The mother of all tofu presses.



My giant press, or as I like to call it, "my medieval tofu tower"!

 When my family eats tofu, we eat tofu.  As a result, the internet-bought tofu press I'd ordered from England just wasn't cutting it.  Don't get me wrong, the tofu tasted fine, but there just wasn't enough of it for four bean curd enthusiasts.  In comes MHH (My Hot Husband), my resident McGiver.  After a thorough explanation of the problem ('honey - if you want tofu, you gotta build a contraption to press the stuff that comes out of the soymilk maker') MHH got to work in the shed.  Wonderful things had come out of the shed before, so I had every reason to believe that this time would be no different. And sure enough, with the help of four wood planks, a couple of nails and an electric drill, MHH's creative talents gave birth to a new, family-size (okay, giant), tofu press!




The tofu press that drarfs all others

 If you peruse the internet for tofu press making instructions, you'll notice that one can get very fancy (notice I didn't say anal, but I could have), but I assure you that, aesthetics aside, my rustic-looking barely-sanded-down suitcase sized press works like a charm.  In the photo, I made a rather small hunk of tofu, using only 4liters of homemade soymilk, but I have in the past made twice the amount in one go.  The end result is so delicious, I can leave the tofu out on a plate with a salt shaker and a knife nearby, and my five year old bimba who normally pecks at food like birds do, will walk by and help herself to a big chunck. You know you're doing something right when your kid chooses tofu over cookies :)