If you're gentle while handling, cubes of it make a very nice addition to Japanese Miso Soup. In fact, quite a few Japanese restaurants use silken tofu to garnish this soup. The regular firmer types aren't really delicate enough to do a good Miso Soup justice.
Yeah, I was going to say smoothies.
I also make a vegan guacamole for when my vegan friend(s) stop in for drinks, snacks, or whatever:
GrumbleBee's Vegan Guacamole
16 oz silken tofu
1 ripe avocado
1 T lemon juice
1 clove garlic minced
1/4 t salt
1 T chopped cilantro
1 T finely chopped onion
Blend together and eat with nachos! Also good with roasted pita chips.
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You can also use it as a substitute for most dishes that use yogurt and sour cream. It won't have the same "tartness" as a sour cream/yogurt, but it's still quite nice. I actually prefer to make tzatziki with smooth/silken tofu instead of yogurt because then I can taste the cucumber and garlic better.
~GBee
I have made this with a thin layer of peanut butter on the bottom it is really, really good took me a while to find it it so you better make it
Recipe courtesy of Jennyema
This isn't cheesecake, but it is suprisingly good. You cant tell its tofu (i sense a trademark there!). I have also experimented with coconut.
TOFU CHOCOLATE PIE
1 prepared pie crust
12 oz semisweet chocolate
1 container (usually 15 oz) SILKEN tofu
Sugar or splenda, to taste (maybe 1/4-1/2 cup)
1t vanilla extract
MELT chocolate
POUR melted chocolate into bowl of food processor
DUMP tofu in, too
ADD vanilla
PROCESS till prety smooth
TASTE -- add sugar or splenda to taste
PROCESS some more
POUR into pie shell
REFRIGERATE for at least 2 or 3 hours
This isn't cheesecake, but it is suprisingly good. You cant tell its tofu (i sense a trademark there!). I have also experimented with coconut.
TOFU CHOCOLATE PIE
1 prepared pie crust
12 oz semisweet chocolate
1 container (usually 15 oz) SILKEN tofu
Sugar or splenda, to taste (maybe 1/4-1/2 cup)
1t vanilla extract
MELT chocolate
POUR melted chocolate into bowl of food processor
DUMP tofu in, too
ADD vanilla
PROCESS till prety smooth
TASTE -- add sugar or splenda to taste
PROCESS some more
POUR into pie shell
REFRIGERATE for at least 2 or 3 hours
Yeah, I was going to say smoothies.
I also make a vegan guacamole for when my vegan friend(s) stop in for drinks, snacks, or whatever:
GrumbleBee's Vegan Guacamole
16 oz silken tofu
1 ripe avocado
1 T lemon juice
1 clove garlic minced
1/4 t salt
1 T chopped cilantro
1 T finely chopped onion
Blend together and eat with nachos! Also good with roasted pita chips.
- - -
You can also use it as a substitute for most dishes that use yogurt and sour cream. It won't have the same "tartness" as a sour cream/yogurt, but it's still quite nice. I actually prefer to make tzatziki with smooth/silken tofu instead of yogurt because then I can taste the cucumber and garlic better.
~GBee