Spicy Zoodles with Tofu

Get Your Fruits and Veggies in Shape: With produce galore, now’s a great time to enjoy lots of fruits and vegetables. Show us how you’re serving the bounty of gardens and orchards in creative cuts and shapes like ribbons, noodles, cut-outs, etc.

I know I’m late to the spiralizing party, but here’s a fun fact(?): I’ve actually owned a spiralizer since early 2015.

The reason behind your never actually seeing spiralized veggies on this blog is mainly because I spent the better part of the rest of that year (and this one) moving all over the country.

My spiralizer sat patiently under my night table at Please Save A Cat until I finally situated myself at the apartment I’m in now! (Bring on the kitchen contraptions!)

This recipe was really borne out of super laziness on a Sunday afternoon. I’d had a crazy Saturday that included going to the gym (I finally have one again!!), Pokemon Go-ing through the city, reorganizing my kitchen, lots of food prep (9 jars of overnight oats, 4 lunches containing chicken with veggies, a batch of hardboiled eggs), and driving off to New Gretna to perform at a luau that I’d looked over/somewhat learned all the dances (all 9 of em’) to…the night before.

A photo posted by Farrah @ fairyburger (@fairyburger) on Jul 9, 2016 at 7:06pm PDT

The audience apparently really liked me though, and no one could tell that I’d never danced with the group/known the songs before, so hooray hooray for the fake it til you make it mentality!

All this backstory is just to illustrate the fact that I was pretty exhausted by Sunday, so I wanted to fix up something quick + nutritious before going on my way to…run more errands and get more stuff done. (It never ends!)

Ever since moving into my apartment here, I’ve been playing a game with myself that basically consists of using up all the stuff in my apartment without needing to go out and buy anything (other than to replenish fresh fruits/veggies). It helps to save a lot of money!

Spicy Zoodles with Tofu

Ingredients:

• drizzle of EVOO
• 1 zucchini, spiralized
• 1 12-oz. block tofu, cut into bite-sized rectangles
• 1/4 red onion, diced
• crushed red pepper, to taste

• sprinkle of sea salt
• sprinkle of ground black pepper
• drizzle of oyster sauce (or soy sauce)
• drizzle of sriracha (optional; not pictured!)

Instructions:

1. Heat a skillet on medium-high and add in some extra virgin olive oil.
2. Add red onion and tofu. Let cook for 2-4 minutes, stirring gently.
3. Add in zucchini, sea salt, and oyster sauce. Let cook for another 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Transfer to a bowl and top with crushed red pepper, black pepper, and sriracha (if using).
5. Serve hot!

• What’s your favorite fruit?
• Favorite veggie?
• Have you ever spiralized anything?

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