Tofu! Who knew??

[MegInNOLA 531]

Y'all, I'm so excited. My husband loves Chinese food, and I love hot and sour Soup. However, as many of you know from reading my whiny rants on other threads, I have had a really hard time keeping food down--even things like soft-scrambled eggs.< /p>

So yesterday, we were near his favorite Chinese place, and we decided to eat dinner there; this was scary for me, since there's a VERY short list of things I seem to be able to tolerate, and I really didn't want to get sick in yet another restaurant bathroom (sorry if TMI). So I decided to just have the broth from a cup of soup and go from there. It was yummy, and I ate my couple of bites, tried some of the tofu in the soup broth, and loved it, AND it stayed down and felt good. I asked our waitress about possibly adding more tofu at home, and she said sure, sounded good.

We stopped on the way home and got some firm tofu, and I cut half the package up and put it into the leftover soup (probably around 1-1/2 c. of soup, since I didn't eat much of it). Today I got a slotted spoon and got out some of that "marinated" tofu, heated it up, and it was FANTASTIC!!! I was able to enjoy something really yummy, get some Protein, and not be sick!!!

Now I'm investigating good tofu recipes. Any of you vegetarian or semi-vegetarian types have good suggestions to share?

Thanks! I'm so much happier about things today. Amazing what being able to eat something does for one's mood.

Meg

[wishes 125]

Isn't it yummy? I used to love using my firm tofu with BBQ Sauce. I have to admit I couldn't let go of the sauce even when I was a vegetarian. I would press the tofu out on some paper towels and get rid of the moisture, and then I would baste it with bbq, bake it for about an hour or so in the oven on 350, and put it on a sandwich. You can do pretty much any thing with tofu. it absorbs flavors, try it with a couple of Salad Dressing and there ya go. Yummy tofu! It is also great in stir frys, but I don't know if you are doing veggies right now.

[MegInNOLA 531]

Sounds delish...might have to try it on the grill, too---didn't think about barbecue sauce. I did bring home some salsa from the local Mexican restaurant--they use a lot of cilantro, a flavor I love, and I thought I might marinate some tofu in that. Didn't think about salad dressing, for some reason! Thanks for the suggestions.

Meg

[MeMeMEEE 206]

I have made tofu chili and tofu stuffed shells before and my husband and kids loved it - I haven't tried it. As for the stuffed shells I mixed it with ricotta and covered with spaghetti sauce - you could easily leave it out of the shells. My understanding is tofu takes on the flavor of what it is cooked with.

[3636millie 3]

There is a web site called VegWeb.com. It has great recipes if you are vegetarian/vegan. There are a lot of awesome tofu recipes there!! There are also some good recipes on Allrecipes.com too.