Sandwiches

Snobby Joes

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Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
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Vegan Sloppy Joes

Course: Main Course, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: lunch, sandwich
Servings: 6 sandwiches

Ingredients

  • 2 15-oz cans lentils drained and rinsed
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 1 green bell pepper chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped

Sauce

  • 1 15-oz can tomato sauce
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 tablespoons mustard
  • 2 tablespoons chili powder
  • 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 3 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  • Sauté the onion, garlic, and green pepper until soft, about 5 minutes. Add a little water if they start to stick.
  • Add the chili powder, paprika, and cayenne to the vegetables; stir and cook about one minute.
  • Add the rest of the sauce ingredients and mix. Add the lentils, simmer for a few minutes to let the flavors develop.
  • Serve on toast or burger buns.

Notes

This recipe calls for canned lentils but you can easily cook lentils beforehand. One cup dried green or brown lentils to 4 cups of water; cooks in about 20 minutes. Lentils do not have to be soaked.
To make it even more quickly, use a jarred barbeque sauce (read the label to minimize oil). Just simmer the lentils in the sauce for a few minutes to develop flavor.
Very good served with crunchy slaw.

“Possible” Burgers

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Everyone loves a burger, and veggie burgers are readily available these days. But they’re not always the healthiest item. The main ingredients in the Impossible Burger are water, soy protein concentrate, coconut oil, and sunflower oil. Fourteen grams of fat. Similarly, the popular Beyond Burger is made mostly of water, pea protein (a peas-mung bean-rice blend), expeller-pressed canola oil, refined coconut oil. Twenty grams of fat. They look, cook, and taste like a beef burger but neither contains any actual vegetables. Still, they are an appealing alternative to those who are transitioning to a plant-based way of eating.

I’ve tried many veggie burger recipes, and this is one that I like. It holds its burger-patty shape, it’s 100% whole foods no oil, and it tastes great!

veggie burger
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time24 minutes
Refrigeration Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 40 minutes
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Dave’s “Possible” Burger

My favorite plant-based burger recipe. Makes 8; great for prep.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: burger, vegan
Servings: 12

Equipment

  • food processor

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon ground flax Dissolve in 1/4 cup water.
  • 2 cups cooked short-grain brown rice short-grain has extra starch
  • 2 cups rolled oats
  • 2 15-oz cans beans black or pinto, drained and rinsed.
  • 2 stalks celery chopped
  • 1/2 large onion chopped
  • 6 cremini mushrooms about 1/2 cup, chopped
  • 1/2 cup walnuts
  • 2 jalapeno peppers Remove seeds and membrane.
  • 2/3 cup ketchup, barbeque sauce, or tomato sauce
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper

Instructions

  • Combine the ground flax with 1/4 cup water and set aside. This is a flax "egg."
  • Place 1 can of beans in a large bowl and mash with a fork, breaking them into pieces.
  • Add the oats and rice.
  • Put the other can of beans, the celery, onion, walnuts, mushrooms, and pepper into a food processor. Pulse until finely chopped. Add to the beans.
  • Stir in the flax egg.
  • Add the remaining seasonings and mix thoroughly.
  • Divide into 12 and form into patties.
  • On a baking sheet covered with parchment paper, bake at 375 for 12 minutes on each side. Or panfry for 7 minutes per side.
  • Store in fridge or freezer.

Notes

Who is Dave, you ask? I don’t remember where I got this recipe, but it’s a keeper!

White Bean Dip

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Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
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Irresistible White Bean Dip

So so good, one of my favorite dips. It's demonstrated in the Food for Life classes.
Course: Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6

Equipment

  • food processor

Ingredients

  • 1 can white beans, either navy or cannellini 1 1/2 cups
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp miso
  • 1/4 tsp black salt
  • 1 tbsp tahini or almond butter
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 1/2 tbsp water

Instructions

  • Combine all the ingredients in a small food processor, and puree until smooth.