For other tofu recipes, check out the United Soybean Board’s Soy Connection. My favorite marinated tofu recipes include this Asian marinade that I originally prepared with fish, as well as today’s lemon mustard herb marinade and my new easy tofu marinade with aged balsamic vinegar (coming to the blog soon). Tofu takes on whatever flavors you ask it to. I didn’t know that when my kids were young, but I’m so glad that I started them on tofu and edamame beans early in life! Other research suggests that soy is good for the heart, can be part of a healthy diet to prevent type 2 diabetes and could possibly even be good for fatty liver disease. Some research even suggests that eating soy foods in childhood and through puberty helps to prevent a woman’s risk for breast cancer later in life. Not so, says the American Institute for Cancer Research. You’ve probably heard that soy might increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer. Tofu is health boosting.There’s a lot of negative buzz about soy foods, but it’s not well founded. All the while, it’s quite low in sodium and saturated fat. Het geheim achter een geslaagde tofu marinade is misschien wel om de tofu een langere tijd in de marinade te laten marineren. It has iron, magnesium, potassium and sometimes a big dose of calcium too. Like other soy foods, the protein in tofu is complete, meaning it has all the amino acids you need to make muscle and other proteins within the body. Tofu gives us plant protein, vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. Once the marinated tofu is ready for the skillet, it’s on your dinner table in no time. And they both still eat it and cook it today. In fact, tofu was one of my daughters’ first finger foods. I’ll grant you that tofu is a little weird looking and that might make cooking it and eating it a bit intimidating. That tofu marinade was tasty the first time I tried it and perfect on the third try. I hunted around my kitchen again until I came up with a handful of ingredients to experiment with. In fact, this easy tofu marinade is one of my favorites.īy the way, one night more recently I was in the mood for balsamic tofu. I hunted around my kitchen, sniffed a bunch of spice bottles and settled on a winner.
Not that I’d even eaten that before, but I just knew it would be good! Lemon and mustard are two of my favorite flavors. One night for dinner, I really wanted a lemony-mustard tofu.
You can cook it with different ingredients each week to come up with an entirely different recipe. Marinated tofu is a great way to enjoy plant protein with your favorite flavors! Tofu lends itself to most any flavor experience you’re after.