilla creamer, ff lactaid, and stevia sweetener)

I was so caught up doing errands around the apartment, by the time I realized how late it was, Kyle was on his way home. So, I asked him to pick me up something on the way home…

This is a VENTI – obsession much? Here is when you know you have a problem, when you are SO hungry and yet, nothing sounds appetizing EXCEPT a soy latte. Good thing I have a loving boyfriend who enables my habit 🙂

While we were out at Circuit City I needed food so I popped across the street to Zabar’s for some snacks. Kyle and I were both having incurably hypoglycemic days, like bottomless pits!

After cabbing it home with our new baby (a Toshiba 32″ LCD HDTV) it was gym time. Kyle begrudgingly agreed to go with me. Actually, I think we were both less than thrilled at the thought of exercising…either way, I made it there. Too bad my work out sucked. I was dead tired and devoid of energy (probably because I hadn’t eaten enough) so I hit the road. No joke. How unlike me is that!? I didn’t even really stretch. I literally hit a wall on the treadmill and subsequently got off and walked home. On the way I stopped for sugar (a healthy natural source of sugar).

Fresh juicy melon! Honeydew, cantaloupe, and watermelon, oh my.

This was just what I needed. I don’t know why it took me all day to figure it out?

Anyways, for dinner I decided to get my chef on. Attempt 2 at baking tofu:

I started with Nasoya Lite Firm tofu (check out that fat slab below). First, I pressed it several times to get it as dry as possible.

Then, I sliced it into 7 flat slabs (approx 1 cm wide) to cook faster and added salt and extra virgin olive oil so it would brown nicely in the oven.

(before)

(after)

The tofu came out great. I am so happy with my success, considering my past record with baking tofu. Plus, it is way cheaper to marinade it on my own, and also healthier. It tasted great, not too soft, not too hard. It was flavorful and just the way I like it with browned crispy edges.

Once the tofu was done I stir fried some veggies (edamame, baby corn, carrots, pea pods, mushrooms, water chestnuts, and bamboo shoots) with teriyaki sauce.

I snuck a few bites before the tofu made it’s way to the veggies…

But when they finally did meet, they made a delish dinner!

Look at the zoomed in view of the teriyaki tofu and veggie stir fry (mmm…).

Post dinner we watched football and I snacked on a bag of salty dried edamame. Why won’t my hunger go away?

“The problem is you’re using a hatchet where you need a scalpel.” -Obama