Celery Tofu Florentine

Submitted by msmia

"The idea came trying to find a lower calorie version of a macaroni casserole. I have substituted cut up celery for macaroni pasta noodles (similar in shape). It's an easy to prepare casserole that reheats well and is really delicious -- by my calculations its 150 calories per serving (total 6). Hope you enjoy!!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• cooking spray (like Pam)
• 1 onion, chopped
• 283.49 g box frozen spinach (thawed & drained)
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 4.92 ml garlic, minced
• 4.92 ml dried parsley
• 2.46 ml nutmeg
• 396.89 g tofu (firm, lite variety)
• 304.75 g can cream of celery soup (Campbells)
• 1 head celery, chopped into half-moon pieces
• 59.14 ml parmesan cheese

directions

1. Spray saute pan w/ cooking spray& saute onion until just starting to brown.
2. Add thawed& drained spinach, spices& saute until all moisture is evaporated.
3. In food processor: puree tofu& cream of celery soup, then add spinach/onion mixture& process until smooth (adjust seasonings).
4. Mix w/ chopped celery, place in baking dish& top w/ parmesan cheese.
5. Bake, uncovered@ 350 degrees for 40 minutes Makes 6 servings,~ 150 cals each serving.

Reviews

[Ollin]

Fantastic dish!!, I absolutly love it!!... I made some changes though... i didn't saute the onion, but just thawed it and pour it into the blender mixture, then i add dried herbs like thyme, parsley and fresh basil, garlic and onion powder, white pepper and some vegetable powder and instead of the cream of celery, i used a package of soy cream for cooking, so it was totally vegan... I topped the dish with pine nuts and instead of parmesan sprinkled nutritional yeast all over and baked... amazing!!