Inspiration...But No Proof

So I found inspiration yesterday- I flipped through Bryanna Clark Grogan's Nonna's Italian Kitchen and Jae Steele's Get It Ripe and was ready for something different.  I'm glad I prepped nearly everything for tonight's dinner in advance, because I didn't count on waking up and feeling really crappy.  After spending most (all) of the day on the couch, it was a relief to have dinner practically already made.  Otherwise it would have been a pizza night for sure.

Here's what I did yesterday:

• I marinated some tofu overnight in wine, tomato paste, garlic and Italian herbs.  
• I cut the broccoli and mixed up a lemon, Earth Balance and salt sauce.
• I mixed up the "No-fredo" sauce for the pasta (I added a cornstarch slurry to thicken it- Thought it was a bit thin prepared according to the recipe).

So tonight all that was left was:

• Put the tofu in the oven to bake.
• Steam the broccoli over the boiling water for the pasta, cook the pasta.
• Heat the sauce.
• Pour lemon-butter sauce on broccoli and no-fredo sauce on pasta.  
• Serve.

Super easy!  I didn't even have to get out my cutting board.  I wish I had photos, but after this little bit of off-the-couch-effort, I was pretty beat.  The kids kept saying, "Are you sure you don't want to take a picture of this?"   I think another night of rest and I'll be back in business.