Stir-Fried Yuba with Okra

It’s nearly summertime and the farmer’s markets are beginning to burst at the seams with produce! Use whatever vegetables you have on hand in this. Aside from the gorgeous okra I picked up, I added some crisp bell pepper, carrots and green cabbage to give this stir-fry some color and wonderful texture. Okra and Yuba [...]

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Mu Shu Yuba with Collard Green Wrappers

  Mu Shu was always my favorite Chinese dish to order when I was a kid.  There was something special about it because you got to assemble it at the table and slather on the thick, dark and sweetly-rich hoisin sauce.  Thing is, like the machaca,  Mu Shu is traditionally loaded with animal proteins.  Since that just [...]

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Pulled Yuba Sandwich with a Sesame Slaw

  Cherries, especially the tart variety,  are receiving a great deal of attention these days in the athletic world due to their ability to mitigate pain after exercise.  This little fruit is packed full of anti-inflammatory anthocyanins as well as the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin which are important to the health of your vision. They [...]

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Meatless Monday: Vegan Machaca

  This is  a great way to morph leftover Yuba Asada into a new dish or to forge ahead and simply create this one on its own.  I grew up in southern California and machaca burritos were sold at nearly every Mexican food restaurant.  As a result, I grew to love them but since they contain egg and [...]

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Meatless Monday: Yuba Asada

Meatless Mondays… and Tuesdays and then the rest of the work week is just WTF [literally], so why eat meat at all?  Clearly, we have already made the leap and adopted an entirely vegan lifestyle, but the reality that is dawning upon me is that I don’t think most people realize that there are food [...]

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Crispy Yuba with Matchstick Vegetables

  Crispy Yuba with Matchstick Vegetables Ingredients: 4 sticks dried bean curd [yuba], rehydrated, patted dry and cut into shreds 2 celery sticks, cut into matchsticks 2 carrots, cut into matchsticks 1 red bell pepper,  cut into matchsticks 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into matchsticks 1 broccoli stalk, outer fibrous layer peeled off and cut into [...]

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