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I WON!

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 23:23:33 +0000

Do you remember – way back in February – when I entered my Thai Tofu Pizza in a recipe contest, crossed my fingers, and hoped for the best?!

I flipping WON.

It’s true!!! I won the Nasoya Tofu Recipe Contest!! I got an email last month telling me that my Thai Tofu Pizza had been selected as the grand prize winner, and I’m all – exsqueeeze me? I never win anything, you see, and I’m pretty sure I squealed audibly when I read it. Ahhh!!

A lot of you asked for the recipe the first time I made it, and now I’m able to share – whee!

Thai Tofu Pizza

Ingredients:

1 12″ pre-made pizza crust (or homemade)

1 recipe peanut sauce (see below)

1/2 block extra firm Nasoya tofu, pressed and crumbled

1 cup mozzarella cheese

1/2 cup chopped broccoli

2 sliced green onions

2 Tablespoons chopped mango

2 Tablespoons chopped peanuts

1 Tablespoon chopped cilantro

Peanut Sauce:

3 Tablespoons smooth peanut butter

1 Tablespoon rice vinegar

1 Tablespoon soy sauce

1 Tablespoon water

1 clove garlic

1 teaspoon sesame oil

1 teaspoon chili garlic sauce (could use siracha)

1 teaspoon honey or agave nectar

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

Directions:

1. Preheat oven according to package directions.

2. Combine peanut sauce ingredients in a food processor (or blender) and process until smooth.

3. Mix 2 Tablespoons peanut sauce with the crumbled tofu, then sauté on medium heat until lightly colored, ~5 minutes.

4. Spread remaining sauce onto pizza crust, then top with tofu, cheese, broccoli and green onions. Bake according to package directions, or until cheese is golden brown.

5. Top with mango, peanuts & cilantro. DIG. IN!

I love this pizza!!!!

I sliced mine into 6 big slices and chowed. down!

This tastes just like Pad Thai…on a pizza crust!

Like I said last time – the sesame-soy-peanut sauce base is absolutely incredible with the sweet mango. It’s perfect for you sweet & savory lovers out there.

You could totally make this with chicken, pork – or even shrimp! That would actually be SUPER good!

CHOMP! Thanks, Nasoya, for picking my pizza!

Dessert tonight shall be one of these Dark Chocolate Almond Chewy Granola Bars that MyBlogSpark and Cascadian Farm sent me to try out!

The nutritionals are dece – especially when it’s basically a dessert bar.

And a GOOD dessert bar, at that! I don’t usually buy granola bars (and probably still won’t after this) because I always eat them too fast, but if I were in the habit of buying them – these would definitely make my grocery list!

They’re super chewy, thick and GOOEY! And CHOCOLATEY!! Really good!

Ugh, before dinner tonight I went on a 3 mile run and thought it’d be fun to go as fast as I could. I won’t lie to you – it was awful! So hard! However, here I sit, an hour later, no worse for the wear. I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again – running is 90% mental. If you think you can’t, you won’t. But most likely, you can!

Oh, I also tried the Power Vinyasa Flow #4 yoga class on YogaDownload.com today. I didn’t like it as much as the Power Vinyasa Flow #2 class I tried last week. I think I might – gulp – loosen the purse strings and actually BUY the 40 minute class! Up until now, my stingy self has been hogging all the free 20 minute downloads I can!

Off to do some stuff before Gossip Girl comes on. I missed last week – can anyone fill me in on what happened?!

Goodnight!

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Have you ever won anything?

Winner, Winner Pressed Tofu Dinner

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:28:46 +0000

Hi everybody – I am home with a migraine today! The air pressure and rain totally messes with my allergies and today it resulted in a massive headache, unfortunately!

I wanted to announce the winner of the Nasoya Tofu Press/Swanson Vitamin Giveaway though!

The winners of a handy dandy Nasoya Tofu Press + Coupons:

katie: Would love the press! I am a tofu gal!

Jenny: I tweeted! (original message: I read every single entry to your blog- I enjoy it so much, even though I’ve been a pretty intense rigid vegetarian for several years. and I would LOVE a tofu press. Thanks for everything you do)

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The winner of the Swanson Vitamin package:

Natalie (The Sweets Life): vitamin giveaway please!! i love the things you picked out!

Congrats ladies! Email me your mailing info at IowaGirlEats@hotmail.com and we’ll get those packages right out to you.

Oh, I did want to mention to all those who said they were hesitant to try tofu that, having a tofu press is fun/handy but, you DON’T need to have one to enjoy the many amazing dishes you can create with it. I have prepared firm and extra firm tofu many times before I had a press, with fabulous results. Pressing is NOT mandatory!

