Once I was at home completely alone, vegan and hungry. On top of this misery, I was lazy to go to the store. I looked into the fridge. Lousy half-dead carrots. Fab... (rolling eyes).
Off to the cupboard. Some oatmeals, zillion of spices, some dried lentils and beans and brown rice. Back to the fridge... Still just carrots, nothing new. ..Back to the storage cupboard. Still the same. Darn.. Rice, beans, lentils - those all take forever to make. That gives me a choice of zillion of spices, shivered carrots and oatmeals. Great, lets get cooking.
Believe or not, but what seemed like a complete disastrous dinner turned out to be a fab never-ending feast. By a graduate experimenting with different ingredients I came to the conclusion that one can never have enough of:
SIMPLE VEGGIE OATMEAL PATTIES:
- oatmeals
- firm veggies (e.g. carrot as on the picture)
- seasoning (I used simply salt)
Divide into several chunks, shape into balls, flatten and form patties of any desired size. Now the fun is here, so make sure you make enormous quantity.
1. Eat them raw (it´s just oatmeals and veggies after all)
2. Deep- or shallow-fry them3. Bake them
4. Freeze them for later use.How can one have enough? Try:
1. Chopped chilies
2. Various spice or herb mixes
3. A combination of grated or mashed veggies (mashed broccoli works great)
4. Chopped seeds or nuts
5. Coat them with breadcrumbs, dessicated coconut
... cannot think of something that would not work. You can even make them sweet!!!
This is my contribution to Eat Healthy Eat Fiber event run by Sangeeth over at Art of Cooking Indian Food. Looking forward to the round-up and part 2.
We had ours with a simple sugar-snaps stir-fry.A very unique oatmeal patties that I like to make whenever back home in Slovakia are the ones made from Stinging Nettle herb... very lovely spinachy flavor.
19 kommentarer:
That is what i call really beeing inventive with dishes.
You didn't had thatmuch in your pantry and you still came out with this dlicious wholesome, healthy plate of food
Lovely! It is amazing what you can think up when you don't have much to hand!
hey girls,
yes, sometimes it works better than one would expect.
wow! it really is creative....i'll prefer to eat it raw....very creative and healthy recipe for the event thanks...
Thanks Sangeeth. It takes pretty good raw, especially when combined with chopped sunflower seeds. The oatmeal gets a bit sticky, though, depending on the juiciness of the vegetables.
True that Necessity is the mother of invention. Loved your patties. ?I would hv never thought abt it using oats.
That was lovely said :-) Yes, me neither, but darn, can they be crispy when fried...
Thanks for the recipe, YYYYYUUUUMM!!! I wanted to share this, whenever I have any kind of patties, with it I have this drink called purple. You must have heard about it since it's doing a lot of rounds in the celebrity circuit and is all over the news. Its tastes amazing with patties, try it and let me know if you liked it or not. It is a health drink which is made up of 7 fruits juice and is high on antioxidants and you know about antioxidants right? it prevents premature ageing, what else do growing women want huh, LOL!! If you want more information to check whether what I am saying is right you can get it at www.drinkpurple.com . You can get it at GNC and drug stores.
wow - that sounds really healthy. what a great idea with the oatmeal - v nice. i'm so excited that you are my partner on taste & create - can't wait to try so many recipes that i've bookmarked!
I'd be sure to enjoy these. Of course you know I would load them up with chilies and spice :)
Dazzie:
thanks for the tips. Antioxidants can never hurt.
Arudanthi:
WOw, I havent looked yet. Thanks so much for a reminder. I will look into this right away.
Lisa:
Of course, dear. They are great with chopped sunflower seeds, green chilies and fresh coriander leaves.
I love this Zlamshka, you are so riginal in your recipes, I like this!!! xxxxGloria
Thank You Gloria :-)
Those patties look really good and are bookmarked for me to cook at a later date, well done on making something from almost nothing.
Hippolyra,
Thanks for stopping by (i love that cute name of yours). Please do try them - a very easy way of using up the leftovers.
That's a nice comination of ingredients, Z. Very healthy too!
I have a patties post that has been sitting in my drafts forever!
that s a shame, post it! The world loves is nuts about patties these days :-) i am at least....
I am going to try this real soon and will report back!
Hi sounds good,
please do tell how it went :-)
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