I had half a pack of tofu leftover from when I made Pad Thai Monday evening, and I remembered reading something about how you can make a fake egg salad using diced and/or mashed tofu, so I set out to try it! I didn't have anything really special to add to it, so I went with the bare bones basics: (vegan) mayonnaise, yellow mustard and dill pickle relish. And you know what? It really does taste like an egg salad sandwich! I didn't think it would, but it really honest to God does. Enough so that even Brad, who hates tofu, gave it an enthusiastic thumbs up, and ate an entire sandwich. Hooray!
I'm particularly excited about this because I often want an egg salad sandwich, but don't want to fuss with boiling the eggs. I'm nothing if not impatient, and all the time it takes to boil the eggs, let them cool, and wrestle with peeling them (something I really find difficult, for some reason) is oftentimes just too much for me. But now I can have egg salad that not only fits within a vegan diet, but also is super fast and easy. Yes!
Pardon the really boring, lame picture, as I didn't have anything to spruce it up with right now. There's so much more you could add to this...some green or red onions, lettuce, sprouts, tomato, or whatever your little heart desires. But definitely give it a try if you have some leftover tofu. It's really good!
Fake Egg Salad
1/2 brick extra-firm tofu, drained
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tsp yellow mustard
1 Tbsp dill pickle relish
Dice tofu into 1/4-inch pieces. Using the tines of a fork, mash about one eighth of the tofu. Add remaining ingredients, combining thoroughly. Serve on bread with desired accoutrement. ; )
4 comments:
REALLY enjoy your blog. Found you through Natalie's website. My family is going to mostly vegetarian meals and I love all your ideas. We are cutting back to just one or two meat dishes a week. I was very inspired by your recipes. My husband is half Japanese and you have some amazing Asian dishes that I cant wait to try. Do you find that this is more expensive with this menu change for your family?
Anyway, I'll be back.
You know what? Honestly, we have saved SO much money by not buying meat! I was shocked! I really expected it to cost us a lot more, with the unusual ingredients we were using instead, but it's been so much cheaper. Meat is expensive! But beans, rice, tofu and such are really cheap! So yeah, that has been a pleasant surprise. : )
So glad you're enjoying my blog! Thanks!
four ingredients, one delightful sandwich. so what if your picture doesn't do it justice? nicely done.
Awesome! You should also try this one (it tastes like tuna believe it or not!):
1 15 oz can chickpeas
2 T Veganaise
1 tsp Dijon mustard
pinch salt/pepper
whatever crunchy veggies you have on hand (red onion, carrot, celery, etc)
Just mash up the chickpeas first and add the other ingredients. Truthfully, I'm not a huge fan of the taste of chickpeas but I love, love, love this chickpea salad. I usually put it between some wholegrain toast with sprouts and baby spinach.
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