Six Small Meals a Day, 250 cals each

[Blueberry]

Oak -

Very interesting - maybe I've been lucky? In any case - I always use the smell test first

[ny biker]

I eat margarine on my waffles every morning. It's supposedly made with yogurt, and I think the calories per serving are a bit lower than some other brands. My parents use margarine made with olive oil, but that brand isn't available here.

[tangentgirl]

Trader Joes makes a really good seasoned and baked tofu.

[sookiesue]

For a couple of quinoa recipes, check out the blog "101cookbooks" by Heidi Swanson. "Heather's quinoa" is easy and tasty, and could last a few days in the fridge if divided up into smaller portions. I've never bothered with roasting the tomatoes, but I'm sure that would be tasty. The "Double Broccoli quinoa" is great, too - but it might not be great for you depending on how broccoli affects you gassy-wise : ) You could skip the cream in the recipe or use silken tofu to make the pesto creamier.

She also has a recipe in her book "super natural everyday" for quinoa patties, if you can find it at a library. I found them a little bland (sounds like that would be good for you), but pretty tasty and easy to keep a bunch in the fridge for snacking. Seems like you could easily add in flavors that you like to make it suit your preferences.

Consider trying tempeh instead of tofu if you are looking for a non-meat protein. I find it easier to cook with because it stays firm and has a chewier texture, you can use it anywhere you'd use meat. I use it in burritos, chili, stir fry, everything when I want a protein blast. Again, you have to consider how this (and tofu, actually) would affect you, gassy-wise.

Best wishes and a speedy recovery to you.

[szsz]

Hey Roxy,
I actually prefer tempeh over tofu and what I do is cut it into cubes or strips and then marinate it (again with the white wine, but you could use soy sauce, or whatever flavors you like.) If cubed you can grill it on skewers and it is nice and "meaty." In strips I add it to a pasta dish or just some sort of sauce. Tempeh is also a soy product but it is fermented and less processed.

Garbanzo beans (canned, no salt, organic) are also a great easy meal, just heat up with some sort of tomato sauce.

As for tofu, there is a great brand made here locally in SD (named something like San Diego Tofu). I like to crumble it up and toss it in a pan with scallions, tomato -- whatever -- for a tofu scramble. The trick to tofu in this manner is to press the water out of it; wrap it in a couple of clean dishtowels and lean on it. Then it will crumble or slice nicely.

Whole foods has a sort of tofu scramble that they sell in the deli -- try a bit there to see if you like it.

[tangentgirl]

Man, for a carnivore, I sure know a lot about meat substitutes.

Roxy, the farmer's markets in the LA area have this Korean vegetarian food booth. It's as close to a chain as you'll get at a farmer's market - McTofu? They are at most markets I see, so I wonder if they have them over by you. Might be a SoCal thing?

Anyways, they have a few varieties of both tofu and tempeh, among other things. Dang good stuff. Probably nice if you need to mix it up.

Ok, off to microwave some veggie corndogs. Would it be wrong to dip them in leftover TG gravy?

[alexis_the_tiny]

I eat multiple little meals a day. My way of doing it is to nibble a little here and there. Some granola and yogurt here, a fruit there, some veggies, some pieces of chicken or fish somewhere in the day. At some point, I manage to cover all the major food groups in the entire day, usually eating one or two food groups at a time. If there's a meal, I usually eat about a third or half of it and save the rest for another day.

My mom does this thing where she crumbles firm tofu, mixes it with chopped water chestnuts, shitake mushrooms, carrots, spring onions, soy and some kind of binding agent, shapes them into little patties and deep fries them. You could probably do something similar, but pan fried in very little oil or baked, those things are real tasty. You can blitz silken tofu into a cream real easy, just drain all the water out and dump it in the blender. I like to add cocoa and honey in the blender for a chocolate pudding.