The cooking continues.

Well I’m keeping up so far with this veggie thing! I can do it! And poor Conan has to just go along with a lot of it! I found this video though and its this idea that’s got me going veggie. I’m not this badly off at all, but as far as my neck pain goes the doctors just seem to have handed me a huge bag of pills and said bye bye. If something as basic as changing my diet can help get off the pills and have a quality of life then I’m going for it!

So I made the lentil sprout burgers, I added some bean sprouts too! And I had my camera out : 

The sprouts growing in my little sprouter

Picked them and stuck them in a bowl of water to get the husks off.

Lazy way to dry them :) 

Close up 

I loooove playing with the food processor, the sprouts didn't stand a chance! 

Very gooey batter

Fried them up, they were definitely more fritter then burger

Cooked "burger"

 Of course served with a salad full of other types of sprouts, mostly sunflower, broccoli and mustard.

Yummy salad full of other sprouts and peppers and seeds. 

They were interesting, I’m definitely going to try them again but definitely with more herbs and spices and veg. They were really more fritters then burgers and the initial batter was far too liquid so I added mushrooms to bulk and it worked quite well. Tried them cold the next day, nasty! And one of the few things that adding melted cheese to doesn’t help! Definitely only good for one meal don’t make extra for leftovers!

I’ve another bunch of sprouts growing, so might give the burgers another go next week!

Then on Wednesday night I cooked my first ever nut roast, it turned out quite well although it’s going to need tinkering with the recipe too, I’ll post it here when I get it right. But it was a pretty good first attempt and Conan even had it for lunch cold the next day with no complaints.

Last night I Mousakaed it up! And it was goooooooood! I just replaced the mince with mushrooms and it;s just as good as with the meat, and best of all we have plenty left this evening so I don’t need to bother to cook, just reheat it J ...maybe with a bit of garlic bread!

So ye I think with a bit of effort and thought I can definitely do veggie, vegan however is a long ways off!

Oh wow! I better get going if I’m going to yoga, very tempted to just do it at home instead, after I did yesterday and the bunnies decided to join in and climb all over me! Was fantastic fun!