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Apr 22, 2019

Easy, Fun Vegetarian Dish Recipes!




Easy, Fun Vegetarian Dish Recipes-
Our more plant-based switch is doing well! Feeling better, losing some weight and am hopeful this will be easier to sustain than I originally thought. We're doing a class, but more about that later... So...

I had to add this first! These spicy black bean cakes, from an early Katie Brown Entertains cook book, are an all time fave here! Everyone who's tried them loved them! Couldn't find it online, so I copied off my cook book page. The Tabasco is a must or you'd have bland beans. Here you go...

Spicy Black Bean Cakes

You'll need:
4 cups canned black beans well drained and rinsed, or start with dried black beans if you like. 
Half a cup of thinly sliced green onions or scallions. 
Half a cup of chopped roasted red bell peppers. 
6 TBL of flour, more for dusting
Two teaspoons of Tabasco sauce, this makes the recipe!!! 
Two teaspoons of salt, yes you need that much!
One teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper
6 tablespoons vegetable oil, 
1 cup sour cream (optional) and   2 tablespoons of chopped chives.

First- in a bowl lightly mash the beans, keeping some large pieces intact but creating some paste. Mix the beans together with the green onions, roasted red peppers, flour, Tabasco sauce and pepper. Form patties in your hand about half the size of a hamburger. Dust both size of the patties with flour. Heat oil in the pan over medium heat for about 3 minutes, until the oil is very hot. Fry cakes for about 5 minutes on each side, until the outside is crispy and fried. You can put in the oven to keep warm if you are making more. Top of sour cream mixed with chives, but this is optional if you're not doing dairy. Keeps well in the fridge!


Amish Baked Oatmeal

Another fave, and easy to substitute nut milk for dairy, and use an egg substitute. I made the original for Easter breakfast, it was all gone fast! Recipe here- Amish Baked Oatmeal  You could also use other kinds of fruits, like blueberries and other stone fruits. It's great because you add simple ingredients, put in the oven and walk away. Keeps well in the fridge as well. 

6 comments:

Mama Pea said...

Our daughter is especially fond of black bean burgers so I'm guessing she'd really like these. Gotta try this recipe. Two teaspoons of Tabasco, eh? Sounds like a lot but I'll trust you and go for it! I'd like the sour cream dollop on top, but hubby will pass, I'm sure. Have you tried it by cooking your own dried black beans? I find in any recipe you get more flavor by cooking dried peas, beans, etc. instead of using canned. (Although you can't beat canned for convenience and ease when you don't have time to cook the beans before using in a recipe.) Thanks for this recipe, Nancy!

Nancy In Boise said...

Thanks, and it sounds like a lot of Tabasco, but it not really hot, more tangy from the vinegar base. I'd make as is and try it...

Susan said...

Thanks for both of these recipes! I will definitely try these black bean cakes (having a liking for Tabasco, I'm sure I'll love them!)

Nancy In Boise said...

You're welcome! Yummy

Matt said...

I tried the bean cake it is amazing! Thank you for the share

Nancy In Boise said...

Glad you liked it! One of my fave recipes!!!

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