Broccoli, Tofu, Rice and Peanut Sauce

This simple, easily portable meal is great for work/school.  Scale up the recipe as much as you want for meal prepping in advance.  384 calories, 18.7 g protein, $1.40

Ingredients (serving size = 1)

• 3/4 cup cooked rice
• 1.5 cups steamed broccoli
• 3 oz extra firm tofu (1/4 of a block of tofu)

           peanut sauce (makes around 2 TBSP)​

• 1/2 TBSP peanut butter
• 1 tsp rice vinegar
• 2 tsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp chili garlic sauce (see picture below)
• 1/8 tsp garlic powder
• dash of ground ginger

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Instructions

​Press the liquid out of the tofu, and then cook the tofu however you like (bake it or saute it, etc). 

Steam the broccoli and heat up 3/4 cup of rice if you have cooked rice (otherwise, cook some rice).

Mix the peanut sauce ingredients in a small microwave-safe dish, and microwave for 30 seconds.  Afterward, stir the sauce until it's smooth. 

Assemble the bowl.

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​This is the chili garlic sauce that I use; you can buy it anywhere.

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cost per serving
rice:  $0.10
broccoli:  $0.51
tofu:  $0.50
peanut butter:  $0.05
rice vinegar:  $0.04
soy sauce:  $0.09
sugar:  less than $0.01
chili garlic sauce:  $0.06
garlic powder:  $0.03
​ground ginger:  $0.01
total cost per serving:  $1.40

per serving
calories:  384
fat:  10.7 g
carbohydrates:  56.3 g
protein:  18.7 g