Vegan Caesar salad with tofu 🥗

I have a slight addiction to caesar salad 🙈
But since trying to eat vegan as much as possible, I had to experiment with my food "addictions" and veganize them. I feel like this veganized version of caesar salad turned out pretty awesome for my taste buds but try it yourself and let me know what you think 😅

For the salad you will need (about 1 serving):

• 120 g. Iceberg lettuce (several leaves)
• 1 teaspoon of olive oil
• 60 g. tofu
• 1-2 cloves of garlic
• 1 teaspoon of vegan barbecue sauce
• 2 tablespoons of water
• 1 teaspoon of soy sauce
• A handful of croutons (bread cubes)

For the salad sauce you will need:

• 40 g. cashews
• 65 ml. water
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• 1 teaspoon of mustard
• 1 teaspoon of capers
• 1 teaspoon of liquid from a caper jar
• 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons of nutritional yeast
• ¼ teaspoon of salt
• 3/4 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar (about 3 ml.)
  

Preparation:

1. Cut tofu into stripes and fry together with chopped garlic for a few minutes on a teaspoon of oil. Put barbecue sauce, 2 tablespoons of water and soy sauce in the pan together with tofu. If it is too watery, you can add some starch.
2. Put all the ingredients for the sauce in a bowl and blend until smooth with hand blender or another device. The cashews can be soaked in hot water for 20 minutes or longer beforehand to make them softer, but it is not necessary.
3. Mix the torn Iceberg leaves with the sauce (you may feel that there is a bit too much of the sauce, so you can keep it for one more serving), put fried tofu and croutons on top of the salad. Salad can be sprinkled with food yeast.

Enjoy! 🌱