Tofu Basil Ricotta

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb firm tofu, drained and pressed
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup nutritional yeast flakes
• 10 fresh basil leaves, chopped fine
• fresh black pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, mush the tofu up with your hands, till it's crumbly.
• 2 add lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper and basil.
• 3 mush with hands again, this time you want it to get very mushy so squeeze through your fingers and mush until it reaches the consistency of ricotta cheese. may take 2-5 minutes.
• 4 add olive oil, stir with fork (olive oil is sticky).
• 5 add nutritional yeast and combine all ingredients well.
• 6 cover and refrigerate until ready to use.