TofOO co. Scrambled Egg Vegan Substitute - interesting… [@NLi10]

 I’ve seen Vegan egg substitutes offered on menus in quite a few cafes, but never really paid much attention.  If I had to go vegan then the egg I’d miss would be the ones in cakes, as my partner doesn’t do well on eggy food we don’t tend to use them outside of baking anyway.

I figured this would be a nice way to try and see if we could put scrambled eggs back on the menu.

The TofOO Co. Say that they have tofu with taste and list all the wonderful things they’ve done to make it so.  I decided to only add things they’d suggested and not mix in butter and hot sauce as I’d do with the real things.

We did the fry up version, but then I added some garlic mayo to make it a little more exciting as it was much blander than I’d expected (just like real eggs).  I held off adding a massive amount of black pepper as it had black salt.  Seems that is for the sulphur taste/smell so I should have just gone ahead with the plan.

The packaging sounded like cat food so Flo had to be assured that it was neither cat food nor scrambled eggs.

Looks as terrible as real eggs would if you’d sealed them away.

Zapping it on the hob revealed more colours and that it was really just a bag of lovely crumbled tofu in a strange yellow stuff.  This was actually reassuring and the ‘white’ of the egg being made from great tofu actually made it less of a texture nightmare than I’d expected.

Popping it on top of sausage and mash (deconstructed) with some pesto worked pretty well for us.  My partner ate 4 spoonfuls and was satisfied that she doesn’t like egg even in its vegan form.

I however enjoyed it a lot more - but not to the extent that I’m planning to buy more.  I think that I’d add a load of seasoning, and then at that point I might as well just get some frozen tofu out of the freezer and season it myself.  It has reminded me how good tofu can be - and that this brand is one that can be trusted to provide decent quality basics for me to build on.

Morinaga Silken Firm Tofu (by @NLi10)

I got asked if I'd like to try some tofu. Seeing as I love soft fresh tofu I jumped at the chance! Turns  a brand I've had before - morinaga's mori-nu tofu in their distinctive and frankly superb packaging.

We also got sent a Jospeh Joseph chopping board which was really handy.

This folds up neatly so you can drain and chop and rinse all in one.

It's mechanism is so smooth that even arthritic old me can click and unclick without problems.

Cutting open the tofu unexpectedly attracted a kitten.

She was keen to see that it wasn't veggies

I slid out a section of the tofu and left the rest in the pack for another day.  As expected this is top quality stuff - a blank canvas with which to create all kinds of delights.

Today I was looking for quick and simple so I just threw a few quality things from the kitchen together. 

And Luna watched...

I shallow fried the tofu with this Schwartz Grill Mate. This is amazing with things like tofu or Quorn that adsorb the flavours. And because you can adjust the size of the flakes you can control it really well. This was a Christmas present and I'm certainly buying more but because it goes down so slowly when you don't use it as big flakes over steak this may last for ages!

Bam. Instant flavoured tofu.

In the background we have the Organic Edamame Spaghetti I've mentioned in passing before. This is just beans and water made into protein pasta and it's amazing. It's not that strongly flavoured and is more noodle-like really, but it works well. I accidentally used a bit too little today - maybe I was thinking of the seaweed.

I chopped up some sun dried tomatoes and called it a meal. Maybe a little small of a portion (we had pudding) but we both agreed it was a fab little meal and something that ember to buy veggies for and cook again.

As expected the tofu had great texture and we could have even made it firmer with freezing and extra draining. With the box still sealed at one end I can pop some sauce in there to marinade it for a zingier meal 2. It's real quick and versatile and with the totally sealed package I'm happy to have one ready for a special meal at a moments notice.