Quick Curried Tofu & Day One Exercise Routine

Quick Curried Tofu
3.5 Stars

Lunch time came far too quick this afternoon. We are in the midst of several home renovation projects, so the kitchen is a complete mess. With that said, we need to eat so I forced myself to squeeze between all of the furniture in the middle of the kitchen and see what I could come up with.


I had half of a package of tofu left and a few vegetables so I thought I'd create another quick scramble but add some fun seasonings. What came out was a really flavorful dish but there are some definite improvements I'll suggest when you give it a try. First, I'll say what I loved about it. It was spicy, colorful, tasty and filling. You'd think that would be enough, but I believe that by adding a few additional items, it would be incredible. Therefore, as I made it, Larry gave it 3.5 stars. The recipe below should bring it up to a five star lunch.


Both Larry and I felt that adding something sweet would make all of the difference in this recipe so I've added apples and golden raisins to the recipe below. Also, I sauteed my veggies in vegetable stock but I think coconut milk would go a long way to make the dish even better. 


I didn't have rice made and we needed to make something quick so the other improvement would be to serve over rice, quinoa or rice noodles.


Quick Curried Tofu (over brown rice, quinoa or other grain)
1/2 container of firm tofu, drained and browned
1 can light Coconut Milk (use only as needed to saute and make gravy)
1/4 yellow onion
1 clove garlic
1/2 c. mushrooms
1/2 red bell pepper
1 carrot
1 t. curry powder

1/2 t. cumin

1/2 t. turmeric

1 small red apple (sweeter, the better)
1 handful of golden raisins
1/4 c. Unsweetened coconut flakes
Salt and pepper, as desired


1. Drain and brown tofu over medium-high heat in a dry skillet
2. Slice and dice vegetables and apples
3. Saute vegetables in coconut milk (reduce milk until a gravy forms)
4. Stir in spices
5. Add raisins and apples once veggies have softened
6. Plate and sprinkle with coconut flakes


If you have other ideas or try this recipe, let me know. I'm excited to make these changes next time around. Now, on to my re-cap of our first day on our new home-based exercise boot camp!


Day One Exercise Routine

This cartoon by Randy Glasbergen pretty much summarizes our motivation behind eating well and adopting a regular exercise routine. At 50 and 60 years old, we recognize time is not on our side for getting our acts together.


Our son Christopher and his fiance Chelsea have just started a new home-based exercise plan and suggested we give it a try. The name of the company was enough to scare me off (Beachbody) but I was encouraged by their results and was assured that we could do this at our own pace. Did I mention that they are both physically fit and my son just left the Navy? What was I thinking?


The package arrived yesterday so Larry and I mustered up the courage to dedicate a room in our house as the 'gym' and got it prepared for our first 40 minute regimen this morning. We had a morning cup of tea and then 'hit the gym'! LOL. This turned out to be the first bad idea. For whatever reason, the green tea bothered me the entire time. I have fondly renamed the exercise program we are on from P-90 to Puke-90! Just the same, we hung in there and when I say 'hung', I mean it quite literally. Most of the time we were hanging on for dear life-that is when we weren't clinging to the floor for dear life. Even our dog, Lucy, thought we had lost it rolling around on the floor!


The truth is, I feel great. It was my first attempt at exercise since my recurring battle with back problems. I was able to customize the routines to accommodate my back and I actually did quite well. Just to make sure we don't have problems getting out of bed tomorrow, we've been drinking lots of water and took Lucy for a walk around our meadow. We'll be taking 'before' pictures tomorrow and I also see my doctor to get my updated numbers for cholesterol, blood pressure, etc. This is a 90 day plan so our hope is that with our food changes and exercise plan, we'll see some tangible results we can talk about.


I'm actually looking forward to Day 2!


Jan