A Play on Patties : While St. Patty’s Day will be over by the time The Recipe ReDux rolls around this month, we’re celebrating the ‘patty’ all month long. We’ve seen images of stacked patties go crazy on food photo sharing sites like HealthyAperture.com; so stack ‘em up! Think healthy tuna burgers, potato patties, or veggie stacks.
Less than 2 weeks ago, I got to partake in a cooking class sponsored by Greenbrier Better Living Center & Thrift Store (also known as the thrift shop my church runs).
The goal was to teach the community that healthy foods could indeed be delicious, and didn’t necessarily have to be extremely complicated/expensive to make. It’s currently being taught by Heidi, one of the best cooks at my church.* She taught us how to make 17 different recipes within 2.5 hours. This included giving us samples of all of them. And raffles. :O D-damn. I believe the next class is going to be covering healthy/healthier desserts! :]
*This is saying a lot, because everything, and I mean everything, I have consumed there thus far [1.5 years and counting] has been delicious. :O She has 6 children (ages 1-11) and I’m jealous of what they get to eat each day…but it’s cool, because that’s what my Saturdays are for. I usually reserve Saturday as my “cheat day” and go back for thirds or fourths; if anyone could convert me into eating a vegetarian/vegan diet, they’d have the highest success rate.
In any case, this is my very first contribution to the Recipe ReDux group! I hope it goes well because I’m not going to be around until about a week after this to see whether or not I posted it correctly. (Hooray for the “schedule post” option!)
The awesome thing about this recipe is that it’s so darn versatile. If you want to add a spicy kick to it, chop up a jalapeno and throw it in. Mix up the spices and you have a whole different patty to work with. You could also top it with all kinds of different sauces. :] Hope you enjoy!
Walnut Oat Patties
Walnut Oat Patties
Ingredients
- 2 cups water + 1 3/4 cups water
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1/4 cup soy sauce tamari or Bragg's Aminos
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1 tbsp flax seed
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp basil
- 1 tbsp oregano
- 1 tsp coriander
- 1 tsp liquid smoke hickory
- black pepper or hot pepper optional
- 4 cups oats
Instructions
- Blend 2 cups of water + the next 10 ingredients (basically everything except the oats). The mixture doesn't have to be smooth.
- Pour blender contents into saucepan and use remaining 2 cups of water to rinse the rest of the blender contents into the saucepan.
- Bring mixture to a boil. Stir occasionally since nuts scorch easily.
- Add oats. Stir, then remove from heat.
- Let cool. Preheat oven to 350.
- Use a wide-mouth canning ring to fill/shape patties on a greased baking sheet.
- Bake for 20 minutes on each side.
These seem to taste best when they’re made a day in advance and then reheated the following day before serving. The flavors mellow out and they get extra delicious! :D
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What a great idea to use a canning jar to make the patties! Love the story of the fab cook in your church…she sounds amazing. (:
Yeah! I’m glad she mentioned that because the patties I make tend to never retain their shape all that well. I’m super lucky to have her at my church! :]
A recipe that is gf and vegetarian so I don’t have to tweak it! Love the use of walnuts in patties and taco “meat”.
Yes indeed! Hope you enjoy it! :D
Yum Farrah – love that this is made with walnuts. And that reminds me I have a bottle of liquid smoke that needs some attention!
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Thanks, Sam! :D! I hope you like em’!
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