Gears of Tofu!

Make bean curd, not war!

I am pretending that the soy sauce is some sort of lubricating oil, spraying off these cogs of vegetable-based dietary choices as they spin furiously with all their bland, crunchy glory.
I brushed them with sunflower oil and broiled them.  The toasted edges give them a kind of rusted look, or at least I'd like to think so.

We also made gyoza that night, with our gyoza press, which was super fun, but they were'nt as crispy as we would have liked.

Sam's baby is due the 18th of next month, which is now only 21 days away.  Holy crap, there is going to be a completely new and mostly unformed human being in our house very soon.

Bento!

Here's an old bento I did for Aaron, I think it was the first one this semester.

The tofu was cut into shapes, then brushed with sunflower oil and broiled, along with some asparagus and green onions.  The bottom half is just rice with these colored soy papers and some nori cut to look like a flower.  I am so ready for spring!

Here's a close-up of the flower.  It didn't some out nearly as well as I had hoped, and the soy stuff is really curly when it gets damp, but I'm not displeased with it.