Comments on: Tofu Egg Salad or how to get over your tofu phobia

By: mamasimpson

mamasimpson — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:30:00 +0000

My kids love this! I’ve made it several times and they eat it up everytime.

By: Francie

Francie — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:49:30 +0000

@Bad Home Cook – LOL. I feel for you. I don’t think I could eat tofu plain and cold. {shiver} But thanks for giving me a good reason to be middle aged!

By: Bad home cook

Bad home cook — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:12:13 +0000

I can’t. I can’t do it. I can’t like tofu. I want to like tofu, but an experience in Japan at the impressionable age of 16 left me scarred. In the heat of summer, I was served an ice cold…slab?…of tofu. Really, it looked like a big stick of butter. It quivered. And I had to eat. the. whole. thing. to. be. polite. It wasn’t so much the taste, as there was none. It was more a problem with texture…
The best part of being middle aged is that I can just so no to tofu. (And I can buy pastry whenever I want).
Ironically, however, my two kids seem to love tofu. They fight over it. So I think I’ll have to try this recipe, despite myself. Because as long as I have it in the house…
….quiver…..

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:05:41 +0000

This recipe sounds delicious. I am a tofu fan because it is so versatile and can be a good source of both protein and calcium (depending on how it’s made). I used to call my salmon patties “oatmeal patties” because the kids didn’t think they liked salmon – or any fish for that matter. Must have brought up tasty images of oatmeal cookies – they loved the oatmeal patties. One day my husband accidentally called them by their true name – and that was the end of patties altogether, forever and always. Fast forward 20 years and now they love salmon, but still won’t eat salmon patties.

By: Mary Rex

Mary Rex — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:25:40 +0000

Yum. I love *eggless* egg salad, but have not had in a while. Thanks for reminding me about it. And by the way, I just discovered you while checking out the voting for the funny food blog and you are way funnier than that blog who seems to be winning right now. You get my vote.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:11:31 +0000

OK, so I might actually try this. I was a vegetarian in my former life and I think I went a little crazy with the meat once I switched camps. I shunned all tofu-like foods, because, why really would I want them anymore? But I suppose you’re right. Tofu is healthy, so I suppose I could possibly incorporate it again. This sounds like a good way to do it. And no one will ever know. So sneaky it just might work.

By: liz

liz — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:39:22 +0000

This sounds intriguing! I plan to try it. I just made chocolate pudding using silken tofu, brown sugar, milk, cocoa powder, 1 banana and vanilla extract. My kids and husband said it tasted like caulking. Okay, so I tried.

By: Krista

Krista — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:09:15 +0000

Okay, I have an aversion to tofu as well…but this recipe has peaked my interest. If I was ever going to try tofu (again) it might be in the form of “egg” salad. Hey, I’m all for supporting the soybean growers. It does look delicious!

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:42:43 +0000

Oh, that’s a great idea! I love egg salad and put all kinds of stuff in it (curry being my favorite), and tofu should work perfectly.

By: Francie

Francie — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:49:45 +0000

@Caitlin, That would be a problem! That’s why I only recommend “sneaking” it with family that I know are ok to eat soy products and wouldn’t normally try it.