Good Morning Vegan Eggster Pita

Breakfast anybody?  You know it's the most important meal of the day.  So what do vegans eat for breakfast?  Toast & jelly, granola & soy milk, oatmeal…?  How about eggs?  Wait a minute eggs aren't vegan.  They come from hens.  Well, you can make scrambled “eggs” from tofu.  Don’t think straight from the block.  Yes, you can get a pretty good scrambled egg-like texture from tofu with a few tweaks.

You can put the vegan scrambled tofu “eggs” in between a halved English muffin and melt some vegan “cheese” on top for a vegan Egg McMuffin.  Try it with a splash of whatever condiment you’re in the mood for.  You can also wrap it in a flour tortilla and fill with potatoes, green bell pepper, and onion for a breakfast burrito or try it taco-style.  I like putting a few drops of chipotle Tabasco for a touch of heat.  There are many recipes for scramblers floating around online.  Here’s one that’s a tasty treat. 

Good Morning Vegan Eggster Pita

Good Morning Vegan Eggster Pita

1 pkg of tofu (firm or medium work well)

½ c nutritional yeast*

1 tsp onion powder

1 tsp garlic powder

¼ tsp turmeric
unsweetened non-dairy milk (soy, almond, etc.)

Salt & pepper to taste

Vegetable oil

Onions – chopped

Red bell pepper – chopped

Vegan cheese – (I like using Daiya cheddar block & cutting it up)

Pkg pita bread (I use a fluffy bakery style pita that I found at my Middle Eastern grocery store)

Chipotle vegan mayo (or other condiment)

Nutritional Yeast Flakes

Combine nutritional yeast, onion powder, garlic powder, turmeric, salt & pepper in a medium sized bowl.

Mix and then add tofu and continue mixing until mixed with some chunks.  Add a touch of non-dairy milk to add a little fluffiness. Put mixture aside.  Place a well-oiled large skillet on stove over medium high heat.  Add chopped onions and chopped red bell pepper.  Stir and leave until onions are translucent.  Remove from heat.  In an oiled skilled, add tofu mixture and cook until tofu is slightly browned.  Stir in vegan cheese to tofu mixture.

Scramble Tofu 

Stir onions and bell pepper into tofu mixture.  Remove from heat.  Cut pitas in half and stuff with tofu mixture.  In another well-oiled skillet, place tofu stuffed pita and cook until the pita browns and is slightly crispy.  Remove from heat.  Serve with chipotle vegan mayo.  I mix chopped chipotles in adobo with vegan mayo (I use Vegenaise Reduced Fat) to make the chipotle mayo.

Try serving with a fresh glass of orange juice.  It makes a great combo.

Vegan Scrambled Eggster Breakfast Sandwich 

Alternative:  You can also make a breakfast sandwich out of the eggster.  I tried using La Brea Bakery's Take & Bake Dinner Rolls (Yes, dinner rolls.  That's what I had on hand and it actually worked really well.).  Try serving with chipotle Tabasco, salsa, or chipotle "mayo".

*For those of you who are new to nutritional yeast, it's super healthy with lots of B vitamins and other goodies.  It adds a cheesy taste to food.  Craig and I refer to it as extra cheesy flakes (sounds so much better than nutritional yeast).  In this recipe it plays nicely with the other ingredients to give the "egg" taste.  You can find it in the bulk section of your health food store or packaged.  I use Kal brand or get it bulk.