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"The kitchen sink" or: An asian inspired bbq tofu taco

I wish I had some chinese 5 spice for this, but I need to find a gluten free one and haven't yet, so for now this is what you get!: This is definitely one of my fave meals right now and I know a couple people have asked for the recipe, so FINALLY, here it is, thanks for being patient! Ingredients: 3 oz extra firm tofu 1 thin slice of red onion, chopped half seeded jalapeno handful lettuce 2 corn tortilla shells 2 tbls bbq sauce (gf/vegan) 1 tbls water 1 tbls hot sauce (I used frank's but prefer chalula) 1 tbls low sodium gf soy sauce 2 tbls tofutti sour cream 1 tsp sesame oil 2 tbls salsa .5 tsp garlic powder (Not salt as pictured!) .5 tsp crushed red pepper 'dash' of granulated onion .5 tsp cumin .5 tsp chili powder .5 tbls daiya flavor of your choice. All I had was mozzarella, but I prefer pepperjack Dir ections: Slice the tofu into thin rectangular slices chop red onion, jalapeno, and lettuce heat pan on medium heat, ...

Because even the beautiful people don't feel beautiful...

So, I was talking to a girl at work today, and I realized just how far I've come from being young and stupid and full of self-hate. This girl, she's lovely. She's 22, 5'3 and weighs 120 lbs and is just so beautiful. She found out how much weight I'd lost and that I was very interested in nutrition, and she started begging, BEGGING for weight loss info. She said she wants to have a lower bmi, she wants to weigh 100 lbs, and that her legs are fatter than her bf's. She said she currently eats 400-900 calories a day. She asked if she should cut down to 300-600. She said "please help me!" I told her I would; I told her I'd bring her the number of a good therapist and advised her to get a fatter boyfriend, hehe. I was only half joking. ;)  I could not believe it. She laughed and I said, "I doubt I'm the first person who has told you that." and she said she used to 'see someone' for food issues and that if I gave her a number she...