My interview went ok yesterday I think. I am still ambivalent about it all, often vacillating between strong feelings one way or the other, and trying not to think about it.
So here's something to put it out of my mind - a recipe! I made vegetarian burgers last night and they were delicious. Writing this down to help me remember. I was trying to roughly follow a half remembered recipe I found ages ago that used beans, carrots, and oats as the main ingredients, but I can't remember where I found it originally.
Beetroot and Bean Burgers
Ingredients
1.5 tins beans of choice - I used 1 tin black beans, 1/2 tin cannellini beans
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 carrot
1/4 raw beetroot
1/2 bunch chives
Pinches of various spices - cumin, cinnamon, coriander, paprika, chilli - whatever you want, really
Hefty pinch garlic powder
Salt and pepper
1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke (I love this stuff but I'm sure it would work fine without)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 egg
60g low fat feta cheese
1. Grate carrots and beetroot, lightly salt, and place in colander lined with tea towel for 30 minutes or so until some liquid has seeped out.
2. Blend the oats along with the spices, a good pinch of salt, and pepper
3. Add the remaining ingredients except for the feta cheese and about 1/4 or 1/3 of the beans. Blend until smooth-ish (you don't want a purée)
4. Mix through with the crumbled feta and whole beans, and form into 4 patties. The mixture will be very wet.
5. Bake on a lined tray at around 140C for 45 minutes or so until firmer and dry on top. I let them cool for a while after that which I think helped them firm up too
6. Heat a little oil in a pan, fry each burger for a couple of minutes a side.
We ate them (well, I ate one, H ate two) on toasted English muffins with tomato sauce. Delicious! Around 330 calories each.
So here's something to put it out of my mind - a recipe! I made vegetarian burgers last night and they were delicious. Writing this down to help me remember. I was trying to roughly follow a half remembered recipe I found ages ago that used beans, carrots, and oats as the main ingredients, but I can't remember where I found it originally.
Beetroot and Bean Burgers
Ingredients
1.5 tins beans of choice - I used 1 tin black beans, 1/2 tin cannellini beans
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 carrot
1/4 raw beetroot
1/2 bunch chives
Pinches of various spices - cumin, cinnamon, coriander, paprika, chilli - whatever you want, really
Hefty pinch garlic powder
Salt and pepper
1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke (I love this stuff but I'm sure it would work fine without)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 egg
60g low fat feta cheese
1. Grate carrots and beetroot, lightly salt, and place in colander lined with tea towel for 30 minutes or so until some liquid has seeped out.
2. Blend the oats along with the spices, a good pinch of salt, and pepper
3. Add the remaining ingredients except for the feta cheese and about 1/4 or 1/3 of the beans. Blend until smooth-ish (you don't want a purée)
4. Mix through with the crumbled feta and whole beans, and form into 4 patties. The mixture will be very wet.
5. Bake on a lined tray at around 140C for 45 minutes or so until firmer and dry on top. I let them cool for a while after that which I think helped them firm up too
6. Heat a little oil in a pan, fry each burger for a couple of minutes a side.
We ate them (well, I ate one, H ate two) on toasted English muffins with tomato sauce. Delicious! Around 330 calories each.
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