- 12 to 14 oz box of soft tofu
- 1/4 cup corn oil
- 1/4 cup water or soy milk
- 2 very ripe bananas
- 10 whole, pitted dates
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Open up the tofu, and drain off the water. Peel the bananas and cut them into chunks. Cut the tofu into small cubes and place it in a blender. Add the corn oil, water or soy milk, banana chunks, dates, vanilla and salt. Process for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the mixture is smooth with small date flecks blended throughout. You may have to stop the blender, and scrape down the sides a few times during blending. Pour the pudding into small 1/2-cup-sized, resealable plastic containers, or a big bowl. Keep in the fridge for hungry children to snack on, or put in healthy lunchboxes for a protein rich desert. This is a great recipe for people who don’t like tofu. They can get friendly with it in a nonthreatening atmosphere. This pudding uses fruit as it’s only sweetener. You will be surprised at just how sweet and delicious the combination of bananas and dates can be.
Hi! I have enjoyed your website for a few months now. I thought since you aren’t afraid of soy you might be interested in making your own soy milk. All you need to do is soak beans for 8 hours or so, blend them in a blender with water (1 cup dry beans and 3-4 liters clean water) and cook on the stove in a big pot for about a half hour. Strain the pulp out (called okara…don’t throw it away!), sweeten with 1/3 cup honey and add a pinch of salt. This will make almost 3 liters. As for the pulp, it can be dried in a low oven and whizzed in the blender to use in place of breadcrumbs (it really stretches meatlof), and when added to baked goods it provides a lot of ‘lift’. You can use it as an egg replacer in many recipes, too. There is a ton of usable fiber and protein. A quick search online will yield plenty of recipes using this terrific stuff. And if you don’t get around to using it within a few days your chickens will gladly dispose of it for you…makes good compost, as well. We figure it costs us about 25 cents a liter (including our cost for the bottled water we have to use in our area). Thanks again for all the great info and recipes you post. I’m making some ‘cheese’ right now to use in the lasagna for tonight’s dinner (made with okara pasta).