Caesar salads are one of my all time favorites. I just had one for dinner this week on a girls night out with the Moms in my life <3 The salad itself is pretty boring, but the incredible flavors from the dressing are what gives it life. I’m a total snob when it comes to Caesar dressing, and this one’s a winner! It’s salty, tangy and sharp, just how I like it!
The classic Caesar dressing is made with raw eggs and anchovies. I do love the classic, but for this recipe, we’re changing it up. We’re going to get our anchovy flavor from Worcestershire (most Worcestershire sauces contain anchovies) and replace the raw eggs with tofu. Because tofu has emulsifiers in it, it’s the perfect replacement for the eggs. If you’re squeamish about raw eggs, this is a great alternative for you. All you need is your trusty blender.
Start off by adding 2 ounces of cubed Parmesan cheese to the blender.
Blend on low until the cheese gets chopped up into tiny pieces, like so. Next, add in the garlic, Dijon mustard, white wine vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper tofu and olive oil. Blend until smooth.
Pour into a small bowl and dip your Giant Caesar (from your garden 🙂 ) or Romaine leaves right in. If you’ve never eaten a Caesar salad with your fingers this way, I highly recommend giving it a try.
Hope you all have a nice relaxing weekend!
XO, Sarah
- 2 ounces cubed Parmesan
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1½ teaspoons white wine vinegar
- 1½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- Pinch salt
- Pinch pepper
- 1 cup soft tofu
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Add cubed Parmesan cheese to blender.
- Blend on low until it starts to get chopped into tiny pieces.
- Next, add in the garlic cloves, Dijon mustard, white wine vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper tofu and olive oil. Blend until smooth.
I’m sharing this dish with my friends at Fiesta Friday co-hosted by Caroline @Caroline’s Cooking and Elaine @foodbod. Come join the party!
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Ah Sarah, did that lovely green(s) come from your Garden? NO TOFU! The greens look so crisp and verdant! Go Girl! Have a safe, fun weekend!
Yes it did! Only 1 more tofu recipe coming your way 😉
So interesting!!! I’ll definitely have to try this out. The tofu and Worcestershire replacements here have me very intrigued!
It really is a great replacement, you won’t notice much of a difference at all!
Such an interesting technique. I will suredly try this out!
Thank you Anjana, let me know how you like it 🙂
I love caesar and I love it even more when it’s guiltless. You know the way to my heart ;).
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Guiltless caesar is the best 🙂
I can see the worcestershire working in this I think it has anchovy and the tofu is such a good idea for that creamy texture. Delicious guiltless dressing.
It’s the perfect substitute for this recipe!
That is so interesting, I had no idea about the Worcestershire sauce and definitely not about the tofu! Very useful, thank you 🙂 and thank you for sharing this with us at Fiesta Friday x
Thank you! Happy FF 🙂
Ooh I love caesar dressing! I’ve never made it myself before, I’m gonna have to give this a go
Thanks! Let me know how you like it 🙂
I just made ceasar salad over the weekend too but never tried it with my hands like this.
Brilliant idea and great use of Tofu 🙂
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Thank you so much!