I was planning to make a cake for today as we have something to celebrate, but the weather was soooo lovely over the weekend that I failed to go fruit and veg shopping in time and had to make a meal from what I had in my fridge instead. I know, I sacrificed food for a fresh layer of tan – outrageous 😉 .
Instead, I made a simple vegetable stir-fry with spicy tofu and red Thai rice. It may not have the fireworks of the cake I was planning on, but it’s a filling and healthy dish that makes a great lunch, dinner or cold work lunch too, so hopefully you are not too cross with me. The cake will happen soon, promise! If you are wondering what the heck it is that we’re celebrating, let me fill you in. In fact, I’ve been dying to tell someone about this as we’ve been keeping it rather quiet over the past year in an effort not to jinx it and also because we’ve had a few curve balls thrown in our wake. At some point the whole project looked rather tentative. We’ve told our parents but we are pretty sure they had no idea what we were on about 😉 . Duncan and I have put our heads together and have just launched a little WordPress theme store with two, to begin with, quality themes specifically aimed at food bloggers, like ourselves. Over the past 16 months since we launched this blog, we’ve both learned an awful lot about food blogging and we’ve really cherished the opportunity to pass that knowledge on. So if you or someone you know have been thinking about setting up a food blog or about upgrading their existing blog’s look and feel and you like what we did, get in touch! Duncan, who is the technical mastermind behind the store, would love to hear from you and I will be relieved too that he finally has other people to discuss IT with and I can simply go back to working on my cakes ;).
200 g firm or extra firm tofu, pressed* 3-4 tsp sambal oelek (chilli paste), adjust to taste 2 tbsp tamari or soy sauce 2 tbsp maple syrup 2 tbsp of lime juice 4 tsp neutral tasting oil 1 garlic clove, finely grated sesame seeds, to garnish (optional)
