Vegan Eggs Bennie

When I woke up yesterday morning, there was no debating what I wanted to eat. Eggs Bennie! Considering Eggs Bennie traditionally consists of an english muffin, back bacon, a poached egg and hollandaise sauce (essentially: butter, egg yolks and lemon juice) veganizing it would take a little creativity.  If you take away all the animal ingredients you're left with an english muffin and lemon juice, and my house didn't have either. Off to a good start.

I did a little sleuthing around google and found this awesome recipe. I only followed the hollandaise sauce portion, halved the recipe, vetoed the veganaise, and swapped the lemon juice for apple cider vinegar.
I found the hollandaise to be the PERFECT consistency while it was in the pot. It actually had the right yellow tinge and it may have even tasted better than it's saturated fat-laden counterpart. I did leave the sauce on the heat a little too long and it separated, but it was delicious regardless.

For the egg portion I marinated some tofu slices in soy sauce and rice vinegar for about 20 minutes and then fried it up until browned in an olive-oiled skillet.

The recipe I looked up recommended using a vegan meat analogue, but I didn't think it was necessary so I doused some sliced tomatoes in Montreal steak spice and fried them up with the tofu.

When everything was all crispy and ready I piled it on top of toast and served it with some garlic home fries. It was so good I practically needed a smoke after. Just kidding, cigarettes are gross, and not vegan.

It tastes better than it looks