Tofu Scramble

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Let’s just dive straight into the tofu. If you love it, I do too! If you hate it, it might be because you need to do something different to it and soon you’ll find tofu can become pretty much anything you want it to, if you play around.

This has become one of my go-to breakfast recipes during the week. It takes about 10-15 minutes all in and makes two servings at a time. So, if it’s just you eating it, you can make two days of breakfast in one go. And you can easily make more or less if your families like it too.

Health Benefits: It packs more than 30 grams of protein which helps keeps you full during the day, has vitamin B12 in the nutritional yeast, important if you aren’t eating many animal products, includes anti-inflammatory spices such as turmeric, a dose of healthy fat with tahini and fiber with the spinach. If you need a high-protein, low carb, plant-based, packed with nutrients breakfast option, this is delicious!

Ingredients: 

• 1 block firm tofu (not soft!) I like the Heiwa brand which is organic, available at Whole Foods and from Maine! 

• 2 cups loosely packed spinach or any greens

• 1/4 tsp ground turmeric

• 1/2 tsp garlic powder 

• 1/2 tsp onion powder

• 1/2 tsp smoked paprika or regular paprika

• 1/2 tsp Kala Namak (this is Indian black salt and is what it makes it taste like eggs; it smells like sulfur. You can buy it on Amazon and while you can certainly skip this one, it makes a big difference and is a useful spice for giving things an egg flavor)

• 1 tablespoon tahini

• 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast

• 1/2 cup milk of choice (I used soy but oat works well too or any milk you like)

• Salt & Pepper to taste

• Everything But the Bagel Seasoning

• Hot Sauce

Instructions:

• Heat a pan over medium high heat with 1 tsp olive oil.

• Crumble tofu (with your hands or spatula) into scrambled egg-like pieces into the pan.

• Add spinach and sauté until the tofu is warm and spinach is wilted.

• Meanwhile, mix all the remaining ingredients in a bowl.

• Pour mixture into pan and stir gently until thickened to your desired texture.

• Enjoy! I top with Everything but the Bagel Seasoning and/or hot sauce.