Tofu Mock Recipes...

You are quite welcome Michelle. I have to say, I do wonder how it is that I could talk to you on the phone and not think of that solution, and then POOF, I get on the message boards and all of a sudden I remember the edamame-as-replacement-for-peas trick.

I'd love to give credit to the person who came up with that edamame idea, but I'm not sure where I saw that. It was in a recipe for shepherds pie that was made healthier, and used edamame for peas and mashed faux-ta-toes (which were made out of cauliflower) instead of using actual potatoes. I have never really eaten much shepherd's pie, but I have to say that this version looked pretty decent. (I wish I could remember where I saw it--I'm wondering if it could have possibly been an Eggface recipe).

As an aside, I gotta say, I really love cauliflower (I think of it as the tofu of the vegetable world since it has such a mild flavor). I've made them into mashed potatoes before and they're really been quite yummy.