As a teenager I was a vegetarian for a while and one of the foods I loved were some form of Vegetable Grills, they inspire this recipe. That taste and love of vegetaraian food has never left me, if hubby would let me I’d be a vegetarian now but he loves he meat too much and I’m not going to cook 2 meals. So our compromise is to eat meat just a couple of times a week. Mainly because I do the cooking 😉
Even before I had seen this month Recipe Redux theme “A Play on Patties” I had this recipe idea lurking in the back of my head. A soft veggie pattie that is slightly crisp on the outside and oozing in the centre. These little beauties take some time to make but it’s a therapeutic fun task involving lots of squishing which is perfect for getting kids involved in.
I also needed this recipe to work for the whole family as that is how I cook. That now includes the 6 month old baby. His verdict – they were fun to chase around the highchair table and to squish, even more fun to drop bits of on the floor and he did eat a little too 😉
Getting the ingredients ready:
Patties Ready to be baked:
Served Up Ready to Eat:
- 2 carrots
- 1/2 head of broccoli
- 2 medium potatoes
- 2 eggs
- 100g cheddar
- 100g cottage cheese or quark
- Seasoning
- Cornmeal
- Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 5.
- Grate all the vegetables or use a food processor.
- Mix in the grated cheddar and other cheese plus the beaten eggs.
- Season.
- Now comes the fun bit. Grab a handful and squish it firmly together. Some liquid will come out, keep squishing and forming it into a pattie until if holds together.
- Spread some of the cornmeal onto a plate and roll the pattie in it.
- You may need to reshape it and then coat it in cornmeal again.
- Place onto a greased baking tray and bake for 20 minutes.
Yummmmm. Exactly my cup of tea. Thanks so much for linking up with #recipeoftheweek. I’ve pinned this post and have scheduled to tweet shortly 🙂 Hope to see you linking up again soon! 😀 x
I too was a vegetarian in my teens, and I used to eat something like this too, I love this recipe and will definitely be trying it out.
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Thanks so much, I hope you enjoy it.
These look amazing with the oozy cheese! Know what you mean about not cooking 2 meals…I tell my kids, “you get what you get and don’t make a fit!” (:
I wouldn’t have thought to use cottage cheese. Great take on the veggie patty!