Tofu Salad with Yuja Dressing

I was invited to Claire's house a few weeks ago. She wanted to serve Korean foods like Korean dumplings(mandu) and rice cake soup(tteokguk). She is American not Korean, but she made Korean foods and served us. What wonderful things!

That day we made dumplings together. She had made dumpling filling beforehand, we just put the filling into the dumpling skins. It was so much fun to make dumplings and sit around shooting the breeze. Just like in Korea. FUN FUN FUN!!!

I was worried about what to make and then I made a Tofu salad with yuja dressing.

I wanted to share a Korean style tofu salad and unique yuja dressing. Korean style yuja dressing has been a popular Korean dressing in recent years. It's slightly sweet and fruity. It has a unique, refreshing citrus aroma and flavor that might be described as a mixture of lemon, lime and grapefruit. The aromatic and floral lime like fruit, yuja, has been popularized in Japan also. It's called yuzu in Japanese cuisine and yuja in Korean cuisine.

The all purpose Korean yuja dressing recipe can be used in a lot of Korean recipes, the sweet flavor makes any dressed salad into an elegant side dish.

This tofu salad has a wonderful zesty finish from the citrus fruit, yuja!

Ingredients

1 pack                     tofu

1/2 t                         salt

2 C                          spring mix

1/2                           apple

1/4                           red onion

2                              kumatoes

Yuja dressing

5 T                          marmalade yuja

2 T                          vinegar

1 pack                     truvia

1 T                          olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Cut the tofu into bite sized pieces and put on a  paper towel to remove water and sprinkle with salt slightly.

Put oil in a pan and fry the tofu over medium high heat until golden brown and set aside.

Slice apple and onion.

Mix all the dressing ingredients.

Put vegetables, tomatoes, apples, tofu and dressing in a bowl.

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Cabbage Sandwich with Garlic Sauce

Do you have an upset stomach every morning? Then try cabbage.
Fresh cabbage is good for those who suffer from stomach ulcers because it is a natural anti-ulcer food. It is also good for skin beauty, good for acne, has plenty of fiber and good for constipation. You should eat cabbage just to see this effect.

Ingredients
2 pieces whole grain sandwich bread
2 leaves cabbage
1/5 onion
2 t butter
strawberry jam and tomato ketchup to taste

Garlic sauce
1 T minced garlic
2 T mayonnaise
1 T olive oil
pepper to taste

Directions
Rinse cabbage and slice thinly. Julienne onion and put it in cold water for 15 minutes then drain. 
Add olive oil to a saute pan and roast minced garlic and sprinkle with pepper.
Put the roasted garlic in a bowl and mix well with mayonnaise.
Spread jam on one side of bread and garlic sauce on the other side and add the cabbage and onion and top with ketchup.
Enjoy the healthy sandwich.

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