Dinner Plate #101
I had some hamburger buns in my freezer and planned to have them with some veggie burgers also in my freezer, as well as the veggie tots you see here (which I bought a few months ago and still had my freezer--you may be sensing a theme). But I ended up with a half a block of tofu to use, so I made a chicken fried tofu sandwich (recipe for the tofu from The Daily Dish ) and saved the veggie burgers for later. I put lettuce, tomato, red onion, and vegan mayo on the sandwich and served everything with some ketchup and a dill pickle. I enjoyed this, though I wished the tofu was a bit more flavorful. Lately, I've been thinking about how I can better face the coming challenges. I increased my food budget for a few months before it became clear to me that I need to try harder to keep costs down (even though that's really, really hard, and I was already trying very hard), because I think I'm spending more than I should be, even though it's rough. I genuinely don't have an...