Guest guest Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Hi! I haven't worked much with tofu, because my DH hates the stuff. But I recently bought a package of tofu that is marinating in Italian spices and what looks like olive oil. Sounded good to me. But now that I have it home, what do I do with it? What is the best way to cook it? I'm on Weight Watchers, and trying not to fry anything, if possible, or to use as little oil as possible. Can anyone jump in here and give me some pointers? If this came with Mexican spices, I'd take it out and crumble it and fry it lightly and use it to stuff in a tortilla or taco shell, but it being Italian seasoning, I'm not sure what to do with it. Do I make little raviolis with it? Seems like an awful lot of work, but it can be done. I've made my own pasta before, and do a good job with it. But I was hoping for something a little easier to do with it. Thanks for any help you can give me. Annie, vegetarian beginning to turn vegan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Annie, hi. If you want to try something of a " tofu italiano " then you could drain the (I'm assuming " block " of) tofu, crumble gently and give it a quick saute in a non-stick skillet and then use it as if it were a " meat " with sauce over some pasta, seasoning additionally to taste. If you want the texture to be even more " meat-like " you might drain it well, then crumble it before freezing overnight, defrost, and again do the saute, etc. The freezing and thawing gives it a more meat-like quality. Good luck and hopefully enjoy the end results ! Dede Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 If it has been marinating you could just bake it and baste it in the marinade. , " Annie Littlewolf/Robin " <mkdebord wrote: > > Hi! I haven't worked much with tofu, because my DH hates the stuff. But I recently bought a package of tofu that is marinating in Italian spices and what looks like olive oil. Sounded good to me. But now that I have it home, what do I do with it? What is the best way to cook it? I'm on Weight Watchers, and trying not to fry anything, if possible, or to use as little oil as possible. Can anyone jump in here and give me some pointers? If this came with Mexican spices, I'd take it out and crumble it and fry it lightly and use it to stuff in a tortilla or taco shell, but it being Italian seasoning, I'm not sure what to do with it. > Do I make little raviolis with it? Seems like an awful lot of work, but it can be done. I've made my own pasta before, and do a good job with it. But I was hoping for something a little easier to do with it. > Thanks for any help you can give me. > Annie, vegetarian beginning to turn vegan > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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