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Dan Marek - Ask Me Anything (Office Half Hour)
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Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern
Join Chef Dan Marek in his virtual office as he welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to Ask Anything – from cooking techniques to cours… Read More.
Question:
I’m allergic to soy and several recipes call for tofu, etc. what can I use to substitute?
— Bill Schrier
Answer:
That completely depends on the recipe that you are using the tofu in. So if you're using tofu in something like a, uh, I don't know, like a cream sauce, like if you're blending it up like a silken tofu or in, uh, even like a dressing, I might, you know, consider using a soaked cashew to make a cashew cream instead or something like that. If you're doing something like a tofu steak, um, you know, I might suggest doing something like either a, uh, a seitan or maybe just like a wheat loaf basically. Um, or even doing something like a jackfruit or something along those lines. But it really kind of depends on the use case for what you're trying to substitute for.
