I-Tofu iyindlela ehlukile yokudla inyama, yingakho isemenyu ejwayelekile yabantu abadla inyama kanye nemifino, yize abanye abantu bengenza kahle ukufaka lo mthombo wamaprotheni ekudleni kwabo, ngoba kulula futhi ukupheka futhi unamafutha amancane . La maphuzu amathathu azokusiza ukuthi wazi kangcono i-tofu ukuqala ukujabulela zonke izinzuzo zayo.
Uma uzame ezinye izindlela zenyama ezinjenge-tempeh noma i-saitan futhi awukuthandi ukuthungwa kwayo okusanhlamvu nokunambitheka okuncane komhlaba, kufanele wazi ukuthi i-tofu ihluke ngokuphelele. Lokhu kudla ithambile futhi iyathambile futhi ithatha ukunambitheka kwezithako ezihambisana nayo epuletini.
Kukhona ama-tofus wokuvumelana okuhlukile (ithambile, ijwayelekile, inzima futhi inzima ngokwengeziwe), ngakho-ke uma ungeyena umlandeli wokuthungwa kwejeli, ungakhetha ezimbili zokugcina. Enye inzuzo ye-tofu enzima ukuthi inikeza inani eliphakeme lamaprotheni ngokusebenza ngakunye uma kuqhathaniswa nalawo athambile. Ukuze ukwenze kuqinise futhi kube lula ukumunca amasoso nokugqoka, qiniseka ukuthi usula amanzi amaningi ngokuwomisa kahle.
I-Tofu ayidingi ukuphekwa, okuthile okwenza kube ngumthombo wamaprotheni osheshayo futhi olula. Ingadliwa ingaphekiwe njengoba siyithenga, yize kungakuhle ukuthi siyimende ngomkhumbi bese siyigcina esiqandisini ukuyifaka kamuva kumasaladi nakumasemishi noma siyisike ibe izingcezu ukuyifaka kumasobho, ama-quiches, amasoso kanye ne-pasta. Kuthatha isikhathi esincane futhi siqinisekisa i-tofu emnandi isonto lonke. Singayisebenzisa futhi ukulungiselela ama-smoothies nama-mousses.