Ok, off to lie in a dark place…

Buffalo Chicken Chili & Giveaway Winners!

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:40:09 +0000

The…

Strikes again!

I couldn’t have picked a better night to wrap up my week of warm & cozy dinners. The weather outside is frightful, but my dear the Buffalo Chicken Chili is delightful!

I’ve had my eye on this recipe of Lauren’s for quite some time, and I decided this was the week to finally make it! I followed her recipe, except I "sauteed" the veggies in some chicken broth, added cumin and chili powder to the chili, and used ~1/2 cup of buffalo sauce instead of 1/4 cup. Cook on low for 5 hours…

And you’re ready! I served this chili with a sprinkling of colby jack cheese and a side of chips.

Food Should Taste Good Olive Chips. I love these almost as much as my firstborn…if I had one. Honestly, I can’t cram these babies into my mouth fast enough. THEY TASTE GOOD – just as the name implies!

I don’t even like olives, but I make an exception for these chips. They’re made with black, green and kalamata olives, and are so flavorful. Ben even put them in his "favorite chip" category.

They’re excellent dunkers as well.

Bravo Lauren – this was such a unique spin on the everyday chili – we totally enjoyed!

Ok, ok, ok! Let’s get down to business. Winning Business! The 5 winners of 2 coupons for any Nasoya tofu, wrap, noodle or vegi-spread are…

Evan Thomas: Tofu? Count me in!

Courtney: I would love to try any of these products.

Graze With Me: Heck yeah, Nasoya rocks! Great giveaway. The wraps sound so fun.

Lexi: I mentioned your giveaway w/ a link on my blog!

Sarah D: I used their wonton wrappers to make your butternut sqash ravioli and we loved them! I can’t wait to try the baked eggrolls this weekend!

Kudos!!! Email your mailing address to me @ iowagirleats@hotmail.com and we’ll get these coupons out to you. Enjoy your Nasoya products!

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Oh! Thanks to reader Jessica for letting me know that Popchips is running a 20% off special right now. Use promo code LIPSMAK3 at checkout! The BBQ flavor comes highly recommended!

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Ben and I are going to go rent a movie for the evening…any recs??

Cous, Kids & Popchip Giveaway Winner!

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:42:28 +0000

Scroll if you must – I’ll understand if you don’t want to see pictures of my delicious, yet non-popchip winner announcing lunch!

I saved half of my lemon pepper chicken from last night and placed it over a fresh bed of couscous salad.

A cucumber & tomato side salad dressed with some Bisignano’s Italian dressing rounds it all out!

Ugghhh I love Israeli couscous! Have you ever had Frog Eye Salad? I bet they use these as the “frog eyes”

Before I get to the winner, I HAVE to show you this Gap Kids commercial. Check out 11 second girl – classic! Dad, if you’re reading, you will think this is a hoot!

OK! The WINNER of a 24-MIXED CASE of POPCHIPS is…

lynn @ the actors diet: salt and vinegar please!!!

Congratulations! You will absolutely love these chips! Shoot me an email at iowagirleats@hotmail.com with your name and mailing address, and we’ll get these right out to ya’!

For the rest of you – I strongly encourage you to purchase these if you can – they are sooooo delish!

Tune in tonight to find out the winnerS of the Nasoya Giveaway!

Month of Holiday Giveaways: Special One Day Giveaway!

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:07:32 +0000

The Month of Holiday Giveaways continues with a special one day, FIVE winner giveaway:

Free Products from Nasoya!

Nasoya was one of the first authentic Asian tofu available in the U.S. and today they’re the tofu leader offering a variety of products such as:

Certified organic and all natural tofu.
Creamy & delicious Silken Style Creations – a non-dairy alternative to jump start pies, cookies, frozen treats and smoothies.
All-natural, fresh Asian-style wraps and noodles.
All natural, soy based spreads which are ideal for sandwiches, cold salads or used as a base for dips and dressings.

Nasoya wants to give FIVE winners, TWO coupons each, good for any Nasoya tofu, wrap, noodle or vegi-spread!

Perhaps you remember when I used Nasoya egg roll wrappers to make Baked Turkey Egg Rolls and Egg Drop Soup? Their products ROCK!

This is a special one-day giveaway which means you can enter up to 3 times until 5:00pm central time tonight by:

1. Leaving me a comment below.

2. Tweeting “I want to win free Nasoya products from @IowaGirlEats & @Nasoya! http://tinyurl.com/y9cuog6“ and leaving me a comment telling me you’ve done so.

3. Posting about this giveaway on your blog or website and leaving me a comment telling me you’ve done so.

Good luck everyone and don’t forget to check back this afternoon when the winner of the Popchip giveaway is announced – you still have a couple hours left to enter!