Mcgc Kitchen
Pad Thai
Introduction
If you are looking for an easy recipe for a plant-based diet, look no further. This a wonderful meal that can be ready in less than 30 minutes. This recipe can convene both a vegan or vegetarian diet. If you wish you can choose to include plant-based sources of calcium such as broccoli, bok choy and calcium set tofu. If you do not like the vegetables in this recipe, feel free to change them as you wish. This meal is flexible can appeal to everyone’s taste buds.
Time:
20-30 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Sauce:
- 15 ml fish sauce or tamari sauce or sauce or reduced-sodium soya sauce
- 30 ml oyster sauce or tamari sauce or reduced-sodium soya sauce
- 5 ml sugar (optional)
- 2 eggs (optional, if vegan – leave out)
- 15 ml cornstarch
- 2 limes, cut and reserve for the end
- Stir-fry ingredient
- 2 garlic cloves finely sliced
- 30 ml avocado oil
- 454g firm calcium set tofu.
- 6 cups of vegetables of your choosing such as : bok choy (chopped), broccoli (chopped into florets), carrots (julienne), others
- Garnish:
- 2 spring onions, sliced, reserve to garnish
- ¼ cup roasted & unsalted peanuts pounded in a pestle & mortar
Plant-based recipe
Steps
Step 1 : Whisk together all the ingredient for the sauce
Step 2 : Cube the tofu and let sit in the sauce and reserve on the side
Step 3 : Heat up the pan with 30 ml of avocado oil
Step 4 : Cook the vegetable until half-ready
Step 5 : Add the sauce and the tofu and finish cooking
Step 6 : Service on a bed of your choice of rice or bean noodle (follow instruction for cooking on the package)
Step 7 : Garnish with coriander, spring onions and roasted peanuts (optional)
Step 8 : Add a little 5ml Sambal Olek (optional)
Enjoy !
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation: 20-30 minutes
- Plant-based
Marie-Claire Gahel-Calouche
Dietitian-nutritionist, member of the Order of Dietitians of Quebec. I am passionate about nutrition and well-being in general. In this section, I offer you quick and easy healthy recipe ideas to prepare for any occasion.