Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Pressing the Tofu

In my efforts to live a healthier lifestyle, I am trying to be a vegetarian.  Well a pseudo vegetarian.  I am not doing it because of any sort of animal rights thing.  In fact I love meat! Especially a big, thick, juicy, medium steak.  I am really focusing on eating more fruits, veggies, and whole grains.  Now if I go to someone's house for dinner and they serve meat, I will definitely eat it.  I wouldn't want to be rude.  If I was going to be a true vegetarian for life, I wouldn't but I know that I am not.  I am cutting it out for now and hoping that my body will no longer want as much as I want.  There is no science behind it as far as I know, just my messed up thinking. 

I have found some great vegetarian recipes with the help of my good friend pinterest. The one thing I can't figure out though is tofu.  I saw a really great recipe for baked tofu with peanut sauce. Well, it had a really yummy looking picture.  It said to press the tofu.  It said that if I didn't have a tofu press then to press it between two plates.  Then I was to slice the tofu and bake it.  I got about as far as getting the tofu out of the package before messing it up.  When I tried to press it between two plates, because pseudovegetarian's don't buy tofu presses, it all crumbled.  There was no slicing the crumbles.  So I stuck it in pan sprayed with PAM and tossed it with BBQ sauce.  Then I mixed it up with some pearl couscous.  I had no idea what the hell I was doing, but it turned out pretty good.  I really would like some baked tofu with peanut sauce if anyone can tell me how to press it.  Or better yet, just come press it for me.

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