Vegan Lunch

A dear vegan friend of mine came over the other day and we cooked up a delicious vegan lunch. Now if ya'll know me, you know I love meat. I kinda live on it. I'm rather skeptical of the whole vegan/vegetarian diet because to be quite honest, with all the other things I try not to eat I'd probably starve to death. But none of that goes to say I didn't enjoy this lunch, I very much did and plan to make it again soon. It was extremely tasty and fairly easy too.

Veggie Burgers
This is sort of one of my own creations. I found some recipes and didn't have most of the ingredients so I kind of combined a few different ones and hoped for the best. And I hoped correctly. They were amazing. Veggie burgers are ridiculously tasty. And this is soy free which is great because of the may health issues of soy. (aluminum, gmo, etc.)

VEGGIE BURGERS

¾ cups beans

¼ cup diced onions

1 clove garlic

½ cup sweet potatoes

½ cup chopped kale

1 T + 1 t olive oil

1 t red wine vinegar

2 t ketchup

1 t soy sauce

½ t basil

½ t oregano

½ t paprika

½ t pepper

¼ t salt

½ cup oats

¼ cup walnuts

Saute onions and garlic in oil until soft. Place all ingredients (one or two at a time) into food processor and process until combined. Shape into patties (makes about six). Put oil into pan and cook patties for until slightly browned. Flip halfway through.

Sweet Potato Fries
Can I just say yum? I must admit I am completely, totally and irrevocably in love with sweet potato fries. I love sweet potatoes in any form but fries are perfection. This recipe had that bit of spicy bite to it without being too much. Well the original recipe was spiced more but I have a fear of making things too spicy so I lowered the cayenne. I also really kinda dislike cumin so I put in very, very, little.

Fries
2 sweet potatoes
2 T olive oil (or a bit more)
1 t paprika
1 t salt
1/2 t garlic powder
1/2 t black pepper
pinch cumin
pinch cayenne pepper

Cut sweet potatoes into 1/4 inch strips and toss with the rest of the ingredients. Spread on baking sheet and cook at 450 for 25-30 minutes.


Kale
To finish it up we just steamed up a little Kale in olive oil. Yes, as you might be noticing by I have a tiny little obsession with olive oil. I must admit I have a hard time cooking without it. It just makes everything better (really is does)!

Kale
1 head of kale
olive oil (the more the better ;) )
salt to taste

~Alyssa <3