Rebel Mikaela here with another super yummy and super doable recipe! It’s no secret that I’m not an experienced chef. My particular challenges lie in the quickness of my cooking. Fast-ish at running, slow at food preparation. That’s why we looove meal prep here at Rebel HQ! That, plus the household is running a company, working other jobs, studying for a master’s degree, a bachelor’s degree, a certificate in massage… and… well fun. So meal prep means we buy everything at once, make a mess once, and can chop up a lot of garlic at once! Then we portion it all up and pop it in the fridge or freezer. Then can choose the meal we feel like having rather than eating the same thing for days. Big win!
Here’s one of my favourite meals with my favourite main ingredient – vegetables! I found this recipe from kitchen superstar Smitten Kitchen. She makes the fritters with cauliflower which is tasty but I love including superfood broccoli any time I possibly can, so I just split that veggie part 50/50 (or whatever I have on hand). See what works for you and let us know how it goes!
The original recipe says it makes 18 x 2in (5cm) fritters. I double or triple for food prep purposes.
Ingredients (cups are U.S. measurement):
- Equivalent of 1 sm head of cauliflower/broccoli (1lb or little less than .5kg, again I put what I have on hand). Chop into chunks.
- 1 large egg
- 1-2 garlic cloves (depending on your love for garlic), minced
- Lemon zest
- 3oz feta, crumbled
- 1/2 c. flour (I use whole wheat because whole grains!)
- 1/8 t. red pepper flakes
- 3/4 t. salt
- 1/2 t. baking powder
- Olive or veggie oil for frying
For a tasty yogurt sauce on top, mix up to taste:
- 1 c. Yogurt
- 3/4 t. ground cumin
- Salt and pepper
- Maybe more lemon zest!
- The original recipe calls for pomegranate arils which is probably delicious but difficult to find here feel free to test it out!
Directions
- Fill large pot with water, add salt, once it starts to heat up, add cauliflower/broccoli and cook until just tender, about 5 minutes. It’s important to drain well (you can use towels to try to get some of the water off)
- Use a large bowl, whisk egg, garlic, lemon zest. Add cauliflower/broccoli, then mash with a potato masher until they are blueberry-sized. It won’t be uniform but that’s okay
- Stir in feta
- In another bowl, whisk flour, salt, pepper, baking powder. Stir into cauliflower/broccoli bowl just until combined
- Heat up your pan on the stove and if you plan on eating these bad boys soon, you can keep them warm in the oven on a low temp (200F/93C)
- When your pan is hot, add 2-3T oil, let it heat up then you can start frying! Plop (carefully, you don’t want to splatter hot oil) about 2T of your mixture into the pan, flatten a bit and let it cook until a bit brown (a couple minutes). Flip ’em over and cook on the other side
- You can take off a bit of the oil by placing the fritter on paper towel before transferring to the oven
- Add your tasty sauce and you’re ready to go!
- If you freeze these guys, just put them on a tray and into a hot oven (400F/204C) until crisp
This is one of my favourite things to make and I hope you enjoy it too! Let us know how you get on with your tasty fritters!