Plant-Based Burgers (and Cauliflower Bread)

Burgers are a universal favourite. These plant-based patties are a great way to load up on a diversity of plants without much effort. These patties are great for batch cooking and for keeping the freezer to pair with a simple salad or cauliflower bread (see recipe below) at any time.

Vegan, Dairy Free

Makes 12 patties

Patties Ingredients:

Chia eggs (3 Tbsp chia seeds mixed with 3/4 cup water)

1 small sweet potato, grated

1 carrot, grated

1 cup pecans/walnuts, blitzed

1 onion, diced

1 Tbsp tamari

1/2 cup nutritional yeast flakes

1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp dried thyme or mixed herbs

1 cup oat flour (to make oat flour add 1 cup oats to blender to blitz until fine)

2 cups oats

Method:

1. To make chia eggs, mix the chia seeds and the water well and set aside to thicken.

2. Mix all the ingredients together and use a 1/2 cup measure to scoop portions to mould into patties.

3. Fry on medium heat in a frypan. Cook for 5 minutes both sides until golden.

4. Serve together with a salad, tomato sauce and vegan mayonnaise on a wholemeal bread roll or on the cauliflower bread (recipe below)

Makes 8 rounds

Vegan, Dairy Free, Gluten Free

Cauliflower Bread Ingredients:

Half a small head of cauliflower

2 cups of almond meal

3 tsp turmeric

1 tsp pink himalayan salt

1/3 cup nutritional yeast flakes

3 eggs

Cauliflower Bread Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180C.

2. Break the cauliflower up into florets and blitz in a blender until it becomes 'rice'. This will produce approx 4 cups.

3. Mix all the other ingredients together and stir in the cauliflower rice.

4. Take 1/3 cup portions of the mixture and mould into rounds 1cm thick and lay them onto a lined baking tray and bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

5. Let the cauliflower bread cool on the bench and then enjoy!