10-23-2007, 12:02 AM

So I was at the store the other day, and I saw some tofu. I decided it was so weird that I had to buy it. Now I want to eat it, but I don't know what to do with it.

It's firm tofu by the way...
Anyone have any good suggestions for me?

10-23-2007, 12:18 AM

Oh jeez...there is a world of things you can do with tofu. I don't use it much when I cook, but I believe firm tofu is used mostly for stir-fry type dishes.

If you've never had tofu before, it tastes pretty much like nothing. However, it absorbs flavor wonderfully. Try different things with it. Do a quick stir-fry with vegetables and tofu, done in soy sauce, garlic, and ginger.

10-23-2007, 12:24 AM

I'll have to give it a try. I'm really hungry, so I'll try about anything.

10-23-2007, 12:27 AM

Stir fry it with a bit of oil and some garlic, perhaps other vegetables. Onions, peas (in the pods), carrots would all be good choices.

//edit
Doh, got beat to it while being distracted and working on ten things at once

10-23-2007, 12:29 AM

It's ok. I still appreciate the suggestion.

10-23-2007, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by Geeky1

Stir fry it with a bit of oil and some garlic, perhaps other vegetables. Onions, peas (in the pods), carrots would all be good choices.

Yeah, those vegetables sound great

You really should use soy sauce though. Like I said, tofu does not have much taste. I'm getting hungry...

Good luck with that. Hope it turns out well

10-23-2007, 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by Jeff

So I was at the store the other day, and I saw some tofu. I decided it was so weird that I had to buy it. Now I want to eat it, but I don't know what to do with it.

It's firm tofu by the way...
Anyone have any good suggestions for me?

Its also nice not cooked, cut yourself a 1inch cube, in a small dish, a bit of soy sauce on top, some Japanese garlic on top, or if you can find it try "miyogo" thinly sliced, a little crushed ginger and some thinly sliced onion. Very Japanese style and very testy.

10-23-2007, 12:48 AM

Originally Posted by hartrick

Its also nice not cooked, cut yourself a 1inch cube, in a small dish, a bit of soy sauce on top, some Japanese garlic on top, or if you can find it try "miyogo" thinly sliced, a little crushed ginger and some thinly sliced onion. Very Japanese style and very testy.

That sounds so good. I'm going shopping tomorrow and will pick some of that stuff up

10-23-2007, 03:17 AM

CB, your avatar looks like a shot of you trying out the tofu!

10-23-2007, 04:00 AM

i would never eat tofu. i only eat natural food... like hotdogs

10-23-2007, 04:15 AM

Originally Posted by hartrick

Its also nice not cooked, cut yourself a 1inch cube, in a small dish, a bit of soy sauce on top, some Japanese garlic on top, or if you can find it try "miyogo" thinly sliced, a little crushed ginger and some thinly sliced onion. Very Japanese style and very testy.

as a first time tofu attempt i dont think i'd go that route....

my favorite tofu recipe:
one block firm tofu
one package tofutti cream cheese
one block frozen spinich
one box of large shells
your favorite pasta sauce
little garlic (fresh or powder)
onion

a) mince onion and garlic
b)cry
c)drain and sqeeze water out of tofu
d)saute onion and garlic on frying pan
e)add tofu and start mashing --should resemble scrambled eggs
f) stop cooking when begins to turn brown, do not burn at all
g) microwave spinich while tofu is cooking
h)mix all ingredients together(obviously dont include the shells
i)salt and pepper to taste
j)cook shells 3/4 of way
k)insert tofu mixture into shells
l)lay on pan lined with sauce
m)pour more sauce on top
n)bake in oven (remember all of your ingredients are not dead animals so nothing needs to be cooked to any certain temperature, you are just getting everything hot)
o)eat and dont tell your friends you are eating a completely vegetarian/vegan meal until after you are done

i also enjoy making tofu 'cheese' cake
stir fry's (i suggest small cubes)
grilled tofu sammich's
fried tofu sammich's
i tend to mix tofu into anything that could potentially contain dead animals, aka pasta sauce, 'meat'loaf's, etc......

tofu scramble!!!!! best meal ever....it is like scrambled eggs.
1/2 block tofu
any veggies you want that go well with breakfast
slice/mash/and cook in frying pan until hot
season to taste

-chris

10-23-2007, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by fleurya

CB, your avatar looks like a shot of you trying out the tofu!

I think it was spaghetti, but I don't really remember