Hey, Where’s the Egg?!?
Afternoon, friends! Hope you’ve had a great day so far. Ours has been productive. My mom, Ryan and I took a 3 mile walk with the dogs this morning, and then Ryan and I headed to Relax the Back! He got a gift certificate for RTB from my parents for Christmas, so we wanted to order him a new desk chair before we head back up to PA this weekend. He has a lot of back problems, but he thinks that a lot of it is because of his old, no-support desk chair that he spends a TON of time at. Hopefully the new chair he ordered will make a big difference!
When we got home, it was lunch time. I decided to make something new: egg salad! Eggless egg salad, that is. This turned out pretty good! The recipe:
Eggless Egg Salad (enough for four big sammies)
1/2 block 18 oz. firm tofu
2 celery stalks, chopped
1/4 tsp. turmeric
1/4 tsp. paprika
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. tamari
1 tbsp. sweet relish (optional…but good!)
1 tbsp. Vegenaise
In a bowl, crumble the tofu with your hands into smallish chunks. Add the rest of the ingredients and stir well until everything is incorporated. Enjoy!
The line-up:
The salad:
The sandwich:
Doesn’t this pic look like a big mouth? Or is that just me? 
It was good! My mom ate it for lunch too, and she gave it two thumbs up. We were saying, one problem with vegetarian/vegan foods is that people insist on comparing them to their non-veg counterparts. Does a Boca burger taste like a big, juicy hamburger? No. But does it taste good? Yes! To me, it’s important to understand that, while a chickpea cutlet might not taste like a pork chop, it still tastes good in its own way.
In the same way, although I wouldn’t say that this tastes exactly like egg salad, it’s close enough, and it’s delicious regardless!
Hope you’re having a great day! See you for dinner tonight. I think we have plans to go see Up in the Air with one of my friends and her beau, so I don’t really know what dinner will hold for us.
See ya!
Have you finished the book yet? (I saw the movie, and now I want to read the book.) Have fun!
yummy! i love eggless egg salads and this looks like a good recipe.
You know, I think that’s what confuses meat-eaters. They expect that we should be craving the meat taste. I crave the Boca Burger or a lentil burger. That’s the taste I want. I have no desire for my food to really taste truly meaty. If it does, I typically dislike it to be honest.
You said it. While I strive to make the foods I love, mostly without meat, my husband complains. I tell him to think of it as something different. He is a good sport and usually ends up enjoying them all the same. Those cupcakes were out of hand btw!
That totally looks like a mouth.
I am interested to hear what you think of the movie. The reviews are good, but the previews look boring to me.
I heard that movie was great! Have fun!
Oooh…tell us what you think of the movie. I have heard such mixed reviews so I am anxious to see what you think!
yummy food!!!
I happen to adore veganaise. i have never had the purple label one you show, only the blue original and make my Homemade Vegan Slaw dressing that i post all the time about from it. It’s a total staple!
thx for popppin by my blog yesterday!
Another recipe I may have to try! I used to LOVE egg salad.
I have to agree – it is important as a vegan/vegetarian to remind people that our foods does not taste just like their, nor that we always want it to.
I have an AWESOME vegan choc cake recipe if you ever need it.
You are doing so well as a vegan Anna! Is it sticking? Are you loving it?
Looks sssoo tasty! love it!
It does look like a big mouth — I see it! The eggless egg salad looks 1) creative, 2) wonderful!
The RTB place sounds great! I want to replace my office chair!
Oh my gosh, must try this immediately!
I totally agree! Tofu should never be compared to chicken. Ever. Your “egg” salad looks really good