Its been quite a while since I made a tofu quiche! I’m not sure why as the first time I tried a vegan quiche was a raving success. I loved it so much and I remember I loved the fact that it could be frozen and easily thawed for a quick and delicious work lunch. The first time I made vegan quiche, I made small individual-sized quiche tarts. This time round I wanted to make a large tart as it looks really impressive. For the most part I followed my old recipe which you can find on the blog here: https://hazelandcacao.com/mushroom-kale-vegan-quiche/ but I changed up the flavours and changed the crust. I wanted a more traditional quiche crust with the perfect texture. I came up with this super easy olive oil crust that works perfectly with the tomato and basil combo. I used wholmeal spelt flour for the crust but you can just as easily use wholewheat flour if your not avoiding gluten. I am not gluten-free and love my good quality wholewheat products but I personally prefer spelt becuase it is less bitter than wholewheat. Im not really sure what would work for a gluten-free option but you can always use my two-ingredient almond meal and quinoa base mixture that I used in my original quiche blog post (linked above).
For this recipe I used cherry tomatoes because I had quite a few punnets that I needed to use up, but you can just as easily use and sliced tomatoes that you want, and a combination of diffefent tomatoes would work perfectly too. As always, when using tofu, make sure you check the quality of the tofu you buy. Traditionally made tofu made with whole soybeans is beneficial for our hormone health and overall health (Read my soy hormone article here: https://hazelandcacao.com/is-soy-safe-for-womens-hormones/ ) It is much easier to find good quality tofy recently but it is always important to check as much of the tofu on the market is highly processed using soy extract or soy protein isolate.
This recipe is vegan, egg-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free. Enjoy.
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