Chocolate-Tofu Silk

I mentioned this dessert in yesterday's blog post, and Shara asked for the proportions. Here's the recipe as we make it.

Incredibly simple -- rich but still somewhat healthy, this is what we usually have for dessert around the New Year's holiday.

The original recipe came from Dr. Oz, but I've made a couple of very minor modifications.


one 12-oz package semi-sweet chocolate chips
one 1-lb container of tofu, drained (silken tofu will render a soft mousse-like texture, firm tofu will result in a firmer final product -- I've done it with both types of tofu, and we've throughly enjoyed it each way)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon honey (alternatively 2 teaspoons sugar, optional)
1 tablespoon water

In a double boiler or microwave, melt the chocolate chips. When microwaving chocolate, only partially melt the chocolate pieces, then remove and stir well. The chocolate bits will continue to melt as you stir. If melting in a double boiler, stir chocolate constantly while melting, being careful to scrape the sides often.

In a food processor (or a blender), puree the tofu, add vanilla, water and honey (or sugar). Process until smooth.

Add melted chocolate and process until well-combined. Pour into individual serving dishes or a baked pie crust.

Serves 6-8

Refrigerate until chilled and firm -- overnight, if possible.

Well look-y here! I'm connected!

Not only did I get my computer yesterday, but I actually figured out how to turn it on and get it hooked up to the internet, all by myself. I'm not very tech-savvy, so that's a big deal for me. It took me 30 minutes just to figure out where the password was on the internet router! LOL!!

One of my goals for this next year is to learn to do more of these sort of things without help from my kids.

One improvement (depending on how you look at it) for this blog, will be the return to photos. I've been mostly unable to upload photos on the borrowed laptops (since June). Sometimes this hampered what I had wanted to share with you. Kinda hard to describe how some things I do have turned out. Like this yummy dessert -- 

which, actually I didn't  make, but my daughters did. It's melted chocolate chips, vanilla extract and silken tofu. Yummy!

Or what's left of a large batch of candied orange peel -- 

that I made on Friday, but we've been nibbling at for the last few days. My original plan was to chop and freeze most of the batch, to add to baking later on. Looks like I'll need to make another large batch for that to happen.

Or, these fun little cakes that we made for New Year's Eve dessert. 

I baked an 8-inch square pan of chocolate cake batter, cut into 6 rectangles (I wanted squares, which would have been smaller, but I was out-voted. The rest of the crowd wanted bigger pieces, which would be rectangles.) I split the little cakes and spread with plum jam, and placed the top half back on each jammed-up piece. Then I frosted the sides and tops of each with cocoa buttercream frosting and added the festive sprinkles. Oh, they were so good. After dinner, my husband looked around the table and asked, "however did you get 5 corner pieces?"

So having photos just may make blogging a little more colorful and visually appealing, being able to share images instead of text only. Now if I could just do something about my lacking photography skills!