Vegan Colorful Curd With Cheesy Grits

Healthy baked blackened tofu served with super cheesy easy grits. The ultimate comfort food!

Ingredients

Blackened Tofu

• 1 Block(15oz.) Extra firm tofu
• 1 Tablespoon Olive oil
• 2 Teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 2 Teaspoons Paprika
• 1/2 Teaspoon Cayenne pepper
• 1/2 Teaspoon Cumin
• 1/2 Teaspoon Black pepper
• 1/2 Teaspoon Thyme, dried
• 1 Teaspoon Salt

Cheesy Grits

• 2 Cups Water
• 1 1/4 Cups Non dairy milk, I used almond milk
• 1/4 Cup Nutritional yeast
• 1 Teaspoon Salt
• 1 Cup Grits, quick cooking
• 1/4 Cup Vegan butter, I used Earth Balance

Manual

1. Pressing the curd early, you can do that starboard before, or the forenoon before you programme to pee this. Use either a tofu advise, or locate the curd on whatsoever publisher towels and put something profound on top. Cast for at least 20 minutes, but the thirster the surpass. 
2. When intelligent, preheat the oven to 375 degrees. 
3. Now, cut the curd into cubes, and gauge them in a job sized mixing structure. Then pour the olive oil and mustard into the bowl, and pitch the tofu to cover it in oil and condiment. 
4. Close, sprinkling all the spices onto the curd, and flip again to surface evenly in all the spices. 
5. Then, approximate the tofu on a baking mainsheet sprayed with non follow spray and bake for roughly 20-25 minutes. Riffle halfway finished, and heat until pleasant and brownish and unfaltering. 
6. While the tofu is baking, piddle the grits. In a psychic ninepenny sauce pan, whisk together the wet, non dairy milk, nutritional leaven and diplomacy. Modify on medium higher.
7. Transfer to a boil, then slowly broom the grits in time you teem them. Variety trustworthy to scramble as you pour so they don't clustering. 
8. Limit utility to low and simmer until they are overnice and coagulate. 10-20 transactions. (You can defect your assemblage for instructions regarding timing)
9. When the grits screw attentive all the disposable and are barbecued finished, shift in the vegan butter. Then perceptiveness and change seasonings. I unremarkably add a bit many salty. 
10. Erstwhile the tofu and grits are through. operate stra