{"id":4468,"date":"2012-10-17T11:15:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T17:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/wordpress\/?p=4468"},"modified":"2013-08-07T14:16:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T14:16:48","slug":"how-to-tofu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/e\/how-to-tofu\/","title":{"rendered":"How To&#8230;Tofu!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I like cooking with tofu.\u00a0 I know many people think of the 70\u2019s when they think of tofu\u2014hippies and funky foods.\u00a0 No so much anymore!\u00a0 Tofu is one of those incredible foods that can fit in almost any recipe!\u00a0 I have taught \u201cCooking with Soy\u201d classes in the past, and will do so again next year.\u00a0 Over 16 years at the Extension Office, I have amassed an entire collection of soy recipes.\u00a0 I spent a long time perusing said file, and chose the \u201cGood for You Muffins\u201d recipe, because it reminded me of fall.\u00a0 Cinnamon, carrots, whole wheat flour\u2014all fall type ingredients!<\/p>\n<p>I prepared this recipe at work in the Home Economics kitchen.\u00a0 Our meeting room was full of about 100 people, and the smells drove them crazy!\u00a0 They were super easy to mix up, and cooked quickly.\u00a0 I was incredibly surprised how light and fluffy they were\u2014the consistency of angel food cake.\u00a0 The flavor was very mild\u2014when I make them again, I will add more spices\u2014I like lots of cinnamon and nutmeg.\u00a0 A little ginger would be great too!\u00a0 I did not frost them, as I felt it would take away from their healthful flavors.\u00a0 Everyone who tasted them thought they were terrific!\u00a0 I had one staff member state she took two, because she had heard soy was good for menopause!\u00a0 Yeah dietitians!\u00a0 Someone is actually listening to us!<\/p>\n<p>This recipe would work wonderfully as a snack after school for kids\u2014and they could easily help prepare them.\u00a0 I also think they would be good with a squash soup!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/October-2012-040.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"October 2012 040\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/October-2012-040-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good For You Muffins<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 cup honey<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup soybean oil<\/li>\n<li>8 ounces silken tofu, drained and cut up<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp lemon juice<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp vanilla<\/li>\n<li>2 cups whole wheat flour<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp baking soda<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1 cup finely shredded carrots<\/li>\n<li>1 cup chopped walnuts<\/li>\n<li>Frosting (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ina blender container, combine eggs, honey, oil, tofu, lemon juice and vanilla.\u00a0 Cover and blend until smooth.\u00a0 In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, soda and cinnamon.\u00a0 Add blended mixture, stirring just until combined.\u00a0 Fold in carrots and nuts.\u00a0 Spoon into greased or baking cups lined with 2-1\/2 inch liners.\u00a0 Bake in a 350 degrees oven for 20-25 minutes until done.\u00a0 Remove and serve warm for muffins, or cool and frost for cupcakes.\u00a0 Makes about 24 muffins or cupcakes.<\/p>\n<p>Frosting:\u00a0 Combine 8 ounces of cream cheese, softened; 2 tablespoons honey; and 3 teaspoons vanilla., beating until smooth. Frost.\u00a0 Store frosted cupcakes in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n<p>Each cupcake without frosting is 168 calories, 9 gm fat, 18 mg cholesterol and 77 mg sodium.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the generosity of The Soyfoods Council, I am able to offer a contest, where the winner will receive a free Soyfoods Cookbook!\u00a0 It is VERY easy to enter!\u00a0 Just send me your favorite soy recipe in the comment section, and a winner will be chosen at random before Halloween.\u00a0 So get those favorite recipes out\u2014and send one off to me!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/small-soy-image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"small soy image\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/small-soy-image.png\" width=\"197\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more terrific recipes from the Nutritional Experts involved in Recipe Redux\u2014Check here!<br \/>\n<!-- start InLinkz script --><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inlinkz.com\/wpview.php?id=196950\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.inlinkz.com\/wpImg.php?id=196950\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!-- end InLinkz script --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like cooking with tofu.\u00a0 I know many people think of the 70\u2019s when they think of tofu\u2014hippies and funky foods.\u00a0 No so much anymore!\u00a0 Tofu is one of those incredible foods that can fit in almost any recipe!\u00a0 I have taught \u201cCooking with Soy\u201d classes in the past, and will do so again next year.\u00a0 Over 16 years at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/e\/how-to-tofu\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,780,551],"tags":[1090,663,626,49,154,59,76,60,145,212,51,193,67,664,572,123,91,1094,159,160,1092,665,666,280],"class_list":["post-4468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e","category-nutrition-2","category-h","tag-breakfast","tag-breast-cancer","tag-carrots","tag-children","tag-cookbook","tag-cooking","tag-family","tag-family-meals","tag-healthy-eating","tag-healthy-meals","tag-kids","tag-meal-planning","tag-meatless-meals","tag-menopause","tag-muffins","tag-nutrition","tag-picky-eaters","tag-h","tag-recipes","tag-saving-money","tag-soy","tag-soyfoods-council","tag-tofu","tag-womens-health","cat-42-id","cat-780-id","cat-551-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/October-2012-038.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4468"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7545,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4468\/revisions\/7545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}