Don't know what to do w/ tofu!

shanna5

I bought a package of soft tofu to try. I put it on my salad and it was fine. Now I have this whole container and don't know what else to do with it, besides put on a salad! What else can I do with tofu??

Newmammaluv

put it in soup, put it in a smoothie... cube it and mix it with fresh fruit.... its kinda like half way between cream cheese and yogurt... get creative.

kje2011

Add it to a chicken enchilada casserole.
I haven't done a lot with tofu yet - but looking for recipes. It does take on the taste of whatever you add to your food like spices etc.Good luck and enjoy.

acridrabbit

I don't usually buy soft tofu for salads - baked (firm) tofu is nicer for that purpose. But soft tofu is great for tofu scramble and for smoothies. Soft tofu is also frequently used to make vegan versions of things like ricotta cheese, for making vegan lasagna. It can also be used to make vegan quiche and pudding.

When in doubt, I find just putting the ingredient plus the word "recipe" into Google (or your search engine of choice) is very helpful.

antfefe6

I hear on the show Madern Marvels that Tofu absorbs whatever you are cooking. I don't know if that is true though.

Dawntodusk

The Japanese way: finely grate a bit of fresh ginger, cut nori (seaweed "paper") into small strips, finely chop scallions and sprinkle all of the above in layers on top of a square of tofu precut into small cubes. Pour soy sauce over it and eat it with rice. Other than putting it into miso soup, this is the only way I eat soft (silken) tofu. (I also add bonito flakes - dried fish flakes which you can find in any Asian market.)

For the firmer variety, it's great cubed in any kind of Chinese stir fry or Thai curry. Just use it instead of meat.

ruhimaach

Cut tofu into small cubes, cut some green, red and yellow peppers, cut some onions. Next, sprinkle some salt, pepper, whatever other spicy herbs you got on everything. Spray some diluted oil all over it and broil it in oven at 350F for 15-20 mins. You can eat it as a separate dish or eat it with some rice

I use tofu in place of paneer (Indian cottage cheese) to make paneer masala at home. I'm not sure if you have any Indian spices. But if you do, Google some "Paneer masala" recipe online and you can substitute paneer with tofu

duffylinn

Betheny Frankel's recipes:

mash it up add light mayo or some non fat greek yogurt, salt pepper and capers OR mash it up with a little light mayo and some pesto. you can spread it on sprouted whole wheat toast or top on top of some baby greens and tomatoes.

shanna5

Thnks for all the good ideas, I had no idea what to do with it!

jessmomof3

Thnks for all the good ideas, I had no idea what to do with it!

Try adding it to a stir fry. Use whatever veggies you like (peppers, onions, mushrooms, celery, bean sprouts...) in a little olive oil and add some garlic and ginger and whatever spices you like.

Dawntodusk

Cut tofu into small cubes, cut some green, red and yellow peppers, cut some onions. Next, sprinkle some salt, pepper, whatever other spicy herbs you got on everything. Spray some diluted oil all over it and broil it in oven at 350F for 15-20 mins. You can eat it as a separate dish or eat it with some rice

That's sounds really good! Do you use the firm kind for this?

ruhimaach

Cut tofu into small cubes, cut some green, red and yellow peppers, cut some onions. Next, sprinkle some salt, pepper, whatever other spicy herbs you got on everything. Spray some diluted oil all over it and broil it in oven at 350F for 15-20 mins. You can eat it as a separate dish or eat it with some rice

That's sounds really good! Do you use the firm kind for this?

Sorry it took me so long to come back to this thread. Yes, I do use the firm kind of tofu. You need to drain out all the water. I usually cook using paneer (Indian version of tofu, made using milk), but it's easy to substitute it with tofu. Please feel free to message me if you need more help with the recipe

Matchamatcha

This is easier to do with firm tofu, but you can also do it with soft tofu if you're gentle.

Slice into 1cm thick rectangles, so like 1cmx5cmx3cm (sorry if that sounds ridiculously over-precise, but I just mean thereabouts, since I'm not sure how big of a container you're making them from). Then to the side in a little bowl mix a spice mix (pref one that's just herbs/spices and not salt) like for example moroccan spice, with some flour/corn flour, gently turn the tofu over in the mix (you won't need to use an oil to make it stick since tofu is moist), and then pan fry with a little bit of oil. You can use it in a sandwich instead of meat, it's really yummy! Or cut it a bit smaller and have on top of a salad.

I also like Dawntodusk's idea about the Japanese tofu. That's really nice, I've had that before also.

raychybabe

I made deluxe cocoa vegan tofu brownies the other day - divine!

if you want the recipie, message me as i don thave it online, only in a book. They're probabaly not low in fat, but they are vegan so probabaly a bit healthier than usual!

DancingFox

I just scramble mine in a pan with some veggies, salt, pepper and a little bit of low-fat cheese and have that in the morning instead of eggs. Yum!

Valtishia

I don't know about the soft stuff.. but I can tell you the firm one is super yummy on the BBQ.