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15+ Silken Tofu Recipes — Savory and Sweet

January 1, 2021 By Nava Atlas Leave a Comment

Here’s a tasty selection of silken tofu recipes, including soups, pastas, pizzas, and desserts, and more. Discover the versatility of this variety of tofu.

Silken tofu is available in 14- to 16-ounce tubs or 12.3 ounce aseptic cartons. I like to keep a few of the latter on hand at all times, as they’re shelf stable. They can be kept in the pantry for quite a long time — up to a year. Look for a best-used-by-date on the carton.

Silken tofu is ideal for: Soft and smooth, silken tofu ideal to puree and use as a base for soups, dips, and sauces. It also makes wonderfully creamy dessert puddings and pie fillings.

Carrot Soup with Sage and Mint

December 31, 2020 By Elisa Spungen Bildner & Rob Bildner Leave a Comment

Warm and nourishing in the chill of winter, or cold and refreshing in the heat of summer, this versatile carrot soup with sage and mint is welcome at the table year-round.

This recipe, from The Berkshires Farm Table Cookbook, was contributed by Woven Roots Farm in Tyringham, Massachusetts, whose mission is stated as “Nurturing the soil that nourishes our community through no-till, hand-scale, regenerative agricultural practices, CSA membership, and education.”

Vegan French Onion Soup

December 30, 2020 By Nava Atlas Leave a Comment

Vegan French onion soup is a plant-based spin on the French classic, complete with with crusty bread and melted cheese.

In traditional French onion soup, the non-vegan ingredient is beef broth, but we work around that by using dark miso or a veggie bouillon base. Just a tablespoon or two of these flavor-packed products gives the soup a robust broth, and eliminates the need for further salting.

Miso: A traditional Asian food, miso is fermented soybean paste with a pleasantly pungent and salty flavor. there are many varieties, including hatcho and mugi (the darker varieties) and mellow white miso. For this soup, the darker varieties are best, but if you have mellow white miso on hand, the soup won’t suffer at all!

Vegan Chocolate Mousse Pie

December 30, 2020 By Nava Atlas Leave a Comment

Silken tofu is the secret to this vegan chocolate mousse pie —it has just the right consistency to create a smooth and creamy texture.

Your choice of crust: If you’re more ambitious, use your favorite homemade pastry or cookie crust. Otherwise, any good-quality prepared plant-based pastry or graham cracker crust works fine.

Only 5 essential ingredients:

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