Tofu

After discussions on meat substitutes, which to be fair started with the topic of Quorn, we finally bought and cooked tofu last week.  I have cooked with Quorn before but never tofu.  After some research, we discovered the differences and first of all tried to buy Quorn.  Both of us live near fairly large supermarkets but having never seen it in either, we decided to try the bio-food shop in the city (round the corner from Weightwatchers).  When the sales assistant looked at us blankly, we thought it best to leave our quest for Quorn and settle on tofu.

Now lots of people seem to have a problem with these vegetarian meat substitutes and I have no idea why (I'm looking at you Dad, Madlen, Wally!).  They are generally lower in fat and can easily be spiced up.  We found a great recipe through Weightwatchers for some tofu veggie burgers in pita bread and it was amazing!!  The mix of tastes and spices just made it a perfect meal.

I can't wait to try some more recipes with tofu now and hopefully convert a few people along the way!  The best bit?  After several 'discussions' about using up left over ingredients (Nico wanting to throw extra into the recipe and me insisting on watching my points and ending up throwing far too much in the bin), we made the burger mix for four portions and froze half of it!  So we always have some ready made for a quick delicious meal!