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out of the blue here...
Why am I finding it so difficult to cook with tofu?
Yet again I attempted to make tofu-scrambler for breakfast and I can never get it right!!! It always ends up RUNNY. How does tofu even end up runny?!
I'm starting to think I'm mentally slow.

 

mm, i'm cooking dinner for our (vegetarian) flat tonight.

we are having rosemary and sea salt wedges, as well as kidney bean kiev (you make like a mash out of cooked kidney beans, along with wholemeal breadcrumbs, celery, onion or leek, spices. Then you make it into 4 or so patties, fill the patties with a wedge of garlic butter/vegan marge, coat them in breadcrumbs and cook until golden. It's so incedibly filling, great winter food )

 

Kosher gelatin is not necessarily vegetarian. It may be made from plant based ingredients, or it may simply just be made with cow instead of pig. I don't know enough about kosher law to know if it's kosher to combine meat-based gelatin with dairy.

Applies+oranges - Are you draining and pressing your tofu? If not, that would explain why it's runny. To press tofu, you place it in a clean towel (I line the towel with a couple of paper towels, put it on a dinner plate and carefully stack the rest of the dinner plates in the cupboard on top. Tofu should be pressed for AT LEAST fifteen minutes, and preferably for an hour before use with most recipes, including tofu scramble.

 

Today:
Breakfast - Fruit smoothie
Snack - Banana
Lunch - Raw veggies and baked pita chips with hummus
late afternoon snack -
Dinner - Chipotle lime marinated tofu stew with summer squash and bell papers over rice. Maybe some steamed kale.

Tomorrow:
Breakfast - Optimum Slim cereal with rice milk and a banana.
Snack - Two tangerines.
Lunch - Leftover tofu stew from dinner.
Late afternoon snack - 1/2 cup mixed nuts.
Dinner - Rustic pasta with mushroom marinara and spinich.

 

Wow, I feel like an idiot. No, i haven't pressed or drained the tofu. That would explain a lot. I'm new to cooking with tofu, actually I'm new to cooking period. lol, most of the time I have been veg I have been getting dry mixes and/or frozen products. I recently decided to take up cooking, because I'm getting sick of eating pre-made meals.

I suppose I'll have to try your method of pressing tofu next time I try to cook with it, I'm sure it will end up tasting better than anything I've made so far has... nothing can be as terrible as what I've already attempted to make with tofu.

I've had tofu at restaurants and in other pre-made dishes and it was delicious, but everytime I get my hands on tofu and try to screw with it, it ends up horrible. Thanks for the tip, I'll let you know how it goes!!

 

Don't feel bad. It's not like the package has directions for pressing the tofu on it. It took me a long time to become proficient with tofu, and I used to get paid to cook.

 

Today I made an arabian Lentilsoup. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. YUMMY!

 

one more food to add that I tried that is DELICIOUS
by Thai Kitchen
Mushroom flavored Rice Noodle Soup

I could eat it every single day.

 

Fried Zucchini , Taco Soup and Blueberries

 

yesterday I had baked yellow squash for lunch....which was extremely good. I'm baking cinnamon bread right now, so soon I'll be eating cinnamon bread.

 

drumminmama i used extra firm, however i didnt press...
im so new to cooking

 

im eating golden grahams.. yumm

 

im eating vita wheats.. yummy yummy
I gota lentil and mushroom stew cooking on the stove!

 

well im just making home made muesli for the family and then later im making tomato and herb bread maybe with garlic havent decided if its a garlic day yet lol

 

man oh man, I usually don't like the taste of plain soy milk, but I just got some vanilla flavoured, sweetened soy that is YUMMIER than any flavoured milk you could buy at a supermarket