Showing posts with label Ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ideas. Show all posts

Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Veggie Burgers!



Been piling up recipes so thought it was time to get back to sharing some :) Had fancied a veggie burger for ages but the last few I have looked at in the shops have had wheat in so thought I'd just knock some up myself! 

For 6 large patties I used:
1 can of Chickpeas
100g Quinoa
1 Carrot
1 Courgette
1/2 Red onion
Free from flour for dusting 
Oil of choice for cooking                                                        


                    First step was to drain the chickpeas and then mash them up with a fork

Then grated up a carrot, a courgette and chopped up the onion


Put the Quinoa on to boil with some salt and seasoning


And stir fried the veg for about 8 mins until soft


I then stirred the quinoa into the mashed chickpeas, and stirred in the softened veg before splitting the mixture into 6 and having put some flour on my hands formed them into burger shapes






I wasn't sure whether they would be better baked or fried in the pan so I tested one of both! Fried one for about 3 mins on either side in a hot pan with a little oil and the other I baked at 200 for 20 mins

           
                                         

The one on the left was the fried one which predictably came out a nicer colour and a little crispier but I liked the crust that formed on the baked one with the soft middle so I would happily recommend either!





Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Easy Peasy Pesto Pasta

This horrible weather led me to making this for dinner this week as after trudging in the rain I just wanted a quick fix of something yummy! 

A a 'Free Fromer' I am often looking for new weird and wacky ideas, but sometimes it's nice to go back to basics and just have a replacement of something 'normal'



The pasta I have used here is Sainsbury's Free From Fusilli which I find to be one of the best replacements, some baby salad leave and chicken diced and stir fried with a generous helping of this yummy pesto:



Part of Asda's new Free From selection I have found this to be a cheaper alternative (£1.90) to some of the other health store options and just as good! It says only to keep in the fridge a few days after opened but I often leave it a few weeks and after a quick mix it taste just as good as the first time :)