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Tofu Choco Breakfast Shake

October 23, 2014 by Laura Scott 11 Comments

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I love chocolate and I love tofu. Would you have thought about trying the two together?

This tofu choco breakfast shake is the result of my latest purchase. Silken Tofu.

I rarely find a food that I do not like. But don’t cook me parsnips. Eurggghhh. Groooossssss.

tofu choco breakfast shake

Tofu Choco Breakfast Shake

What I have realised over time is that I am not keen on certain textures. Textures are what I dislike about certain foods far more than their taste.

The texture I find particularly challenging is soft and blubbery. I love crunch, crisp and bite in my food. Exactly what silken tofu is not. I made the mistake of adding some to my latest miso soup which seemed to emphasise it’s jellyfish-like slipperiness. It just flopped into the soup and tasted mildly cheesy and proved my point that sloppy textures are hard for me to digest.

But I will not be defeated by it. I am on the look out for a very tasty silken tofu recipe. If you have one up your sleeve please send it my way.

tofu choco breakfast shake

Tofu Choco Breakfast Shake

In the meantime, not wishing to waste the remaining tofu, I decided to whip it up into this absolutely knockout breakfast shake using my Froothie. This chocolate shake won’t pile on the calories either as it contains raw cacao powder, honey, raisins, bircher muesli, frozen banana and milk as well as silken tofu.

This is a shake that will curb any chocolate cravings and you can believe me as I am a serial chocolate  muncher. Why not give it a try and tell me what you think?

I received my Froothie Optimum 9400 blender for review purposes but all views expressed here are my own. If you buy a Froothie Optimum 9400 blender by clicking on my banner it will earn me a small commission via the affiliate links widget on my sidebar.

tofu choco breakfast shake
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Tofu choco breakfast shake

A healthy version of a chocolate shake.
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword tofu choco breakfast shake
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 2 minutes
Total Time 7 minutes
Servings 1
Author Laura Scott

Ingredients

  • 250 ml Milk This can be any type of milk according to your dietary requirements. Oat, almond, coconut or rice milk as well as regular milk,
  • 100 g Silken tofu
  • 1 Frozen banana chopped
  • 15 g Raisins/sultanas
  • 50 g Bircher muesli/oats I used Rude Health Instant Bircher Muesli mix,
  • 1 tbsp Honey
  • 2 tbsp Raw cacao powder
  • Ice cubes 2 or 3

Instructions

  1. Place all of the ingredients into your Froothie or other high powered blender and blitz until all the ingredients are combined thoroughly,

  2. Pour into a large glass and enjoy!

Recipe Notes

This is a flexible recipe. You can tailor the proportions of the ingredients to suit your taste.

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Filed Under: Breakfast dishes, Chcolate, Family food, Froothie recipes, Smoothies, Vegetarian dishes Tagged With: breakfast, chocolate, Healthy, Shake, Smoothie, Tofu

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Comments

  1. Elizabeth says

    October 23, 2014 at 6:13 pm

    I’m not particularly keen on jellyfish like food either. Risotto? Can’t understand the appeal of soggy rice at all, and tofu is definitely on my ‘would rather not eat’ list. However, your breakfast shake sounds rather lovely! 🙂

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      October 23, 2014 at 6:52 pm

      Yes, this could be the way forward Elizabeth. I use to not like risotto either but don’t mind it now, although the texture is not one of my favourites, I do love the flavour of a well made risotto.

      Reply
  2. Jeanne Horak-Druiff says

    October 25, 2014 at 11:49 am

    Hah – I think we may be related!  I’m also 100% a texture person – almost all my (short list!) of food dislikes are because of a slimy/squishy texture.  Ripe bananas, mealy pears, sago pudding, sea urchin… shudder!! Clever idea to whip the wobbly tofu into a shake – and everything is better with a chocolate flavour! 🙂

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      October 26, 2014 at 10:53 am

      We share the same texture related dislikes then Jeanne, you reminded me I also loathe tapioca!

      Reply
  3. Kavey says

    October 25, 2014 at 11:51 am

    I actually love that slippery texture of silken tofu but I understand why some wouldn’t. I’ve used it in a savoury dressing for green beans, but not yet tried it in a sweet drink or dessert.

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      October 26, 2014 at 10:58 am

      Oh yes I could see it working in a dressing Kavey, just have to get to grips with eating it in it’s usual form

      Reply
  4. Jacqueline Meldrum says

    October 25, 2014 at 12:20 pm

    What a great idea and so healthy. I sometimes make chocolate mousse for Cooper with Silken tofu. In fact I think I’ll make i today! Will keep some aside to try this too.

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      October 26, 2014 at 10:55 am

      Oh I like that idea Jac, using it in a mousse would definitely work for us all here too!

      Reply
  5. kellie@foodtoglow says

    October 27, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    Another texture person here. But, as a cancer health educator, it is part of the job description to not only like tofu, but promote eating it too! The textures I can’t do are tapioca, semolina, jelly, oysters, trifle. But tofu, it is so versatile and easy to disguise that it is a matter of finding the right recipe. And the right tofu  product. Silken is sometimes a hard sell but you have done a brilliant job with it here. I have made a death by chocolate type pie with silken tofu, soon to be blogged. Probs not as healthy as this! Excellent Froothie recipe 🙂

    Reply
  6. Deena Kakaya says

    October 27, 2014 at 11:54 pm

    Tofu and chocolate? I am intrigued! certainly looks tasty- I can not wait to try it x

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      October 28, 2014 at 8:04 pm

      Oh thanks Deena, it tastes like it is really unhealthy but it isn’t!

      Reply

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