Vegetable and Cheddar Patties
This is a great recipe (even for kids) and you can use cookies cutters to make fun shapes that kids will love.
Any mixture of vegetables work well in these patties. The choice is unlimited, but below is my basic recipe:
Serves 2 – makes 4 good sized patties
Extra Easy – 1 HEa + 1 HEb per serving
Green – 1 HEa + 1 HEb per serving
Ingredients
340g of potato, peeled (I used yukon golds)
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 small carrot, finely chopped
1 small parsnip, finely chopped
1/4 cup of frozen peas
1/4 cup of frozen sweetcorn
few leaves of fresh flat Italian parsley, chopped
salt and pepper to season
1 egg
56g of cheddar (2 HEa’s), grated
4 slices of wholewheat bread (2 HEb’s), blitzed into breadcrumbs
Frylight or Pam Spray
Method
Add the potatoes to a saucepan of boiling hot water and bring to the boil, then simmer until a fork can easily be poked through them. Turn off heat, drain potatoes and roughly mash with a fork, season with salt and pepper and set aside to cool down.
Spray a frying pan over a medium heat with some Frylight or Pam spray. Add the onion, carrot and parsnip and cook until golden and tender. Turn off heat and stir in the frozen peas and sweetcorn.
The add to the roughly mashed potato, along with the cheddar and chopped parsley and mix together thoroughly.
When mixture has thoroughly cooled down, add the egg and mix together, form into 4 equal sized patties.
Sprinkle the breadcrumbs onto a chopping board and loosely cover each pattie.
Refrigerate for at least 2 hours to allow the patties to firm up.
When ready to be cooked, preheat oven to 200c or 400f, spray a baking try with Frylight or Pam spray and place your patties onto the tray, again spray over the top of the patties and bake in the oven until nice and golden – approx 30mins. You will need to carefully turn them over half way through cooking time.
These are great served on their own as a light snack/lunch or can even be served as a side dish to accompany various recipes.
Enjoy!!
Filed under: Extra Easy, Green, lunch, potatoes, side dish, syn free, vegetables
