Tofu Press

Tofu is a soy milky based food product that originated in China. Tofu produces coagulate soy milk, and then press the resulting curd into blocks. The end result is a white spongy brick that is often used in different dishes of Eastern Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine. In the past couple of decades, tofu's popularity and consumption base has widely expanded due to larger groups of natural food, vegetarian, and vegan consumers. Because tofu contains a high amount of protein it has effectively been substituted for and even replaced other meats like beef, poultry, and pork in the diets of consumers.

Many people enjoy tofu because it is extremely versatile and takes on the flavor of what it is cooked with. Unfortunately, many people do not buy tofu as often as they would like to because preparing it can become a bit involved and time consuming. A tofu press makes the tofu preparation time easier, less time consuming, and more manageable.

Save Time.  Without a tofu press, tofu preparation can take a long time.  Tofu comes packaged in water, and therefore must be drained and pressed so that it can both be incorporate with other foods properly, as well as absorb flavors and marinades.  Without a tofu press you have to manually extract the water, cube the tofu, and then marinade it.  A tofu press will allow you to do all three of these things at the same time, with less effort!

Save Money.  Because preparing tofu with a tofu press is time consuming, many health conscious shoppers buy the tofu prepackaged, cubed, and marinaded.  While there is nothing wrong with this, it certainly is a bit more expensive to do so.  Investing a tofu press will allow you to see gradual savings on your grocery bill buy just buying the tofu, and allowing the tofu press to do all of the hard work.

Better Food.  Tofu is an extremely versatile food.  It tends to take on the flavor of whatever it is served with.  As a result, the cooking/preparation possibilities of tofu are almost infinite!  One really great way to prepare tofu is with a flavorful marinade.  Both of the tofu presses featured below come with built in marinading features, so once the water is extracted from the tofu the marinade can soak right in as if the tofu were a sponge.

The pressto! tofu press was developed by the inventive and innovative community at quirky.com, a social product development community. The people behind the creation of the product were finding that they were spending too much time, money, and energy on their tofu and wanted an easy solution that would quickly press, cube, and marinade their tofu at one time.

The pressto! tofu press is a compact device that doesn't consume too much counter-top space, and should easily stow in cupboards when not in use.  It is constructed partially out of bamboo, and the rest from BPA free plastics, making the product both eco-friendly and health friendly.  All of the pieces and components of the pressto! are machine washable, and very durable, ensuring that your tofu press will last a long time and continue to bring you ease and quickness in the preparation of tofu.

The TofuXpress tofu press is similar in purpose to the pressto!, but differs in form and functionality.  While the pressto! is operated by downward force created by a person pressing down, the TofuXpress makes use of a spring-loaded mechanism to extract the water from the tofu.  The spring-loaded feature allows you to start the pressing process, place the tofu press (with tofu in it) in the refrigerator and go about your business.  When you come back, the tofu should be pressed, and ready to prepare.  While the TofuXpress does not come with a cubing feature, it does come with an easy to use marinading lid.

The TofuXpress saves valuable kitchen counter space coming in at only 5" L x 5" W x 5"H.  It's parts are all machine washable, and tested to be extremely durable.  One of the most remarkable things about the TofuXpress is that it is actually made and assembled in the United States.  The TofuXpress is also versatile in that it can be used for other processes, such as pressing cheese.  In addition to buying the TofuXpress, there are also other accessories available that will make the tofu press more usable and versatile.

The pressto! tofu press is currently exclusively available at only one website. It would normally retail for about $35, but it is currently discounted and available for the discount price of $29.99. If you are interested in buying the pressto! tofu press or even just learning a bit more about it and how it was created, visit the Quirky online store.

The TofuXpress and other tofu-related accessories are available for sale at large internet retailers like Amazon (see below for pictures and prices). One TofuXpress will cost you $36.95, but ordering two of them for $68.95 allows you to get a discount, and pass the time saving appliance on to a friend, or a family member.

If you like tofu, but hate taking the time to drain, cube, and marinade it, a tofu press will allow you to enjoy the soy delight on a more regular basis while saving you time and money, all while enriching your food with more flavor.