Thursday, July 3, 2025

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Sun theme and Tofu with Garlic Chives

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date's 'Sun' theme! Rain is on an indefinite break.

I did a sunset to represent the theme.  It is an ACEO (2 1/2"x 3 1/2") acrylic on canvas.




For the Dinner Date I am showing a Tofu with Garlic Chives Stir Fry. My neighbour will often give me fresh cut garlic chives from his garden and this is one of the uses of it.


 Ingredients

1 block of medium firm tofu diced
2 tbs canola oil
3 cloves garlic minced
a handful of garlic chives rinsed and cut into 1 1/2" lengths
3 slices of fresh ginger 
3 cloves garlic minced

Sauce ingredients

1 tbs Chinese cooking wine
3-4 tbs soy sauce
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp white pepper
1/2 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp hot sauce (optional)

Instructions

Prepare the sauce and set aside
Saute ginger, garlic in canola oil
Add tofu, chives.  Then add sauce.  The dish is done when chives are wilted.



21 comments:

The Happy Whisk said...

YUMMMMMMMY!

Elkes Lebensglück said...

Your painting is so beautiful!
Delicious tofu prepared like this!
Hugs Elke

Iris Flavia said...

A sunset over the ocean is best!
Sadly one neighbor cooked with LOADS of garlic on the balcony - you had to go inside. Two summers long. Luckily they moved but ever since garlic (apart from garlic bread at the steakhouse) makes me run....
But I have tofu this week, too. Yum.

jabblog said...

Interesting recipe. I don't use tofu much - I should!

ellie said...

Awesome! thanks for the recipe. Perfect painting for July! Happy Thursday!

Caitlin&Megan said...

Very cool sunset! Great about the garlic chives. Looks so yummy!

Lucimar da Silva Moreira said...

Christine um bonito pôr do sol, que delicia o refogado, Christine bjs.

Angie's Recipes said...

Love garlic chives!

Gillena Cox said...

Happy Thursday
My sun
HERE

MUCH♡LOVE

Ananka said...

Lovely art and I love tofu. I eat it almost every day :-D

Anonymous said...

Yum.
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Liam Ryan said...

Cute sunshine. :)

Martha Jane Orlando said...

Your dish and your artwork look wonderful, Christine. Blessings!

DVArtist said...

Very pretty art and I haven't had a tofu dinner for a long time. Looks good.

LoveT. said...


The tofu looks delicious.

Wanda said...

Your painting and your dinner both look "fresh and sunny"

CheerfulMonk said...

I love the painting, and I like tofu. Would love to try the garlic chives.

Lowcarb team member said...

I like your art.
Thanks for sharing your recipe.

All the best Jan

My name is Erika. said...

Your tofu dish looks tasty, and nice sunset. Hope it was a super day Christine.

Tanza Erlambang said...

love tofu .... yummy

baili said...

Nice art and dish tasty