I always keep Quinoa. Like Cat, I found it to be very expensive at Kroger (the Walmart here doesn't even carry it) so I started ordering mine off "nutsonline". You can buy up at 5 lbs at a time, and they have a gazillion other awesome things you may want to try too. Quinoa is fantastic. Love it with red beans and also with garlic sauteed veggies. If I eat much of it often, I get bored of it quick, but you can even do a morning cereal with cooked quinoa. It's quite versatile.
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"Be what you're looking for."
"The next time you're thinking of kicking someone when they're down, offer them your hand and help them back up instead."
The Wally had only one brand of tofu "Nasoya" which worked out good cause that's what I had a $1.00 coupon for.However, they had only extra firm and super firm and had no silken or "not so firm" lol. I got the extra firm to try in the lasagna, but will have to find the silken to try the spinach dip. Gonna try Kroger I suppose. Darn Wally........
"Be what you're looking for."
"The next time you're thinking of kicking someone when they're down, offer them your hand and help them back up instead."
I lost my tofu virginity......
And I really enjoyed it.
I made a variation of a recipe I found on AllRecipes for a Spinach Quiche. This required blending the tofu up with soy milk (I used skim milk) and then mixing it with all the other ingredients.
I love spinach artichoke dip....but the alfredo in it is supa fattening, so this is a GREAT variation. I'm impressed.
Now....haven't attempted the lasagna yet. But I'm looking for other good tofu recipes, so if you all know of any good ones, post em up on the recipe board for me!
"Be what you're looking for."
"The next time you're thinking of kicking someone when they're down, offer them your hand and help them back up instead."
My mother served a lot of tofu. My favorite was "Pork Tofu". It has pork, tofu, carrots, onions, mushrooms, and watercress in a slightly sweet shoyu based sauce. In Hawaii, you can get big watercress, I love it but haven't found anything like it here in California. Pork Tofu wouldn't be the same without it.
I also like silken tofu raw, just cut it in cubes, top with minced green onions, grated fresh ginger, shoyu and a dash of togarashi pepper. Yum Yum - but my hubby hates it
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Having been a vegetarian at one time and having teens who are vegan, quite a bit of tofu flows through my home. You can press the liquid out, freeze it, thaw it and drain it and then cube it to use it in stews and such - somehow it seems to have a nicer texture for that use then and to hold more flavor. I've uaed it that way making green chili - use the tofu instead of pork.
We can only learn to love by loving. - Iris Mudoch, British writer
I forget the tofu brand I usually get (Asia World Market 10 min from my house) but I LOVE IT! If it's good enough quality (which this stuff is, and cheap to boot) then you can eat it plain with a simple drizzle of toasted sesame oil (mouth watering.....ghlaaaa). You can also use it as a substitute for cream or cheese in fatty meals and deserts. If you get the silky soft tofu you can blitz it with a blender stick or quisenart and use as you would a whole fat heavy cream. Look up recipes on youtube for tofu pudding, tofu ice cream, tofu creme brulee, tofu cheesecake, and a LOT more. There are a bunch of good ones. The results are simply stunning but it all depends on the quality of the tofu. As long as its good, you're finished product will be out of this world amazing and low cal/fat!
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