Sweet Garlic Broccoli Tofu Bowl combines crunchy broccoli with crispy tofu. Topped with a sweet garlic sauce, this bowl makes a satisfying dinner.

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I'm always looking for light, yet filling dinners. Especially during the summer, I don't want to eat a bunch of heavy meals. Plus, I want to make sure I give my stomach enough time to fully digest my food so I can sleep well. A dinner on the light side is just what I need. Enter: this Sweet Garlic Broccoli Tofu Bowl.

It's basically exactly what it sounds like. Broccoli and tofu with a delicious sweet garlic sauce. Yum.

This bowl is super simple to make, too. Don't be afraid of tofu if you've never cooked it before. It's not hard at all!

The key to good tofu is making sure it gets crispy. We'll achieve that with a high oven temperature. As long as you leave the tofu in the oven long enough it's almost impossible to not get a nice, crisp outside edge.

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Pressing Tofu

I'm getting ahead of myself, though. Before you cook the tofu, you'll need to press it. Tofu comes soaked in a lot of liquid, but it's basically flavorless. To infuse some of the flavor from the sweet garlic sauce, we need to press out the liquid inside the tofu.

If you have a tofu press, go ahead and use that. But if not, don't worry. Just wrap the block of tofu in some paper towels and set a heavy object on top of it. I used a pot filled with water. You can use cans of beans, books, or whatever you have laying around.

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How to make Sweet Garlic Broccoli Tofu Bowls

While the tofu is pressing, make the sweet garlic marinade. Combine liquid aminos, lemon juice, garlic powder, onion powder, tart cherry juice concentrate, sunflower seed butter, and date syrup. By leaving out some of the date syrup and sunflower seed butter we'll create a light marinade for the tofu.

Cut the tofu into squares and pour half the sweet garlic marinade over it. Let the tofu marinade while you chop the broccoli and slice some garlic.

On separate pans, bake the broccoli and tofu in the oven. Meanwhile, we'll add some additional date syrup and sunflower seed butter to the marinade to create a thicker sauce to top the bowl.

Once the broccoli and tofu come out of the oven, mix them together in a bowl and top with the newly thickened sauce. Enjoy this light, yet filling meal!

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Recipe Prayer

Thank you Lord for giving us healthy food to feed ourselves for dinner. Let us fuel our bodies so that we may do Your work. Amen.

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