Cooking a Big Meal to Feel Better....

So, I haven't been feeling all that well this week. This means no gym, no healthy eating, not enough sleep, you get the idea. I felt a little bit better today...still a little light-headed but feeling well enough to eat a good meal. This meant, of course, that I had to cook a good meal:) Since I hadn't felt like cooking, my meals had been a little boring: cereal, raw veggies, toast, tea; today, I wanted to eat something different (and completely out-of-character) and spontaneous.


I stopped by a local market on the way home and picked up the following in a $1 getting old bag:
--2 red peppers
--1 green pepper
--1 really, really large onion
--2 tomatoes
--a pear
--a bunch of stray cauliflower pieces.

So, I used this to make the following:
1. Gazpacho dressing (duh, another Viva Vegan recipe) that I used to marinate the tofu and can use for dressing later this week.

2. A cauliflower mash with lots of onions, garlic, green and red peppers (it looks gross in the picture, but it was sooooooooo delicious!)

3. Marinated Tofu w/the gazpacho dressing and some cilantro-garlic sauce

As I said, this doesn't look that good, but it tasted great! The cauliflower mash was comforting and reminded me of really veggie-rich hash browns while the tofu was slightly spicy and delightfully cool because of the cilantro:

Anyways, this satisfied my need for hearty, salty (the random tortilla chips) and slightly-spicy food. Trust me, despite the fact this looks liked mashed-up yuckiness, it was full-on tasty!