Breanne's tofu question

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Hi, Breanne and quick veg group. I'm a newbie too and this is my first post, but

I'm a longtime vegetarian and committed tofu eater. If you're new to tofu, try

the extra firm kind first. Try a stirfry. Slice it in thick pieces (1/4 inch or

so) and marinate it the night before or even only 20 minutes before (I use red

cooking wine, minced garlic and ginger, and a sauce, either soy sauce, hoisin or

veggie oyster sauce; you can also add a veggie soup stock for more volume of

marinating liquid). Be generous with the garlic and ginger. Cook the tofu before

the rest of the stirfry by adding oil to a wok or pan that is warmed on medium

to medium high heat, laying the tofu in gently, and leaving it till it's brown

on one side, then turning. Remove tofu, rinse out pan, then proceed with any

stirfry recipe, using tofu instead of meat and using your marinade to make the

gravy. For extra flavour, add some hot sauce (such as Sri Racha sauce, the one

with the rooster

on it) at the end.

 

Alternately: bake or fry the marinated tofu alone and smother in sauce made with

onions and cornstarch and the marinade. Make a vegetable side dish.

 

There is a lot more you can do with tofu, but this is my most frequent approach.

 

Daisy

 

--- On Thu, 8/7/08, Breanne Finney <breanne.finney wrote:

 

Breanne Finney <breanne.finney

Re: Welcome to all the newbies

 

Thursday, August 7, 2008, 4:16 PM

 

Sorry I haven't been to active after joining, my internet went down for a

while and just came back on...I had about 300 emails! Anyways, my name is

Breanne and I live on in Fort Richardson in Alaska (right outside of Anchorage).

We have a Natural Pantry but unfortunately for us everything here in Alaska

costs a ton. (At least compared to what I am used to, and the produce is never

too good) I have been trying to become vegetarian for a while now, I don't

really consume a whole lot of dairy as it is now so I was thinking I might as

well go vegan...The only dairy I eat is cheese, I don't like eggs or even

honey and I can't stand milk. (I got my kids addicted to Silk). We

haven't been able to do it because my husband refused to let me buy meat

replacement products and even a wide variety of vegetables (not too good for our

kids). My main question would be the uses of the different types of tofu, I have

never used it before and I am completely lost about how

to go about using it. If anyone could help me with that I would be most

grateful! Thank you all and I look forward to conversing, learning and sharing

with all of you!

 

 

 

 

DonnaLilacFlower <thelilacflower

 

Wednesday, August 6, 2008 5:01:56 PM

Welcome to all the newbies