Bacon and Spinach wrapped tofu - Menu item #9

Ok gang, this was probably the MOST bizarre combination of ingredients we've played with to date!  Our first ingredient was tofu.  Bacon soon followed.  To make it healthy (haha) we through in some spinach.  So here's how it went......

In olive oil, we sauteed onion, fresh garlic, mushrooms, and tossed in the spinach at the end to lightly saute the spinach.  We spread that over the bottom of a baking dish.  Then we drizzled a sauce of mayo, minced garlic, and Sriracha hot chili sauce.

Then on to the tofu.  We cut extra firm tofu into large size french fries, wrapping each with fresh spinach leaves and bacon.  Securing both ends with toothpicks.  This is really hard to do and it doesn't look pretty.  Trust us, it'll taste amazing!  Those were placed on the spinach mixture in the pan.  More of the hot sauce was drizzled over each tofu strip.

Bake at 350 for approximately 25 minutes (or one bottle of wine), until the bacon looks almost done.  Then top with slices of swiss cheese.  Bake approximately 10 minutes until the cheese starts melting, then add pine nuts and finish cooking for about 5 minutes.

Remove and let sit to meld flavors and cool off....and more wine.  ;-)

We both started out thinking there is no way this would even be edible.  We were astounded at how good it turned out.  We even used the left over sauce for a little dipping.  YUM!!!!