Finding balance through my love for healthy food

Friday, 26 December 2014

Mushroom lentil and spinach bites


Ingredients: 

•1 can of cooked green lentils
• 3 cups of finely chopped mushrooms 
• 1/3 cup of pine nuts 
• half a onion 
• 2 large handfuls of spinach 
• 2 large hand fills of kale 
• 1/2 tsp baking powder 
• 3 garlic cloves 
• 1/4 cup oat flour 
• 1 Flax egg (tbsp ground flax+ 2 tbsp water)
• salt and pepper to taste

Method: 

-preheat the oven to 190 degrees 
- mush the lentils with a fork leaving some mushed and some not 
- heat the pine nuts in a sauce pan with a little bit of olive oil until browned
- cook the mushrooms And garlic in a pan with some Olive oil..once browned, add the kale and spinage and sauté for another few minutes. Then add in the lentil mixture along with the pine nuts.
- in a separate bowl add the 3 tbsp of flax seed and 2 tbsp of water, mix until it forms a thick paste. Then add too the sauté mixture. 
- you then add the baking powder, salt, pepper and oat flower.. Adding water if the mixture is to dry. It should be a sticky paste by this point.
- lastly roll the paste into balls and put on a baking sheet on a baking tray.. And place in the oven to bake for about 45 minutes. 


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