It has been awhile!

I was asked for the recipe for these by my sister in law and wrote her.  It is not in a great cook book format but more conversational.  I went ahead and listed ingredients for this blog to make it easier.  Just read through the recipe before you start and it should be pretty easy to figure out. This can be made vegan by omitting cheese and egg and using ground flax instead.    Let me know what you think when you try them! Oh and I realized that it has been a LONG time so no more letting work keep me from my passion.  I plan on blogging weekly from now on. 

Cauliflower patties: 

Ingredients

1-2 whole cauliflower or 2 bags of frozen cauliflower

1 cup of breading ( more explanation below)

seasonings

2 eggs or ( 1 tbsp ground  flaxseed added to 5 tbsp hot water) instead of the egg.

parmesan cheese ( optional)

sour cream or veganaise

olive oil and a frying pan

These are really all about what you have on hand. I have used frozen cauliflower or fresh. You roast either in the oven with garlic until nice and soft and browned. Then you take it out and mash it. To this you add either matzo meal or italian bread crumbs or panko bread crumbs or crushed crackers it all depends on what you have in the house. I used italian breadcrumbs for the ones you tasted. Now if you have seasoned breadcrumbs you will add less garlic, mortons seasoning and turmeric but still add some of each. If you use unseasoned mixture be sure to add all sorts of spices to it, your choice but some good ones are parsley, garlic, oregano, chives, salt, pepper, mortons seasoning can sub for most of that too. use an egg to bind it together ( may need a couple depends on how much cauliflower you are making) I also like to add parmesan cheese to mine but if making pareve( non dairy) then you can omit. If dairy add the parmesan b/c you will then make a sour cream sauce for it. After mashing cauliflower and adding breading and egg and spices it should be firm and you can make patties and fry in hot olive oil. brown on both sides. For a yummy sauce I take sour cream and add chives and garlic and some salt and pepper and can thin with a drop of milk. For a great pareve sauce you can use veganaisse ( find in health or green grocery or whole foods) and add chives and garlic and salt and pepper and thin with drop of water or soy or almond miik. :D Let me know how these turn out for you!!!!

One more.......super easy, healthy and delicious.

blurry but good!
Ok so this is an interesting one.....
I had a can of mixed bean salad added a can of chick peas and of course some fresh spinach sauteed with carrots and yellow peppers to make a wilted warm salad that I served with a vegan chicken pattie that I splashed balsamic vinegar on and threw some in the pan also. This was so good you wouldn't believe it!! It is also incredibly protein rich with all of the beans and very low fat.  The can of bean salad had no corn syrup or anything artificial just vinegar, sugar and spices so it was a healthier option.  The whole thing was tangy and very filling.  I made this three days in a row for lunch and before working out at the gym.  I felt so healthy and ready to be fit. :) If you try any of my recipes I would love to know how they turn out for you.

An assortment of things

tofurky sausages in a "cream" sauce really tasted great

to  make anything vegan make sure you use unsweetened soy milk otherwise it will not taste right

spinach potato patties!!

yummy pasta primavera!!


I have been so swamped with work I have not posted but I at least want to get some pics on here and then I can post more recipes later. I have been practically addicted to fresh spinach ever since I found organic spinach in giant containers for less than 4 dollars.  I have added it to pasta, sauces, just saute with fresh garlic. I added it to both the pasta and the sauteed veggies for this primavera and it was great.  I like to brown my veggies b/c I love the crispy flavor mushrooms impart when browned. The other pic is of spinach and potato patties.  For this I used a bag of organic spinach ( frozen) and organic potato , parmesan and half and half.  To veganize unsweetened soy milk would be great and to give it the rich flavor add some earth balance to the pan when cooking.  I did not use any egg in this and it held together well without it.  Seasoning was garlic, onion, salt, and pepper.  These hold up so well and are a great meal or snack. I also made a couple of "cream" sauces with the above soy milk and honestly you cannot tell the difference. I add earth balance to make it richer like cream but for a lighter meal you can omit that step.  The sausages and cream were simply cut up tofurky italian sausage sauteed with onion, fresh garlic and soymilk and added some pepper and drop of salt. The sausages are pretty intense on their own with basil and sundried tomato so the sauce can really be simple. This can be served with mashed potato or whole wheat pasta.  We have eaten this both ways.