{"id":24769,"date":"2024-05-15T14:50:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T11:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/quick-tofu-cheese\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T19:50:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T17:50:46","slug":"quick-tofu-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/quick-tofu-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Tofu Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cTofu cheese\u201d,<br \/>\nIt doesn\u2019t sound like the most refreshing and fun thing in the world,<br \/>\nBut this cheese definitely is!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Beyond its eternal creaminess and the fact that it integrates with e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g,<br \/>\nIt\u2019s one of the most available and stunning things I have at home.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">I always have silken tofu packs in my cupboard.<br \/>\nEvery time I make something that requires a creamy and indulgent ingredient on the side, I take out the tofu<br \/>\ncubes and make this cheese.<br \/>\nSometimes I make it when I don\u2019t have a muse and sometimes just when I want a good slice of bread and creamy cheese on top.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Why tofu and not regular cheese? simply because it\u2019s more available for us, and nutritious in a more<br \/>\nbalanced and healthy way.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Two seconds of work, and five days of fun waiting for you in the fridge for every meal.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Happy cream cheese days \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<div id=\"attachment_7838\" style=\"width: 1546px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7838\" class=\"wp-image-7838 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-1140x1520.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-1320x1760.jpeg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quick Tofu Cheese. image: Essy Roz<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Quick Tofu Cheese<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\">1 block silken tofu (silk or soft, it\u2019s the same product)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Juice out of \u00bd a lemon<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">3 tablespoons olive oil<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Add-ins to choose from according to your personal taste: 2 tablespoons of pesto \/ 1 teaspoon of paprika \/ 1 garlic clove \/ 5 dried tomatoes \/ 1 tablespoon olive tapenade \/ 1 teaspoon hyssop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\">In a bowl, put all the ingredients except the olive oil \u2013 the silken tofu block, lemon juice, salt, and the toppings (If you chose to add any) and grind well with a hand blender stick.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Slowly drizzle the olive oil into our mixture while grinding.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Taste and check if we don\u2019t lack saltiness or acidity. If so, adjust and add a little salt or lemon juice and mix again until the desired taste is reached.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">And that\u2019s it, the cheese is ready \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>A little extra from me:<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cheese can be kept in a sealed container between 4-5 days.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s important to drizzle a little olive oil on top of the cheese to help keep it fresh in the fridge.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This cheese is parve (According to Jewish dietary laws- kashrut).<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also make my Paprika Tofu Cheese<\/span> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/paprika-tofu-cheese\/\"><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\">Click here to view the recipe<\/span><\/a>).<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cheese will work wonderfully with good bread <\/span>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/category\/recipes\/pastries\/breads\/\"><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\">Click here to view the bread category<\/span><\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7838\" style=\"width: 1546px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7838\" class=\"wp-image-7838 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-1140x1520.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-1320x1760.jpeg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quick Tofu Cheese. image: Essy Roz<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTofu cheese\u201d, It doesn\u2019t sound like the most refreshing and fun thing in the world, But this cheese definitely is! Beyond its eternal creaminess and the fact that it integrates with e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g, It\u2019s one of the most available and stunning things I have at home. I always have silken tofu packs in my cupboard. Every time I make something that requires a creamy and indulgent ingredient on the side, I take out the tofu cubes and make this cheese. Sometimes I make it when I don\u2019t have a muse and sometimes just when I want a good slice of bread and creamy cheese on top. Why tofu and not regular cheese? simply because it\u2019s more available for us, and nutritious in a more balanced and healthy way. Two seconds of work, and five days of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,311,208,211,238,277,209,199,245,200,214,201,207,197,233,222,198,278,225,236,308,202,232,296,299,309,312,235,310,428],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allergies","category-autumn-recipes","category-breakfast","category-brunch","category-children","category-cold-salads","category-dinner","category-egg-free","category-everyone-can","category-gluten-free","category-holidays","category-lactose-free","category-meals","category-nut-free","category-on-the-holiday-table","category-passover","category-peanut-free","category-salad-dressings","category-salads-and-soups","category-salty","category-seasons","category-sesame-seed-free","category-shavuot","category-side-dishes","category-spreads-and-dips","category-spring-recipes","category-summer-recipes","category-vegan","category-winter-recipes","category----en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24769"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24944,"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24769\/revisions\/24944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}