Tofu and vegetable skewers

Recipes~Plus

Cooking time: Less than 15 minutes

Healthy options: Healthy; Vegetarian

Serves: 8

Type: Budget; Easy; Family

Tools

Kitchen friendly view

Ingredients

2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon sesame oil
350g firm tofu, cut into 2.5cm dice
200g punnet grape or cherry tomatoes
150g button mushrooms
2 zucchini, thickly sliced
1 bunch large spring onions, trimmed and halved
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
Cooking oil spray
Salad greens, to serve

Preparation method

1. Combine soy sauce, garlic and oil in a bowl. Add tofu; marinate for 5 minutes. Drain, reserving marinade. Thread tofu and vegetables onto 12 wooden skewers. Baste with reserved marinade; sprinkle with sesame seeds.

2. Lightly spray skewers with olive oil. Cook under a preheated oven-grill, in a char-grill pan or on the barbecue for 5 minutes, turning often, until vegetables are tender. Serve immediately with salad.

TIPS: Soak wooden or bamboo skewers in water at least 30 minutes before using.

Also in this section

Tofu and red cabbage salad

Tofu mayonnaise

Tofu schnitzel with potato wedges

Roast vegetable salad with tofu pesto mayonnaise

More inspiration

Traditional FocacciaI recently put the call out to my social media people, what they thought the most popular food of the nineties was and I received a resounding “Focaccia”. Of course! Who can forget the ol’ sun dried...

Hopetoun Tea Rooms' pavlovaFlavours of Melbourne is a locally sourced cookbook-come-city guide for all things food related in Victoria's capital. Bursting with almost 400 pages of photography from the streets, laneways...

Nine-year-old food critic grades her school lunchesA nine-year-old school girl in Scotland has become a blogging sensation after posting reviews of her school lunches on the internet.

Recipe finder