South Oakland Kitchen

This recipe has been sitting on my phone for a while (read: since august) so I figure I’ll get it up here so I can move on and so that you all can make delicious black bean burgers. These burgers are so easy to make, and the recipe makes a ton. Freeze them on a baking sheet, and when they’re frozen, throw them in a ziplock bag and keep them for cookouts or busy nights! These are burgers are fresh, smoky, and spicy tasting, and are great on buns, naked, or crumbled on a salad.

In a large food processor, pulverize 2 cups of regular oats to make oat flour.

Turn the food processor off and add 25 oz of black beans, 15 oz of kidney beans, two poblano peppers (stems and seeds removed), one green bell pepper (stem and seeds removed), 1 tablespoon each of onion powder, garlic powder, nutritional yeast, vegan worcestershire sauce, and soy sauce, 2 teaspoons of cumin, and 1 teaspoon each of liquid smoke, paprika, chili powder, cayenne, and crushed red pepper.

Turn food processor on and combine all ingredients, turning it off and scraping the sides when necessary. 

Shape mixture into patties and freeze before cooking so they keep their shape! 

*as proclaimed by my boyfriend, who is clearly biased

girlmeetsinternet:

Drinking homemade dairy free eggnog! FESTIVE LACTOSE INTOLERANTS OF THE WORLD UNITE

I used this recipe from my main man alton brown: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/eggnog-recipe2/index.html

i subbed whole milk for almond milk and heavy whipping cream for soy creamer! also did not add in the bourbon but you guys can get fancy however you want.

I’ve been used to having a lot of free time in the summer to cook!  Every day I would get home from work and prepare a new, fresh made meal, without worrying about studies or club meetings.  In order to still eat well during the school year, I decided I would try and make ahead as many foods as I could, and freeze them, so that I can just reheat home cooked things on the spot to save both time and money.  Thus, the back to school cooking extravaganza began.

I already have frozen:

• Tomato sauce for pasta
• 4 servings of homemade gnocchi

Yesterday I made:

• Three batches of pizza dough
• A batch of pizza sauce
• Eighteen seitan hot dogs
• 11 black bean burgers
• 6 cups of granola
• 20 seitan breakfast sausages

Today I’m going to make falafel patties and maybe a soup!  Wish me luck…

i promise more posts are soon to come!