Black Bean Burger Burritooooooooo

Try saying that five times fast.

Of course I decide to make an alternative to a hamburger and end up frying it.

Its good, kinda hard to fry cuz it like falls apart but since it becomes a burrito it can be in pieces!!

Win win!!

Ps. its parve until you add cheese to it at the end

What you need: 

Like 1 Shitake mushroom

1 can of black beans

1 spoonful of chopped garlic (like 2-3 cloves)

3/4 cup of bread crumbs( I made from a hamburger bun)

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon cumin

2 tablespoons parsley

1 tablespoon soy sauce 

salt 

pepper 

Oil for frying

Flur tortillas

cheese

sour cream

avacado

whatever other fixings you like!

What you need to do:

1) Make your breadcrumbs! Throw half a hamburger bun into a food processor  and chop it until its crumbs! (you can also use oats, or regular breadcrumbs)

2) Chop up the mushrooms and put it in the food processor. Add the beans, garlic, bread crumbs, paprika, chili powder, cumin, and soy sauce. Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste, and mix it for like 30 seconds. NOT so much, just so its like combined.

If it needs to be thicker, add more bread crumbs, or if it needs to be thinner add some water. Just till its like a nice puree that you can make into a burger. 

3) Stir in the parsley and let it sit for like 10 minutes. The more it sits the better it will stick together.

4) Shape the burgers into these gross looking shapes, and let em sit for another 5 minutes while the oil gets hot.

5) Heat oil on a frying pan and cook the burgers, about 5 minutes on each side. Cook each side till its crispy, but before it burns. 

6) Put the tortilla in the leftover oil, for a few seconds on each side (It'll help it not rip when you make the actual burrito)

7) Make yourself a burrito with all the fixings!! Spread sour cream, add cheese, taco sauce, avocado  lettuce, whatever. Roll it into a cute shape and dig in.

Onion Straws

You know those french fried onions you get in like a can from the supermarket and that are supposed to be in stur fry but we all eat plain? These are them but sooo so good.

What you need:
2 onions
2 cups of milk
2 cups of flour
like a tablespoon of salt
some black pepper
some red pepper flakes
Canola oil

What you need to do:

1) peel the onions and cut a slit into them. Slice them very very thin, if u have a slicer now is the time to break it out.

2) break the rings apart and put them into a shallow pyrex. Cover them with 2 cups of mik (you can use skim, or even buttermilk.)

3) While they soak, make the batter- Combine the flour, salt, about 1/2 teaspoon flour and 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes. Just enough so you can see them when you mix the flour.

4) Heat like 3 inches of vegetable oil in a pot, pan, or a dutch oven.

5) Use tongs and shake the milk off of the onions, and then coat them in flour. In BATCHES, throw the onions into the hot oil. Fry for about 3-4 minutes, until they are golden brown, and take them out with tongs or a spoon with slats.

6) Dry them on a paper towel , and eat. I was planning to save these for dinner but there pretty much gone

Spanech (Spinach Casserole I Guess)

What better dinner is there on thursday night then Spanech and Emjedrah?!!
Probably one of my favorite dinners, and its mighty easy to make.

What you need:
2 small packages frozen spinach
2 onions
2 eggs
about 2 cup grated mozeralla cheese
salt


What you need to do:

1) Slice your onions into half moons, and sautee it in a frying pan with a little bit of water.

2) Put the frozen spinach on top of the onions and break it all up!

3) Add ALOT of salt, and cook the spinach and onions until the spinach gets all shriveled up 

4) Put the spinach and onions into a bowl , and add more salt. Add 2 eggs, and the cheese. 

5) Mix it up really well, and put it into a pyrex

6) Bake it on 350 for about 30 minutes, until the sides start to brown. Its the best when the ends are a little burnt