Anya
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posted on 26/2/2004 at 07:34 AM |
Yesterday I went to Lucy's Tofuhouse for lunch. I usually order the
Teriyaki Chicken Bowl, but this time, I decided to have Teriyaki Tofu
instead. I actually enjoyed it. It tasted like scrambled eggs with
teriyaki sauce and rice. It made me think about the tofu substitutions for
food for those who want to watch out for cholestrol or want to try out
vegetarian-friendly meals:
-A growing amount of Californian Asian resturants are willing to substitute
chicken for tofu. The texture is different from chicken, but I personally
like it (in fact, thinking about substituting three meat meals a week with
tofu).
-Substitute the eggs in fried rice with it (hopefully this is an idea for
those that're new vegans, assuming the other products are not animal
related).
-Bettie gave me a yummy recipe for vegan cheesecake a while back. The
majority of the substitutes here are replacing regular cheesecake with
tofutti cheesecake (along with having egg substitute instead of regular
eggs).
(NOTE: Tofu is actually VERY fatty, but fatty with the good fats. Like
good and bad cholestrol, there's good and bad fat. Another reason why I
suggest it for egg substitutions for those watching out for the fats and
cholestrol.)
This is all for now. I'm not a vegetarian or vegan myself, but I'm the
type that's willing to try almost any food at least once (except things
that'd instantly kill me, of course). Do not know if I am willing to
pursue the lifestyle or not, but I am willing to explore the veg-friendly
recipe's out there. In the mean time, I'd like to hear about other
tofu-related cuisines. Martha Stewart has a few, but I'm sure this site as
a whole has a lot more.
[Edited on 2/26/2004 by Anya] |
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feralucce
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posted on 3/3/2004 at 12:10 AM |
i know a substitue for tofu... meat ____________________ The earth turns on a tilted axis - just doing the best it can.
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Anonymous
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posted on 29/2/2004 at 01:56 PM |
http://www.nutritiondata.com/index.html
this is a good site to see what it is that you are really eating. if you
put in everything that you eat in a day as a "recipe" then get the
nutritional data on that "recipe" you can see where the fat really is and
what kinds and how much of all sorts of things you are either overdoing or
missing out on.
For everyone else, try it with your favorite "everything in" sandwich and
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Anya
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posted on 29/2/2004 at 08:29 AM |
Oh I plan to lose weight down the road. I only want to lose about 10 to 15
more lb. I'm not too much overweight, at least do not look like it. Some
people would suggest my weight is overweight, but I would like to think
some of the weight is muscle since I do not look overweight, at least not
too much of it (according to a lot of people, anyway- I can't stand looking
at myself in a mirror for I see a different person...makes me tempted to
start fasting, but that'd increase my chance of diabetes and would screw up
my metabolism big time). My weight loss requires a long-term diet, which
means cutting out some calories and using some of the methods you
mentioned.
I was asking for suggestions mainly because of the cholestrol problems. My
family has a history of it and I think substitutions here and there will
help. I know eating a lot of fibers will help, but I also know eating more
good fats and cholestrol will too. Tofu and a lot of [whole] wheat
products are actually fairly expensive (at least at the stores I go to)
with the new diets out there (except Jasmine white rice, of course) so it
wouldn't be a money-saving issue for me if I was to add more of that stuff
in my diet.
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callei
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posted on 28/2/2004 at 04:51 PM |
If you are doing it for health, i have to ask; do you have a reason to be
worried? have you had a bad test, are you more than 20 pounds overweight,
is there a history of heart problems in the family?
Or do you just want to live a more health life? Or want to save money?
If it is for health reasons, then it is important to know what it is that
you want to cut out. Oatmeal has been shown to help lower the bad
colesteral i think, and lowering your sodium intake (usually means cutting
out milk since it is so salty) are both usual things to do. If its a weigh
issue, then learning to eat smaller meals and not snack too much is often a
better way to lose weight. radically changing your diet to loose weight
usually jsut leads to later weight gain over the last high point.
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Anya
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posted on 28/2/2004 at 09:24 AM |
Those look like yummy recipe's. I'll check them out and even suggest a few
for my mom. She's a diabetic and I think a lot of the vegetable recipe's
will help her.
I would like to thank you all for your suggestions. Another reason why I
been looking for substitute recipe's is that I might temporarily try a veg
diet, just to step in the shoes of the actual vegetarians and vegans out
there. Otherwise, I think substituting some meat meals with tofu and other
plant products will help keep my cholestrol levels down. I been doing
around 60-80 minutes of walking a day (mainly to school and back) so that's
helped a lot; I lost around 5-10 lb over it (hard to tell when you have
water in your system for half of the month) and went down in one to two
sizes (damn factories are never consistant in women sizes).
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Merry_Widow
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posted on 28/2/2004 at 12:03 AM |
Bless you, MRD. That was driving me nuts. ____________________ Okay, dazzle me. |
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MystryssRavynDarque
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posted on 27/2/2004 at 11:58 PM |
M_W: Morningstar Farms ____________________ "People always say what we are looking for is a meaning for life…I don't
think that's what we're looking for. I think what we're looking for is the
experience of being alive." -Joseph Campbell |
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Domkitten
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posted on 27/2/2004 at 11:21 PM |
Like I tell most people when they ask me why I'm a vegetarian: Mostly to
irritate people.
