@Napoleon66 I do marinate my unflavoured tofu. I remove it from water, wrap it in kitchen paper and press or squeeze it to remove as much water as possible. take a long and low container, add 6 tbl of soy sauce ad 2 tbl of extra virgin olive oil, mix and deposit the tofu flat in it. Depending of the size of your typical bloc, you might do two layer.
This is my base and I will eat it as it is or cook/bake it.
Put 1 cup almonds, 2 tbs smoked paprika , onion powder, salt and mixed herbs in a blender until you get the texture of breadcrumbs.
Cut the marinated tofu in fingers, press them one by one in the crumbs on all sides and bake in the oven.
Even my non-vegan friends love them
A very important point. Any vegan pantry should have supplements. You NEED vitamin B12, you should add Vitamin D and plant sourced Omega 3. I thought I was mega smart and getting all my omega 3 s from flaxseeds, chia seeds and walnuts and blood test revealed I was dangerously low.
You must know where your nutrients are, in which food and how best to eat them to make sure you won't get malnourished. You must eat 1 brazil nut a day for your selenium, tofu is a very good source of calcium, spinach a very poor source of calcium because it is high in oxalate and it inhibits absorption, nutritional yeast is excellent for thiamine, one of the B vitamins.
The the cronometer.com website to track your nutritional intake. Don't focus on what your are NOT eating (the animal products) but on what you are eating. You don't need much of the micronutrients but you do need them. Seaweed for iodine, tempeh for zinc, spinach for potassium and manganese, and so on.
On my phone I bought the 5 Australian $ one off app wholesome as it has food recommendation and more polyphenol than chronometer, but it is less easy to see all the daily nutrients intake compared to chronometer.
Borrow from the library books on plant based/vegan nutrition. Brenda Davis is a good one and on youtube, if you look for the 1hour+ videos, you will also get a good starting point.