Check this out! 
Doesn’t that look amazing?! I feel all accomplished and what not, because I branched out to try a new recipe, I didn’t screw it up while cooking it, AND it tasted amazing! 
WOO-HOO! Go me! 
The recipe – Indian-Style Tofu and Cauliflower with Chutney from the April edition of Cooking Light!
Ingredients: (detailed list HERE)
Since I do think it may actually KILL me to follow a recipe EXACTLY 
I did make a few tweaks to the recipe!
Tweak #1: I used these spices because…
1. I could not find “Brown Mustard Seeds” anywhere in my store. Substitution? Ground Mustard.
2. I could not find “Cumin SEEDS” anywhere in my store. Substitution – Cumin.
3. My store was out of fresh ginger 
and I omitted the cilantro because they were out of that as well!
Tweak #2: I did not feel like getting out my food processor for the onions. So instead of an onion paste – I had an onion pile!
Tweak #3: The recipe said you could just throw the “raw” tofu in the pot in step 3. I didn’t like that idea so I baked it for 20 minutes first! 
Tweak #4: I wasn’t cooking rice from scratch.
Okay, all “tweaks” are done! From there – I followed the recipe exactly!
Ta-DA!
Looks a little nekkid though – huh?!
The perfect topping for a spicy dish:
AHHHHH – there were go!
Start to finish I’d say the whole meal took me about 45 minutes, which I don’t think is bad at all! It was really straight forward, easy to understand, and DELICIOUS to eat! Not to mention – I probably ate 2 full servings, and still had enough for 3 containers of leftovers! 
OH YEAH! AND!!!! I had a TON of cauliflower left over, so I decided to really quickly whip up this recipe of Roni’s that I’d been dying to try for years now. Seriously – years. I just never buy cauliflower!
So I figured it would be “good” – but HOLY COW THIS WAS AMAZING! Who knew balsamic cauliflower would taste so amazing?!?!?!?! Seriously – this was so easy and it ROCKED! I will be buying cauliflower a lot more often now!
2 successful recipes in one night? WOOT WOOT!
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DAMN! Your cauliflower looks better then mine!
Glad you liked it.
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By Roni on 04.29.10 11:00 am | Permalink
Awesome! I’ve always wanted to cook Indian food but I find it so difficult to make anything not Italian or American
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By Evan Thomas on 04.29.10 11:14 am | Permalink
Balsamic cauliflower? Oh my god. I loooove cauliflower, I have to try that!
Yum!
Also, your meal looks amazing
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By Diana on 04.29.10 11:18 am | Permalink
I really don’t like raw cauliflower, so I assumed I just hated it in general- then I tried it cooked one day and it’s GOOD!! I always forget about it though- I need to get some and try the balsamic version!
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By Heather @ Side of Sneakers on 04.29.10 11:38 am | Permalink
OMG, I love Roni’s balsamic cauliflower!
Try roasting it with sprinkling a dry ranch packet over the cauliflower and a few panko breadcrumbs – yum! I eat a head of cauliflower every week……..
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By Heatha on 04.29.10 11:42 am | Permalink
i love roasted cauliflower but have never put balsamic on it, thanks for the idea!
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By skinnyrunner on 04.29.10 11:53 am | Permalink
Roasted cauliflower is easily my favorite thing ever plus it’s so quick to make. Love!
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By Andrea (Off Her Cork) on 04.29.10 12:01 pm | Permalink
This looks fantastic! Roasted cauliflower is amazing. Great dinner. And hooray for almossst the weekend
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By Erica on 04.29.10 12:13 pm | Permalink
SEEING AS HOW I JUST FINISHED OFF YOUR LEFTOVERS, I CAN CONFIRM THIS MEAL WAS AMAZING!!!!
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By kristin on 04.29.10 1:51 pm | Permalink
haha you are too cute! both those recipes sound awesome, MMM. time for lunch i think
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By katecooks on 04.29.10 3:05 pm | Permalink
I love Indian food, but I feel like when I make it at home, it just isn’t as good! That looks fantastic though! .. and this is total creeper mode, but I was looking at your pictures page, and the first one outside of your brothers old apt in Cbus, was that on Norwich? I’m pretty sure thats my same apt building! freaky small world
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By Caroline on 04.29.10 3:45 pm | Permalink
are we sisters?
b/c that’s the recipe i plucked from Cooking Light too… AND with almost all the same “tweaks”!!
YUM
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By susan (stepping off the coaster) on 04.29.10 3:58 pm | Permalink
Wow girl – this looks AWESOME!!!!!!
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By Lisa (bakebikeblog) on 04.29.10 7:31 pm | Permalink
Double woot woot, I had this on my ‘to make’ list and wasn’t sure about it.
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By emily on 04.29.10 7:58 pm | Permalink
I am the same way; I can never follow a recipe and always substitute things.
That balsamic cauliflower looks really tasty. I love roasting veggies.
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By Lee on 04.29.10 10:37 pm | Permalink
I made this exact Indian dish a few weeks back, I really enjoyed it and come to think of it have some leftovers in the freezer… I need to dig those out soon, they were so yummy!
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By Stephanie on 04.30.10 9:28 am | Permalink
Love your awesome meals! You go girl!
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By The Healthy Hostess on 04.30.10 10:52 am | Permalink
That tofu dish looks awesome! I love spicy food…I had thai food last night for dinner and my mouth was on fire for a good hour afterward, amazing!
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