{"id":7583,"date":"2016-05-06T09:13:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T13:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.francolania.com\/?p=7583"},"modified":"2026-03-02T19:40:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:40:53","slug":"asparagus-tofu-salad-orange-truffle-soy-vinaigrette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/2016\/05\/06\/asparagus-tofu-salad-orange-truffle-soy-vinaigrette\/","title":{"rendered":"Asparagus and Tofu Salad | Truffle-Soy Vinaigrette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14564 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/landing-shot-680x407-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/landing-shot-680x407-1.jpg 680w, https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/landing-shot-680x407-1-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Asparagus season is here!\u00a0 And, in the blink of an eye it will be gone again. So go out and buy some today.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span> <strong>These green spears are perfect for grilling, steaming, a quick saut<span class=\"word-syllables\">\u00e9<\/span>, making soups, adding to risotto and much more.\u00a0<\/strong> I even made an asparagus panna cotta dessert once.\u00a0 It might sound a bit strange and I guess it is, but it worked and was absolutely different and delicious. \u00a0Asparagus is also great in a salad. As\u00a0a chef, I always look to make the simplest of foods more tantalizing and appetizing.\u00a0 This recipe is a vibrant way to showcase the asparagus in a salad with an Asian twist. To keep it vegetarian, I added tofu to the dish, which gives it a little more substance. \u00a0Tofu, on its own, may not be a jump-for-joy food. The fantastic thing about tofu is that it&#8217;s a great substitute for meat and can be prepared nearly the same way.\u00a0 Tofu can be grilled, fried, baked, steamed, saut<span class=\"word-syllables\">\u00e9<\/span>ed, and even marinated. Now, tofu just became more interesting! \u00a0<strong>The inspiration behind this dish is to keep it spring-spirited, light, vegetarian and to use as little fire as possible.\u00a0 So, I chose to marinate the tofu with some Asian flavors. Simply steam the asparagus, then dress it with the tofu and a truffle-soy vinaigrette, which ties the entire dish together.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">With this recipe, you&#8217;ll create a great combination of flavors that allows the asparagus and tofu to complement one another nicely. Ultimately, this dish is a tasty and creative way to enjoy springtime asparagus and dazzle that boring tofu with a little Asian-inspired pizzazz.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The great combination of flavors in this recipe really allows the asparagus and tofu to shine. Ultimately, this dish is a great way to enjoy springtime asparagus by dazzling  your tofu with a little Asian-inspired pizzazz while keeping it absolutely vegetarian, too! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"postBodyCss":"","postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[198,1259,1261,5,399,1267],"tags":[1260,1262,1263,1264,1265,1266,1268,1269],"class_list":["post-7583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-appetizers","category-asian","category-asparagus","category-recipes","category-spring-2","category-tofu","tag-asian-recipes","tag-asparagus-recipes","tag-cooking-video","tag-marinade","tag-salad","tag-springtime-recipes","tag-tofu-recipes","tag-truffle-soy-vinaigrette"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14565,"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7583\/revisions\/14565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}