Hot as Hell Curried Tofu & Asparagus

:-) Very high in Protein, moderately high in fiber, low in saturated fats. very low in cholesterol.
:-( A little high in total fat, high in sugars.

INGREDIENTS:

Serves 4, nutritional info below.

• 4 cups TOFU, or 2 large blocks. Use very dry type or tofu you have pressed dry. Cut into 2" long, 1" wide and 1" high blocks.
  
• 3/4 cups 2% MILK
• 1 med. RED ONION sliced
• 4 cloves FRESH GARLIC, diced small
• CURRY Powder, red or yellow, 1 Tbsp or less to taste
• 1 tsp ground GINGER
• 1 tsp CUMIN
• 32 spears ASPARAGUS
• 1.5 bags BROWN RICE, whole grain, boil-in-bag type
• 1 tbsp low sodium SOY SAUCE
  
• 1 tbsp OLIVE OIL
• 1 tbsp SESAME SEED OIL
• 2 tbsp FLAX SEEDS
• 3 tbsp MARGARINE - don't use low fat
• 3/4 cup GOLDEN RAISINS
• PAM or similar fat free spray oil
  

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In the meantime, snap off stiff stalk parts of asparagus, start steaming of spears (I use a pot with steamer layer and cover). When water starts to boil, add the rice. Put raisins in small pot of boiling water.

Brush a large cookie sheet with a very thin layer of olive oil and add tofu. Spray tops of tofu with Pam. Put into oven. (While tofu bakes turn occasionally, spraying Pam on top before turning each time. Be on the alert for it to turn dark brown or to puff up big. That means you'll need to turn the oven down to 350 degrees and turn more often. When at least two sides are a light golden brown, take out of the oven)

While asparagus, rice and tofu are cooking, saute onions in sesame oil.

When asparagus and rice are cooked and the raisins are soft and plumped up, strain each and keep warm. If tofu is finished, put that aside and keep warm also.

Add flax seeds and garlic to onion, saute a couple of minutes, reduce heat to medium then add cumin, ginger, raisins and curry. Stir well. Add milk slowly, stirring as you go, until you have integrated it well. Let simmer a few minutes, stirring often and being sure simmer is slow.

Add tofu to onion/curry mixture, toss to coat.

To serve, place asparagus spears on plate and spoon the rice in long trail the length of and parallel to asparagus spears, leaving a 2 or so inch valley between. Spoon tofu mixture into the valley, (it will spill over onto the other items a little) and a little of the extra sauce dribbled over it all.

Serve hot.

Nutritional information per serving (remember this includes all ingredients, entire meal):
Calories: 923, Total fat: 38.6, Saturated fat: 3.8g, Cholesterol: 3.8mg, Total carbs: 99.9g, Dietary fiber: 8.6, Sugars 26.0g, Protein: 39.4g