Tofu Recipes - McKinney,TX

Tofu in cut into bit size pieces in egg drop soup is yummy. I buy the firm tofu & drain off the excess liquid then it cut into squares & fry it w/veggies serve it w/jasmine rice.

My daughter in law is Vegan and has a really cool website with lots of recipes. vegobsession.com
Good for you for getting away from the pink slime ;)

Crunchy Tofu Nuggets
80 calories, 0.7 grams sugar, 1.7 grams fat, 11.8 grams carbohydrates, 3.5 grams protein
Who needs chicken nuggets when you can munch on nutritious tofu nuggets instead? These mealtime treats are easy to make and perfect for dipping into a variety of sauces. Our suggestion? A simply delicious vegan honey mustard spread made from 1 tsp. agave, 2 tbsp. mustard, and 1 tbsp. vegan mayo.

Ingredients:
1 pckg. firm tofu (frozen, thawed, and pressed)
1 c. unsweetened non-dairy milk
3 tbsp. vegetable bouillon
3 tbsp. mustard
1 c. panko bread crumbs
1 c. whole-wheat flour
Salt and pepper (optional)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Take your firm tofu (frozen, thawed, and pressed for better texture), and slice it into 1 in. cubes. Mix vegan “milk”, vegetable bouillon, and mustard together. Dip cubed tofu into the “milk” mixture. Roll it into whole-wheat flour. Dip into the milk mixture again. Roll in panko crumbs. Place onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Enjoy with your hot sauce, vegan ranch dressing, ketchup, mustard, etc.

Makes 16 nuggets.

Recipe provided by Veg Obsession

I'm fairly new at being a vegetarian, and I have found the book "Peas & Thank You" to be a great resource for vegetarian recipes. Quite a few of the recipes in the book use tofu. If you are going to be cooking a lot with tofu, I would recommend getting a tofu press. I have the TofuXpress. Many of the recipes using tofu require it to be pressed. I have used tofu to make a ricotta-like mix for vegan vegetable lasagna (recipe from Peas & Thank You), and there's also a great marinade in the book using hoisin sauce, soy sauce & ketchup. (It's in the Vegetarian Pad Thai recipe.) There's also a "Peas &Thank You" website with a lot of recipes, too. I love Vegetarian Times magazine & the HappyCow website & forum for vegetarian/vegan advice & recipes. I feel so much better & healthier since becoming a vegetarian, and it feels good to know that I'm feeding my family healthy foods. Also, since you are becoming a vegetarian, I would suggest eating organic produce as much as possible. Environment Working Group has a good website that can help you decide when (for which veggies & fruit)it's most important to buy organic. Good luck! Healthy eating!

Just replace any meat with tofu. Yeah, you can marinate it (some come pre-flavored). Like if you were making burgers, get veggie burgers. Chicken quesadillas, replace the chicken with tofu, just season it accordingly. Tofu and asian veggies and rice. Anything really, it's limitless and very practical.

Good luck with that, I went vegan for about 6 months to support my brother and omg it was the hardest time of my life, LOL!! I couldn't even use chicken broth for a soup base, it was nearly impossible!

There are lots of different kinds of tofu that pertains to texture and such, and what method of cooking it is best for.

I am not a huge tofu fan, my husband likes it cubed up and used in stir-fry... a very common beginner way to eat tofu. I like it fried.. lots of good recipes here:
http://pinterest.com/search/?q=fried+tofu

I was just looking at Sunset magazine today. The March 2012 issue has some great looking tofu recipes...you can go on their webpage to find these I believe. Grilled tofu, bacon and avocado sandwiches (with a ginger-soy marinade), Pressed tofu, roast duck, and broccolini stir fry, Tofu fries, Miso-glazed tofu with parsnips and the last one was Fresh herb and tofu curry. I'm going to try the curry recipe this next week - it looks very yummy. Normally, my favorite way to cook tofu is to marinate it, press it (to get out liquid and make it more firm), and fry it in oil till a little crisp on the outside. Then I serve it as the meat in whatever dish (stir fry or anything really). We don't do it too often, but it's always good. My friend used to marinade it and bake it. He'd make these little baked tasty squares that were awesome. I never got his recipe, but maybe you can find a recipe like that online.

Hot and sour soup- like the chinese restaurants make. I think there's a powered mix for this that you can add your own tofu to. My husband had this soup at restaurants for years, and it never dawned on him that there was tofu in it. And he thinks he doesn't like tofu.

Fried tofu- drain the extra moisture out of the tofu, then lightly coat in flour and fry. Add to a stir fry dish and serve over rice, or dip in teriyaki sauce like nuggets.

Tofu vegetable soup- 2 cups water, 1 bouillon cube, sprinkle of sesame oil and soy sauce. Add chopped tofu and vegetables (whatever you have such as onions, bell peppers, broccoli, shredded cabbage, baby bok choy, celery, carrots, mushrooms), microwave for about 5 minutes.

My favorite way to make tofu is is cut firm into squares and put into a ziplock bag then pour Annie's Natural Asian Sesame dressing/marinade in there. move it around to make sure its all coated then dump the whole bag into a hot frying pan and saute on all sides till golden brown. Great with rice and veggies, by itself, any which way! My toddler loves it this way too, bonus.