The Lazy Vegan

I hate dealing with tofu.  The brand I buy comes in a plastic tub.  It seems so sloshy!  Even though I open it over a bowl, I end up spilling some on the counter every time.

I bought a tub of the Nasoya Super Firm Cubed Tofu.  Don’t even have to cut it up!

Opening the tub may be worse than the other type.  Instead of a big block of tofu to wiggle out, you’ve got hundreds of little cubes.

I was curious as to what the texture would be.  Would the ends be dry or colored because the tofu is cut up?  Nope!  This stuff is every bit as good quality as the tofu that comes in blocks.  The texture was fine and there was no discoloration that I could fine.  It tasted pretty good too.

At least now, I won’t have to cut any up.  All I have to do is open the ziploc bag and pour a few on my plate.

I’m not sure I’ll buy this again, though it tasted as good as the other brand I normally buy.  I’m just not sure it saves all that much time not having to cut it up myself.

Yachana Jungle Chocolate sounds interesting, doesn’t it?  A product with such an intriguing name is just asking you to try it! I bought two varieties:  Jungle Chocolate with Macadamia Nuts and Jungle Chocolate with Coconuts and Raisins.

First, I tried the Macadamia Nut version.  Reading the nutritional information shows this is a very basic snack.  These are the ingredients: beans, macadamia nuts, and sugar cane syrup.  The chocolate is in melted looking little chunks and the nuts are separate.  I tasted a handful and this stuff is good!  It would easily pass as my chocolate craving for the day.

There are only 3 grams of sugar, but the serving size is a bit deceiving.  The box is a little larger than a pack of cigarettes, but claims to have 6 servings inside. I did get seven servings out of but I was being pretty conservative.  I don’t think you could eat the whole box in one sitting, but even still that’s only 18 grams of sugar.  Far less than most low sugar snacks.

Next, I tried the raisin and coconut version.  The ingredients include: Cacao beans, raisins, coconut, and sugar cane syrup.  Again, their are very few ingredients in the product.  This has the same 3 grams of sugar/6 servings ratio.

I thought this tasted pretty good.  I found the raisins a little over powering.  I’m not a big fan of raisins, though.  I loved the coconut!

There are two more varieties:  Jungle Chocolate with Pineapple (don’t think I’ll go there!) and Jungle Chocolate with Brazil Nuts and Essense of Coffee. I’d like to suggest my own variety of Jungle Chocolate with Macadamia Nuts and Coconut.  That would really be good!

All in all, this is a good bite sized treat.  It’s tasty and doesn’t have alot of sugar.  Even if you devoured the whole box, you’d still be sitting at 18 grams of sugar.  Divide the box by 3 and you’ve got 6 grams a serving, which isn’t bad at all!

You can learn more about Yachana Jungle Chocolate by going to their website.

I loved radishes as a kid.  We would eat the red radishes raw mixed in with salad greens. But, their burp factor made them impossible to eat as an adult.

Until recently I had no idea of the variety of radishes.  I thought “red” was it!  And, I didn’t know that people cooked them.  So, why shouldn’t I give it a try?

I bought a bunch of Easter Egg radishes, which come in white, pink, red, and lavender.  I decided to steam them  in the microwave.  I scrubbed a small white one and small red one, figuring if it didn’t turn out, at least I wouldn’t be wasting much.  I left them whole, but removed the greens. I put them in a small glass bowl with a little water on the bottom, then cover them with the lid with a crack for ventilation.  I microwaved them on high for 2 minutes.

They turned out very well.  Soft but not chewy.  I chopped one up and put it on my vegetable salad.  It was pretty tasty.  Four hours later and no backlash.  I’ll eat the second one just to tempt fate.

It looks like I might be able to add radishes back to my diet.  I can’t eat them raw, but it looks like cooked radishes are okay.  I’m always happy when I can add something back.  It happens so rarely!

Pure Fit bars are another entry in the health/speciality nutrition bar category.  They are designed for celiacs and are supposed to be good for diabetics.

I tried the Pure Fit chocolate brownie nutrition bar.  I was a little dismayed at the 16 grams of sugar, so I cut it in half.  It’s a thick, chocolate bar, which a brownie texture.  I found the half a bar fairly filling.  Even though the bar didn’t seem very long, it was thick.

The taste is slightly bitter, but it was tasty.  Though it’s fruit juice sweetened, it didn’t seem to have that fruity taste that many of these products have.

Overall, it was a pretty good treat.  I wish it has less sugar though.  I don’t like to consume that much and I prefer a dark chocolate taste to a regular chocolate taste.  Not bad though.