Friday, January 28, 2011

Tofu "meat" muffins with sauce (and great mock meat stuffing!)

This is a great versatile recipe that is a great stuffing for zucchini or other vegetables, and in a thicker form makes great muffins, meatloaf or patties.   Just add more flour to get it to the consistency that you want.

Prep time- 10 minutes
Cooking time- 20 minutes
Feeds- roughly 6

Number of things that get dirty- 3
mixer 
muffin tray
heat proof bowl

Ingredients
2 c Tofu
2-3 eggs
1 c Tomato paste divided
1 c white cheese (smooth cottage cheese would probably work but we used gvina levana) divided
whole wheat or almond flour
Parmesan
onion soup powder
garlic powder 
water


Shred 2 c dry tofu into small pieces. 
Add 1/2 c tomato paste and 1/2 c cheese
add eggs and flour to get to a sticky ish consistancy just slightly less firm than meatballs.
Add spices and parmesan to taste.
Scoop into greased unlined muffin tins
make until solid


for sauce, combine remaining tomato paste and cheese ina bowl with cheese and spices to taste.  Serve hot over muffins.

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