Love-Dynasty

The musings of a chick in her mid-20s living in NYC. NYC + food + fitness + art + Ted Talk fanaticism+ random = this blog.

3 Quick Tips for Using Pinterest

Pinterest is the new hot social media medium in town, and you don’t want to be left out. Pinterest and Instagram reveal just how visuals are, and you can make it work for you in a couple of steps!

1. Stand out:

While things are far from being old on Pinterest, it’s certainly harder to stand out. A little known fact is that you can make your pictures as vertically long as you want (See pic on left!). Also, try making quotes (See pic on right) or combining pictures to stand out amongst the crowd. The key is in design. So, even with quotes, make sure to put in some effort to style it!

2. Pinning Strategies: Curate the hottest pins out there across various interests to attract an immediate following.

3. Engagement: Follow others and engage your followers. Re-pin interesting things that your followers post and leave relevant comments.

General Tso Tofu Recipe

When I first went vegan, I didn’t think I’d ever have my former favorite dish ever again. Tofu and I had met before, but we decided at the time that it just wasn’t a good fit…Yet, we met again. At a Chinese restaurant, I noticed my former fave Chinese dish in vegetarian rendition, and I had to give it a try! I barely recognized my former tofu all jazzed up in a crispy coating and fancy sauce, but that night I vowed to never give tofu the cold shoulder again. Soy is a treat for me. I don’t eat it regularly. Also, eating this dish out in restaurants would give me grave headaches, so I decided to be bold and make my own! Join me in sweet fried tofu glory!

In Chinese, I’d say to 请你吃饭: Qing ni chi fan, which means to please eat your meal!

Recipe: General Tso Tofu

Ingredients

  • 1 package regular tofu (I used Organic from Trader Joes)
  • 3-4 tbsps. corn starch
  • 1/4 c. of cooking oil for frying (Used Safflower oil; I’m no deep fryer, so I shallow pan’ed it)
  • 5 tbsps. of Trader Joe’s Soyaki Sauce
  • dash of vinegar
  • a pinch of chili flakes
  • Optional: dash of hot sauce to taste
  • Optional: chopped scallions
  • Optional: sesame seeds

Ingredients

1.Cut the tofu into 1-inch cubes.

2. Place in a bowl and coat evenly in corn starch.

3. Heat the oil.

4. Once heated, toss in the tofu. Fry until golden on each side.

5. Set fried tofu aside in a paper towel to drain.

6. Either clean up the oil or use another pan to heat up sauce (vinegar, Soyaki, pepper flakes, hot sauce, scallions, sesame seeds, etc.).

7. Heat the sauce and then toss in the tofu, coating it lightly.

8. Enjoy! I paired mine with steamed broccoli, cauliflower, and quinoa.


*Image courtesy of Traveling Together.

lirillith:

Everybody knows about the TVTropes-trap.  Pixiv’s “people who bookmarked this also bookmarked” has a similar drown-you-in-tabs effect, and somehow I found myself drowning in tabs of gorgeous original fantasy-setting artwork. 

Which is a great problem to have, really.  These are both by 六七質.  And have some direct links to spring and fall.