Protein estimate for entire pie: 55 g
Fiber estimate: 66 g
Note: Needs time to chill (don't we all! lol)
A few words about the ingredients:
-Don't let the word "tofu" discourage you. It works so well in this recipe.
-Dairy-free chocolate chips can be found in the baking section of a typical grocery store as well as in bulk at our Good Earth store. "Cocoa butter" will be the ingredient instead of milk.
-Almond butter has a better flavor than peanut butter in this recipe, in our opinion (we tried pb).
(An 8-cup blender and double-boiler are most-helpful but not absolutely required.)
Recipe: (conversions verified by my kitchen scale)
16 oz (454 g) silken tofu
16 oz (454 g) dairy-free chocolate chips (almost 2 2/3 C)
1/2 c + 2 2/3 T (160 g) almond butter
1/2 c + 2 2/3 T (175 mL) almond chocolate milk
9" pie crust
Directions:
-Melt chocolate gently in a double boiler (water boiling in bottom pot, chocolate in top pot)
-Blend tofu, chocolate almond milk, and almond butter until smooth.
-Add the melted chocolate to the blender. Blend until smooth.
-Pour into pie crust
-Chill for 12-24 hours
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| Double boiler |
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| I had a little extra that I didn't think the pie crust would hold. The kids were happy to gobble it up. |
Something else I didn't know: Dairy calves are forbidden from drinking their mother's milk. I naively used to believe that somehow dairy cows made enough milk to share with us humans. Newborn calves are taken from their mothers within 24-48 hours. If female, the calf will be put in a tiny pen and fed supplemental food. If male, he will be either immediately slaughtered and disposed of or kept alive for a couple months then sold and slaughtered as veal. When dairy cows collapse from the exhaustion of multiple consecutive artificially-produced pregnancies, they are dragged off and slaughtered for ground beef. "The dairy industry is the meat industry."
Good News: We don't need cow-milk to survive. In fact, we are supposed to be weened. We can obtain all of our nutrients from plant sources, which provide better calcium absorption and superior protein over casein. More good news: There are many yummy plant-based cheeses, yogurts, ice-creams, and milks... and tastebuds do change!
