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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Terry Edwards" data-source="post: 1243004" data-attributes="member: 10978">Vegetarian for 10 years and going strong.  My two cents on your situation is this.  Most people limit their culinary horizons by centering meals around meat.  After becoming vegetarian you're freed from the predetermined box of societal dietary routine.  This can lead to some absolutely wonderful new methods of preparing food (that are available to meat eaters but rarely explored).  Take the opportunity and order vegetarian meals in Indian, chinese, middle eastern or other restaraunts, what you eat out will inspire you in the kitchen.I guess this would be my four cents.  It took a long time before I learned to properly cook tofu so here's a tip.  Rinse tofu and cut into 1/2ish inch slices then press between a towel to remove excess moisture.  Cut the tofu into smaller pieces, I prefer triangles but do what you like.  Heat a large non-stick pan to med-high heat.  Pour a tablespoon or so of oil into the pan, only use oils with a high smoke point like peanut oil.  Add the tofu immediately after the oil arranged in a single layer.  Allow it to cook until golden then flip it over and cook the other side.  When it is cooked I like to add a bit of flavor, a tablespoon each of tamari, rice vinegar and brown sugar makes for a tasty glaze, just add it to the pan and stir with the tofu until absorbed then remove the tofu from the pan while you cook your vegetables (or whatever else is going with the tofu). My six cents...falafel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</blockquote>

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