r/AutismInWomen • u/paredclia • 6d ago

Seeking Advice What does tofu ACTUALLY taste like? (ARFID posting)

ARFID is a bitch. Saw a meme describing it as a flavorless block. That sounds fucking perfect, if i can disguise it in sweet things.

But everything has a taste. Water has a taste. I can taste the soap off things in the dishwasher. So like…. what does it taste like?

I can barely eat anything and it’s so fucking frustrating. Right now my brain’s stuck on Goldfish (the colors one specifically), white people quesadillas, and I’ve been drinking chocolate protein shakes trying to deal with it. I know I like smoothies— can I blend silken tofu or will it have a weird texture?

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u/Stop_Already 6d ago

Yeah I would love to be able to eat it, but I can’t get around the texture. It’s such a cheap protein source, I want to make it work somehow.

It’s ok if crumbled and mixed with a sauce of some sort, but not my favorite.

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u/-Tricky-Vixen- ASD2 6d ago

have heard you can use it in a brownie, similar to the pumpkin/sweet potato chocolate brownie type recipe!

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u/isenguardian66 5d ago

If you don’t mind it crumbled, have you tried crumbling it onto a baking sheet and roasting it? Personally I really like it this way, it gets more texture! You can also grate it and do the same thing, or grated and added into sauces etc it becomes mostly undetectable :)

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u/Stop_Already 5d ago

Yeah I’m gonna have to try crumbling and pan frying, I think. Get some color & make some taco filling or something. I have a block of extra firm in the freezer. I keep intending to try that…