Now that I'm forced to become a vegetarian, how do I cook tofu?

I used to eat the stuff, but only eat whole foods these days - much better for us than all those concentrated soy beans in tofu. I'd even go so far to say that tofu isn't all that healthy. If you really must, just slice it thin, fry it in veg oil, herbs & spices or marinade in soya sauce. Tempeh is more flavoursome (not that I eat that either, but I used to a very long time ago for social occassions, etc). It's important to balance your intake of all the vegan food groups of vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, grains & legumes. If you get really stuck, one of the best ways is to take yourself out to a pure vegan eatery (retaurant, cafe, takeaway, etc) & look, smell & sample taste what they have on offer. Ask the owners for the recipe of anything you like & make it up at home. Every vegan restaurant I know both here & overseas is really happy to do that for you.. Many of these eateries won't be searchable online or in the yellow pages. Just make contact with your local veg*n society & they will have a full list of every single veg*n eatery in your locale, or check their website. All The Best.

I'm not veggie, but we eat a fair amount of tofu as we've friends who make soya products as a business. It's not my favourite stuff, but cooked well it can be quite tasty. The trick is cooking it well though as otherwise it's squishy and flavourless! You can marinade it in pretty much anything, but I find soy sauce is the best single ingredient. I usually use some chilli too. Peanut butter is also tasty. I tend to slice it very thin, then pop it some marinade for a while. Then I shallow fry it really hot to crisp it up, and lay it on the top of a rice or pasta with veggies type meal. Have fun experimenting.

If you like scrambled eggs my daughter used to make me cook things with tofu all the time you can dice the tofu up and scramble just like you would eggs I am waiting for my daugter to text me back for more ideals for you but she moved away from home and I know right now she might be busy with the kids but as soon as I hear from her I will send you more ideals what to do. Hang in there I will get back with you just waiting for her because I forgot oops my bad l.o.l.

Hey I am back to tell you I finally got a hold of my daughter and for the scrambled eggs with the tofu you need to put onion powder and tumeric with it. Hope this helps

The only time my daughter uses tofu is when she makes pumpkin pie. There are recipes on the internet.

yeah if you have some health problems you should eat light foods and vegetables, i dont know your country but in japan many people eat tofu in dinner time. so they have many kinds of sauces for tofu, i cant recommend you any because i dont know your country has it or not,sorry about it, but best way to eat tofu is cosing your eyes ;) just kidding but you know it never looks yummy you can eat with some vegetable and maybe some black pepper,it makes tofu tastier happy mylotting

Yes I agree it does look highly unappetizing, I had a friend who was always eating tofu, I think I remember how he served it, I know he ate a lot of pasta which goes well with tofu along with steamed vegetables to make it filling, if you add parmesan cheese and tomato sauce dependent on your preference. Stir fry is probably the most popular way of eating tofu or in a vegetable stew. I know he would recommend the fried tofu on a a bap or in bread with lettuce, tomato and if you like mayo to boost the flavour. He did try me on tofu but I didn't take to it to be honest.

Tofu is a wonderful food item. Do what I do when I start to cook with something new. Go on the Internet for instructions. I like firm tofu, and use that form the most.

Hi Dragon54u, do you mean you have to give up all meat? How about chicken? It is white meat, and generally healthier than red meat. As to your question of cooking tofu, the quickest and easiest is to make soup. You can get the miso soup powder from the supermarket, and just add tofu into it. Another easy soup to make is the tomato, and cabbage clear soup. You add in the tofu into the soup. If you can take egg, just add in one egg into the soup. This will be a very nutritious soup with low calorie content.

I'm supposed to eat tofu and other soy products, too, but one of the health newsletters I get tells me to avoid soy products because fluoride is used in their processing and that's not good for me. I'm almost afraid to brush my teeth with fluoride toothpaste. I forget what it's supposed to do to me, but I think it has something to do with getting senile. I tend to forget the details -- just what to avoid. No matter what one eats, some will say it's healthy and others that it's not.

Well, you can boil it first and put another seasons for tofu .. Usually my family put it with Chinese food likes capcay .. Capcay is one of chinese food and using tofu ,, capcay is 10 vegetables and mix it ,, it same like salad but you cook it first .. It's delicious ,, you can put spicy seasons for your tofu too .. googling for the recipes ,, you will not disappointed for the taste :)

my husband and i love tofu.. we just fried it and dip it in a sauce which consists of vinegar, soy sauce/, garlic and a little sugar you can also add onions if you want to.. my mother fried it a little and put it in a sauteed vegetables she just substitute meat and put tofu..