eat more tofu

Smoothies are a good way to hide tofu taste!

Tofu with my “F11” (I don’t know what the name is… just the ordering number) at Madam Mam’s. Tofu in my Pad Thai at Pei Wei. Tofu on my salad at Blue Dahlia Bistro.

My favorite tofu dishes so far are at Mr. Natural, Pei Wei and Veggie Heaven. Madam Mam’s tofu isn’t that great, but it’s tolerable. The tofu at Blue Dahlia Bistro was awful (cold and wet), but the salad it was on was wonderful, so it wasn’t a total waste of a meal.

I guess I should take the next step and make a tofu dish at home. My friend Brian has told me a few times how to cook with it.

I had “Lucky Seven.”

7 fried tofu balls made of celery, carrots, chestnut, vegetable protein, and breadcrumbs are cooked with broccoli, baby bok choy, cauliflower, carrots, napa cabbage, onion and garlic in a slightly sweet and spicy red sauce.

The sauce was much to soupy for my liking, but the tofu balls were very tasty.

Mr. Natural has great tofu dishes. At lunch (with Brian), I had tofu and sunflower seed tamales and a tofu and black bean gordita. Very, very good, and didn’t weigh me down like it would have if it contained meat.

Lately, I’ve been choosing tofu when I go to Pei Wei or Madam Mam’s. I’m starting to prefer it in some dishes.

There’s a vegetarian restaurant in Austin called Mr. Natural that has very good tofu and sunflower seed tamales, too. I haven’t been there in a long time. I hope I remember to suggest it to Brian this week.

I really should start posting every time I eat tofu.

I recently tried Tofu Parmesean (basically, the exact same as chicken parmesean, but with tofu) from www.recipezaar.com and it was pretty super yummy.

For Thanskgiving I’m making Tofu Pumpkin Pudding (same website, actually Tofu Pumpkin Pie, but I’m ditching the crust).

So Easy. And SOO good.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 tomato, chopped
• 1 cucumber, seeded and chopped
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
• 1/4 cup canned kidney beans, drained
• 1/4 cup diced firm tofu
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
• 1/4 cup balsamic vinaigrette salad dressing
• salt and pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS:
toss with balsamic vinaigrette salad dressing, and season
with salt and pepper.

1. In a large bowl, combine the tomato, cucumber, red onion,kidney beans, tofu, and basil. Just before serving,

tofu is actually pretty good, if you can find creative ways to cook it. i didn’t care that much for tofu growing up, but now i think it’s pretty good. plus, the nutritional value is motivating, too.

tips 4 veg. low carbers
and also this book

“For most vegetarian athletes, meeting recommendations for protein (1.2 g/kg/d) can easily be accomplished through eating beans, legumes, soy meats, whey/soy protein powder, soy milk, yogurt, nuts, and low-fat cheeses.”
full article
I’m not sure about this, cus proteins in beans are wrapped in fibres so not easily acessible eg. usable. Maybe i could log in my food for a couple of days and see…