If you don’t mind eating a “burger” that’s rather orange in color, this recipe is a dawn of new horizons on the meat-less path to happiness! Or something.
I was going to follow a recipe I found online for this one, but ended up not having any of the ingredients besides carrots. So, alas, I improvised. And the results were not too bad.
I say “raw-ish” because I am aware ketchup and sriracha are not raw (bummer!) and I’m not sure about black pepper. But, whatever. Substitute if you must.
Are they cheap? Yes! Why? Because they are like a trashcan of whatever you have in your fridge. Feeling guilty about the $10 you spent on produce at the farmer’s market two weeks ago and haven’t eaten? Not to worry! Grind it up and throw it in. Don’t have raw almonds? Great! Use the remnants of nuts in that nasty Walgreens trail mix you bought at a moment of vegan desperation and hunger. Don’t have spices? “Borrow” your roommate’s curry powder and soy sauce. Seriously, just improvise.
Ingredients:
4 large carrots
about 1/2 c sprouted flax seeds
about 1/2 c flax seeds
1/4 c sprouted almonds
a little less than 1/4 c cilantro (I used dried cilantro I had previously dehydrated. Fresh would work also)
a little less than 1/4 c ketchup
1 tablespoon Sriracha
1-1/2 tablespoons black pepper
What to do:
1. Grind up sprouted flax seeds in VitaMix or food processor
2. Add 2 carrots, some cilantro and about half of the almonds and flax. (unless you have a super amazing food processor, I recommend mixing the ingredients a little at a time. My VitaMix could not handle it all at once)
3. Once mixed put in a mixing bowl, and grind up the rest of the ingredients in the vitamix/food processor. When done, add this to the mixing bowl.
4. Stir together, and all the ketchup, sriracha and black pepper. Add whatever other seasonings you think would be good.
5. FREAKING WASH YOUR HANDS. Nothing grosses me out more than dirty hands fondling food! Make little carrotalmondflaxcilantroketchup balls and smoosh them so they are patty-shaped, and put on dehydrator trays.
6. Dehydrate for about 8 hours, depending on your dehydrator. Also depending, you might have to flip them halfway. Mine is awesome so I don’t have to (thanks mom!)
Eat them topped with lettuce, spinach, kale, tomatoes, ketchup, salsa, veg cheese, sweet potatoes, whatever! My fridge is currently understocked so I will probably just be eating them with ketchup 😦 Enjoi.
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