Thai Peanut Salad with Marinated Tempeh

Let me just say, right up front, that there's NOTHING authentically Thai about this salad at all.  I just gave it this name, because I marinated the tempeh in the sauce from my Sesame Peanut Noodles.  However, authentic or not, it was mighty tasty and very filling.  It made for a great post workout lunch, because I was starving!

Tempeh Bacon

I've got an undying love for tempeh.  I could eat it every single day of my life, and I'm always looking for new ways to prepare it.  Thus the TLT was born!

Tempeh Bacon

Ingredients:

• 1/2 block tempeh
• 2 TBSP maple syrup
• 1 TBSP olive oil
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• dash cayenne
• 1 TBSP liquid smoke
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
•  Olive oil for pan

Directions:

1. Very thinly slice tempeh
2. Combine all ingredients in a shallow dish
3. Soak tempeh in marinade for 30 minutes
4. Turn sauté pan on high and mist with olive oil
5. Lay tempeh flat on skillet in a single layer
6. Drizzle excess marinade onto skillet
7. Cook for one minute and then flip
8. Cook for another minute until both sides are crisped and brown
9. Cool on parchment paper

Put it on some nice whole grain bread with a fresh tomato and some Romain lettuce, and voilà, a quick, easy, tasty, very healthy lunch option!

Enjoy!