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bboopster
True Blue Farmgirl
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Betty Jo
West Bend
Wisconsin
USA
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 Posted - Jan 27 2008 : 3:59:22 PM
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Has anyone substituted Tofu for cream cheese in vegetable or fruit dips? If so what texture tofu would you use? Thanks 
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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AliShuShu
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alison
Charlotte
NC
USA
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Posted - Jan 27 2008 : 7:04:44 PM
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try substituting yogurt cheese. i LOVE that stuff! just take a tub of cream cheese and drain it in a colander lined with a coffee filter until it is the consistency of cream cheese. i haven't tried it as a sub but it seems to me like it would work well. i like it mixed with diced apples & nuts... its really good with candied almonds or pecans... YUM! i use non fat yogurt, but i'm sure it would work with full or low fat yogurt too.
Alison
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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AliShuShu
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alison
Charlotte
NC
USA
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Posted - Jan 27 2008 : 7:39:41 PM
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oops! yes, i meant a tub of yogurt... but if you drain it long enough, it will become thicker than greek yogurt!
thanks for correcting me, julie!
ta
Alison
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greyghost
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lynn
Summerville
Georgia
USA
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Posted - Jan 27 2008 : 8:12:19 PM
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I would use the soft tofu. You'll want to add some spices to it or something to give it some flavor.
To replace ricotta cheese, I mix silk tofu, firm tofu, a tablespoon of lemon juice and a teaspoon of garlic powder in a blender. I make spinach lasagna with it, and you really, really don't notice that it isn't ricotta in there! So good subsititutes to cheese with tofu are possible, you jst have to experiment. |
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Linder
True Blue Farmgirl
592 Posts
Linda
Lake Forest
IL
USA
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Posted - Jan 28 2008 : 09:58:34 AM
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silken tofu works great! There is a tofu cream cheese that Trader Joes sells called "Better than Cream Cheese" very yummy but definetely an imitation of the real thing.
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