As for subsituting things for tofu, portabella mushrooms are an excellent
tofu subsititue if you can't find tofu. If you can't afford portabella then
regular button mushrooms can be a very good tofu substitute.
As for substituting tofu for things, you really haven't experienced tofu
till you live in asia. You can actually buy tofu on the streets where I
live, from little old ladies who are also selling vegtables, and snakehead
fish. What a lovely country.
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Merry_Widow
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posted on 27/2/2004 at 10:22 PM |
Wow, Bettie, those sound really tasty. What's the name of the cook book
they came out of? ____________________ Okay, dazzle me. |
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bettie_x
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posted on 27/2/2004 at 09:14 PM |
K, off the "substitute meat" plan, if you want straight up nothing but
vegetables meals:
Stuffed Eggplant (eggplants sliced in half the long way, baked, scooped
out, and refilled with ALL KINDS of crazy good good stuff. Not very big,
but WAY filling)
Sweet Potato/Corn chowder
Portabello Mushrooms and Asparagus (soy sauce, bsalmic vinegar, and olive
oil brushed over the caps and broiled for 10 min SOOOOOO GOOOOD)
Those are just a few out of a recipe book that I've tried, and I would eat
them every friggin day if I had the time too cook them after work.
As for "fake meat" I honestly can't even remember exactly how meat TASTED,
and I know that it doesn't taste exactly like what I eat now, but it's not
the psychological thumb sucking that makes me eat it, not a DESIRE to eat
meat and going for it halfcocked, but the fact that a lot of it is
convenient "heat and eat" and way, way, way good. I can just pull it out
of the freezer, nuke it, stick it on a bun with some sauce and run. I try
to not LIVE off it cuz it's not ENTIRELY good to live off boca and pepsi,
but healthier than living off burgerking and pepsi. I try to make at least
4 home cooked all vegetable (tofu is included) dinners a week, and it seems
to keep me on top of things.
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Starlight
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posted on 27/2/2004 at 09:07 PM |
*tight hugs back to callei, mw & rogue* thanks guys, I needed the hugs
today. ____________________ "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never
tried before." ~Mae West
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Rogue
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posted on 27/2/2004 at 06:20 PM |
Half of it is delivery and half of it is reception, sorry for the stress.
*hugs* |
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Merry_Widow
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posted on 27/2/2004 at 05:15 PM |
*Hugs Starlight* I know how having things come out oddly can suck whole
loads. ____________________ Okay, dazzle me. |
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callei
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posted on 27/2/2004 at 05:02 PM |
GROUP HUG for starlight!!!!!!!
As the queen of typos, i can only say I totally understand. words can be
slippery things, like eels dipped in lube.
*hugs* ____________________ Real goths wear silver and crosses to keep the werewolves and vampires
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Starlight
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posted on 27/2/2004 at 04:14 PM |
I probably even worded the last post wrong somehow. I'm just having that
sort of day. I think I must need a hug or something. I don't know. ____________________ "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've
never
tried before." ~Mae West
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Starlight
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posted on 27/2/2004 at 04:10 PM |
Well hell fuck me for wording it wrong then.
Rogue: I was trying to say that you were not overthinking it.....AND that
you had a valid point. Apparently I worded it wrong and it sounded like I
was saying you hadn't thought it out very well. I didn't dismiss you.....I
was TRYING to agree with you.
I was also TRYING to give the several different reasons that I know people
use substitutes and I also do not ever try to posture about how this sort
of vegetarian is better than another sort of vegetarian.
Next time I'll make sure to double check how I word stuff a little
better.
My whole point in writing what I did was to agree with a few people on what
they wrote and when I saw the responses, I realized that I must have worded
everything wrong somehow.
____________________ "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've
never
tried before." ~Mae West
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Merry_Widow
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posted on 27/2/2004 at 09:23 AM |
Crud...what's the name of that brand that comes in the green box...I think
it has morning somewhere in the name. I remember I tried that once and was
pretty impressed with the taste and texture.
I'm an unapologetic carnivore, but my sister is a vegetarian. When I visit
her and she cooks, there is no meat. I remember one of the first times I
visited, she made a pasta sauce, and instead of putting meat in it, she
used lentils. I was wary until I tried it. It makes for a very satisfying
and filling sauce, and it tastes awesome. ____________________ Okay, dazzle me. |
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callei
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posted on 27/2/2004 at 09:18 AM |
I think most of us will agree that soya cheeze and chik burgers (or the
chick nuggets even) are very different things. Balogna is a bad thing no
matter what it pretends to be made of, so that fact that it tastes bad made
from soy doesnt obviate the fact that it tastes bad when its made of cow
lips.
chick'n with honey mustard, avocado slices, and wedges of tomatoe is soooo
goood ____________________ Real goths wear silver and crosses to keep the werewolves and
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Rogue
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posted on 27/2/2004 at 07:34 AM |
It's not just about posturing all the time, I just have known people who
seemed like their only reason for any lifestyle choice was to try and prove
they were better than others. Like I said, it is a kind of ideological
issue for me and I'm probably complicating it unnecessarily. My reasons
for avoiding meat, when I do, are the preparation methods and heaviness.
Besides, tofu Phad Khee Mao tastes better than shrimp or pork. The
substitutes I have tried were nasty, like the bologna or the cheese, and I
found I would rather have something that is made for its own merit and not
to mimic something else.
I'll shut up now. |
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