Tonight's dinner is the terribly anticlimactic start here. Look:
Yes, I am eating this at my desk while I'm studying. But oh my, how incredibly good smoked tofu is and I never know and now the whole house smell divine. This soup was just the smoky, vegie and garlic heavy bowl of goodness I needed to read another 100 pages of torts.
Lentil, roasted roma tomato, spinach and smoked tofu soup.
I'm don't do recipes but for posterity maybe a basic run down:
Before 1. Before starting throw some quartered roma tomatoes into a hot oven with a splash of olive oil on them
1. Start with a soffrito - diced onion, carrot and celery in olive oil. Cook till translucent and soft.
2. Add lots of smashed garlic, chilli flakes, ground cumin and herbes de provence (ie whatever herbs are in the kitchen)
3. Throw in a can of lentils (the organic ones) and some vegan stock (cubes are fine) - let simmer
4. Brush smoked lentil slices with oil and fry in a hot pan until browned, slice into strips
5. By now the tomatoes should be nice and squshy and caramelised, chuck them into the soup and squash them with a spoon
6. Are you ready to serve? Turn the heat off, chuck in a bunch of English or baby spinach then the tofu strips and stir.
Eat at your computer and try not to spill on the keyboard. Again.
Now if only I could work out how to take appealing food pictures things would be much better...
