Bar BQ Grills

Why? Because I cooked tofu on the grill today.

Rememberthose “friends” of mine and their monthly “On Our Grills 4Ingredient Challenge”? 

Yeah, I hate them.  Okay, hate might be a strong word but I'm certainly not fond of whoever picked this month's ingredients.  (I kid, we bust each other's chops a lot.)

Tofu

Peas

Potatoes

Cheese (ormelon, depending which e-mail you read)

Tofu? Seriously. My first thought was to just grill it and drench it inBBQ sauce. But when I was buying tofu at the store I found anItalian sausage style tofu and thought I could make a vegetarianlasagna.

I sliced thepotatoes thin on a mandolin and used that instead of lasagna noodles. I layered them on the bottom of a greased disposable pan and toppedwith some red pesto sauce. Next was sliced tofu, green pepper andonions. I topped it all with mozzarella and smoked cheddar cheesethen repeated. 

Then one more layer of potatoes, pesto and cheese.

I coveredwith foil and cooked on my Big Green Egg at 325f for 45 minutes. Ihad it set up like a convection oven (plate setter, legs up).

Meanwhile, Iused the peas to make The Hungry Housewife's Jumping For Joy PhillyPeas which have bacon. You know if I'm having a vegetarian main course then I am having meat in my side dish, right?

After the 45minutes passed, I took the foil off of the lasagna and let it go 10more minutes.

I let itcool and then served it with garlic bread.

First thepositives. The peas were creamy and every bit as delicious as Lesliesaid they would be. The lasagna LOOKED good and I thought it was acreative use of the ingredients.

But I didnot like the lasagna and it was easily my least favorite dish of2011. That's the ups and downs of this challenge. If you keeptrying things you've never had or done before, you're going to havesome bumps along the way.

Don't let myfailure deter you from checking out what the rest of the gang came upwith. This should be interesting.... (click the title to view their blog or website).

Paul Haight started his blog inJanuary,2009 as a way to record the author’s goal of cookingoutdoors at least once a week throughout the year and showing theresults to the world. Somewhere along the way things got out ofcontrol.

Bob Fukishima began his blog inAugust,2009 with the intent of sharing his views on food and drink.The blog was originally focused on BBQ and homebrew,but it wasinevitable that the influences of his upbringing in the San FranciscoBay Area and it’s wealth of ingredients,as well as his heritage asan American of Japanese ancestry would help focus his blog,as it hashis approach to food and drink.

Started in March,2010 by MarcVan Der Wouw as a way to document his journey to better and healthiereating. The grill has a special place in Marc’s heart. Everythinghe makes is an adventure. 

Jerry Russell starting CookingBy The Seat Of My Pants as a way to document our culinarymisadventures. Since then it has become our way to encourage peopleto cook without boundaries or recipes. To just get in the kitchen andcook something from the heart.

Larry Gaian started his blog in2007,initially to document the author’s quest to find the perfectbackyard BBQ experience. Since that time The BBQ Grail has become oneof the more popular BBQ blogs on the internet.