Dinner for One

so what do i eat when the ole fiance is away? your looking at it. hmm what it is? yeah good question. basically its the "what do i have in the frig and what can be made in about 20 minutes before i just eat cookies and cereal for dinner" recipe. i escape from work, head to the gym for a bit then come home starving and not interested in baking, broiling, simmering, whisking or anything extra curricular in nature. but what i can tolerate at moments like this is steaming and a quick saute. so here we are, 20 minutes later noshing down on a one bowl meal of cracked wheat, sautéed tofu, zucchini, carrots (fresh from my parent's organic louisiana back yard - yeah be jealous, you should be) and a handful of parsley - stems and all (i can't be bothered to cut off just the leaves, please). oh and a few sprinkles of homemade res el hanout and some sea salt.

ras el hanout is a mediterranean spice blend with such delicious things like ginger, cumin, clove, allspice and cinnamon. i use it on almost anything really, especially baked veggies. but really it works well with tofu. all i do is heat some oil in a pan, add some chopped tofu, sprinkle the ras el hanout and the rest is magic! and i think i am finally taking a break from my whole wheat couscous affair and moving on to a new obsession with cracked wheat.