The Vegan Popeye Tofu Scramble

You’ll be strong to the finish when you start your day with a hearty, spinach-filled Popeye Tofu Scramble! It’s the ultimate vegan breakfast, brunch or brinner dish!

The Vegan Popeye

There’s a small chain of independent pancakes houses in Northern New Jersey that has quite a few vegan items on the menu, including a few tofu scrambles. The Vegan Popeye is loaded with spinach and mushrooms, and it’s my favorite. They serve it with home fries and whole wheat toast, and it makes for a deliciously filling weekend brunch.

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The Vegan Popeye Tofu Scramble

You’ll be strong to the finish when you start your day with a hearty, spinach-filled Popeye Tofu Scramble! It's the ultimate vegan breakfast, brunch or brinner dish!

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword tofu scramble

Yields 4 servings

Author Dianne Wenz

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon neutral vegetable oil
• 1 medium-sized onion diced
• 10 ounces mushrooms sliced
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• pinch sea salt
• 1 14-ounce block of firm or extra-firm tofu drained and pressed
• 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon turmeric
• ½ teaspoon black salt kala namak
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 16 ounces baby spinach
• 1 avocado sliced

Instructions

1. Heat the oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook until it begins to brown, about five minutes. Add the mushrooms, garlic, and pinch of sea salt, and cook for about five more minutes, until the mushrooms begin to brown and become fragrant.
2. Crumble the tofu and add it the pan along with the nutritional yeast, onion powder, garlic powder, turmeric, black salt and black pepper. Stir to coat the tofu in the spices.
3. Fold in the spinach and cook for just a minute or two longer, until it begins to wilt and turn bright green.
4. Divide among four plates and serve with the avocado slices.