Good Faux Egg Salad

November 12th, 2008

I don’t really get the egg salad sandwich…just the words egg and salad together- not appealing. Its a gloopy amorphous mess that I generally want no part of. Maybe its the idea of cold egg? Or the weird putty consistency?  It just gives me the creeps. What ever be the case I’ve long kept it on my list of shit that I don’t like to eat. That is, until I made it vegan and suddenly I like it a lot. All the reasons I had for being disgusted by it prior are no longer issues and this way its actually good! For me, a person clearly biased against egg salad to say that I found a version that I like is a pretty big deal. That needs to be acknowledged.  Its good because it holds its form much better with the tofu substitution and it doesn’t smell funny- that’s a bonus. I failed to mention that one in my dislike of egg salad- it smells funny…this version doesn’t. It makes a helluva sandwich, great as a spread for crackers and its quick to put together. Go at it.

Ingredients

1 lb medium tofu, mashed up
2 Tbsp yellow mustard
1/4- 1/2 cup vegan mayo
3- 4 Tbsp parsley, chopped
1 pickle, diced
1 green onion. chopped
1 celery stalk, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tbsp dill
1/4 tsp turmeric
salt & pepper to taste

Directions

  1. In a medium bowl, mash up the tofu ( I use my hands but a fork works too ). Add the remaining ingredients and mix it together really well. Serve.

One Response to “Good Faux Egg Salad”

  1. Leann Says:

    Okay, I was so hungry for this after I saw your posting…I bought some prepared at Whole Foods and now I simply must try it myself…thanks for the motivation!

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