VEGAN: French Toast
Lynne Barkett
Forgive me if this has been posted before. I miss french toast very
much, so one day I mixed some soft tofu, water and cinnamon in the
blender, dredged some bread in it and grilled it. It was really
delicious. I even fed it to my non-vegan husband and he loved it.
It really tastes almost exactly like regular french toast.
Try it!
Lynne Cooney-Barkett
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Alison Babil
Barkett) wrote:
>
> Forgive me if this has been posted before. I miss french toast very
> much, so one day I mixed some soft tofu, water and cinnamon in the
> blender, dredged some bread in it and grilled it. It was really
> delicious. I even fed it to my non-vegan husband and he loved it.
> It really tastes almost exactly like regular french toast.
>
It also works well if you substitute soft bananas in place of the tofu
and follow the same directions, although the taste and texture is slightly
different.--Alison
Richard L Barnaby
Re my last posting, for United Airlines French toast, I forgot to say:
1) I make it up in 4 times the recipie shown and refrigerate
the batter. I've used it a week later (stir well of course) to
have French toast 2 weekends in a row!
Also, I've successfully frozen the batter, and set it in the refrig
a day ahead of time, and kept it there for months! (frozen).
The great advantage is that having the batter, ready to go,
makes it possible to have french toast mid-week as it's almost as fast
as regular toast!
Enjoy.
Richard L Barnaby
>Forgive me if this has been posted before. I miss french toast very
>much, so one day I mixed some soft tofu, water and cinnamon in the
>blender, dredged some bread in it and grilled it. It was really
>delicious. I even fed it to my non-vegan husband and he loved it.
>It really tastes almost exactly like regular french toast.
Lynne,
I too have tried the above french toast, and agree that it is good.
However, I was served French Toast on United Airlines (about 2 yrs ago)
and was not going to eat it (Vegan/vegetarian meals often come with
egg) until i noticed the recipie: I copied it down. It is absolutely
*THE BEST* Comments in parentheses are my substitutions:
United Airlines French Toast (VEGAN)
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups water
1 T Food starch (arrowroot, corn)
2T Tofu Powder (Protesoy vanilla)
1/8 Cup liquid margerine (Veg oil)
1 T Brown Sugar (Maple syrup)
1/4 t vanilla
pinch salt
pinch cinnamon
yellow color (omit if using Protesoy, or omit anyway, or
use saffron (time consuming)
PS If using protesoy, recipie is Lacto-veg not vegan
Instructions:
1) Heat 1/2 the water
Add the sifted Tofu powder
Mix till dissolved
Cool
2) In a separate bowl
Add rest of water
Add Food starch
Add sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, salt
Add color
Mix until starch is dissolved
3) Mix 2 solutions together
Add liquid Margerine
4) Dip 1" french bread pieces
Soak through
Drain and pan fry
Yield
12 smallish pieces (serves about 2)
Comments:
Use French bread (with thicker crust)
Does not "Fall apart" and is *delicious*
Cut in 1" pieces. This is thicker than
normally sliced bread, and is also very delicious
When battering, it may appear water-like (like you dipped the
bread in water, and *no way* will this turn out like French toast)
Don't fear, when cooked, and crispy It looks *IDENTICAL* (and tastes
Identical to the ol' eggy stuff.
Never again say "oh poor me, Ill never eat French Toast again"
PS. United has stopped serving it. I used to try to get breakfast
flights.
pps. A slight commercial...
Of course, use *Vermont* maple syrup ( I couldnt resist)
barnaby (Bar...@world.std.com) Worcester, VT
Kathy Moser
3 T. flour
3 T. brewer's (nutritional) yeast
2 T. sugar
1 c. water
Whisk, dip, and fry. I usually use Texas toast (the inch thick bread) for
this.
Kathy Moser