Remember 5-Minute Chocolate Mousse?
It now has a baby sister.
And just as decadent is the paler sister of 5-Minute Chocolate Mousse.
This stuff is a-mazing!
Seriously, it’s like eating an entire bowl of whipped cream! And although I’ve never had Greek Yogurt, I’m thinking that Vanilla Cream Mousse would make for a good vegan Greek yogurt stand-in. (Has anyone ever had vegan Greek yogurt? Do they even make vegan Greek yogurt?)
Vanilla Cream Mousse
(A.k.a. “whipped cream in a bowl” or “Vegan Greek Yogurt”)
(Makes 1 generous serving)
- 190grams morinu silken-firm tofu (a little over 1/2 a package)
- up to 1/3ish cup liquid, or a bit more or less, depending on how thick you want it. The first time you make it, start off with less; you can always add more (I use 20g of Whole Foods’ unsweetened ricemilk and 85g water)
- optional: a few drops of vanilla extract (I skip this because my ricemilk has a vanilla flavor)
- sweetener (sugar, stevia, agave, whatever) to taste (or omit for a Vegan Greek Yogurt result)
- Optional: If you want true “yogurt” you can use Meg’s probiotic trick.
Put all the ingredients in your blending contraption (I use the Magic Bullet) and give it a whirl. Then take a whipped-cream bath in the luscious bowl of vanilla goodness. (I like to put the bowl in the freezer for 20-30 minutes prior to eating so it’s super-cold, but not long enough for it to get icy.)
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**For the Soy-Free Version:
For a soy-free bowl of cream, see: Soy-Free Vegan Cream
Good on its own, the mousse is also insanely delicious in the following ways:
1. Mixed into hot cereal (or poured over cold cereal instead of milk)
2. With fruit, like Pom!Or blend fruit in, or throw in Raw S’mores Fudge!!
3. As a side dish with Butter(nut) Me Up squash fries
So even if you don’t do soy or dairy, you don’t have to be left out on the whipped-cream fun. And oh, what fun it is! When we were little, my mom would squirt whipped cream onto our outstretched fingers and we’d call it “worms.” No idea why we found that appetizing…
Wow that sounds really tasty! I like whipped cream on top of something and sometimes just as a squirt or dollop by itself.
I looove whipped cream swirled into pudding or jello – it reminds me of summer camp! Mmm that tofu pudding looks so so good, I’m thinking post-run snack material today… 😉
Sounds so good ! I used to love whipped cream straight up too. Whipped Cream is the best on top of Hot Cocoa!
I don’t like whipped cream, but Katie, this was amazing! A nice light snack! Thanks for your wonderful inspirational blog!
i think i like whipped cream best over hot chocolate…
but whipped cream really reminds me of when i was into the “atkins diet” hardcore… i couldn’t eat bananas b/c they were evil carbs and would make me fat, but taking a can of whipped cream and squirting it directly into my mouth a few times a day was perfectly acceptable!
what? that doesn’t make sense?
it did at the time!
oh fad diets how you warped thee!!!
Yum yum yum!
That does sound delicious. I like to eat whipped cream on my hot chocolate 🙂
I just made this, but it didn’t turn out nearly as thick as yours. I’d say it’d be best to just add a bit of liquid at a time until you reach a good consistency – just dumping 1/3c of rice milk/water ended up being too much! I ended up adding some guar gum and xanthan gum to thicken it back up again.
mmmmmmmmm YUM!!! just made this… I added a little banana extract and it was SOOO yummy
Ahh I wanna try this stuff so bad! Question, do you HAVE to use silken tofu? Or would medium tofu work?