Going into this weekend I anticipated (correctly) there would be copious amounts of beer and cook out food, therefore I was extra motivated to get my healthy food in when I can. I needed to make an additional grocery haul Friday night and my husband had a request…
My hubby always talks about Life Alive in Cambridge. We've never seemed to make our way there together since usually when we're in the city we tend to gravitate towards Grasshopper in Allston. I will absolutely write an ode to Grasshopper on here at some point. Anyways, Dylan would always talk about one particular dish he would have at Life Alive. I thought it would be a great healthy meal to start off a not so healthy weekend plus making it would win me some wife points. ;)
Ingredients
- 1 heart of romaine lettuce
- 1 tomato
- 1/4 red onion
- 1 package of tempeh
- 1/4 cup Trader Joe's BBQ Sriracha sauce (but you could use any marinade you want or non at all!)
- 1 ripe avodado
- 1 package of precooked squash
- brown rice
- nutritional yeast for topping
This meal is super simple yet unique. The preparation obviously doesn't require much explanation. I prepared my lettuce, tomato, avocado and onion while my rice and squash were cooking. I bought frozen squash to save time.
I don't think I've talked about tempeh too much on here yet. Tempeh is the new tofu. I never thought I liked it until Dylan and I had it at a wedding in May. Tempeh is so versatile. You can fry it, bake it, marinate it, and it's good for you! I like to marinate it in teriyaki sauce. For this dish I sliced the tempeh and cooked it in a pan with a little vegan butter. Then I added my BBQ sauce.
I layered this salad with the warm rice and squash at the bottom then the salad. I topped everything off with the tempeh and nutritional yeast. It was so good and honestly didn't need any dressing. We balance out this healthy meal with a big hunk of bread and some wine. Enjoy!
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