Scrumptious lentil pancakes with sweet chili sauce

               

These scrumptious lentil cakes have a healthy, delicious home made flavor! The sweet chili perfectly complements the hearty flavor of the lentil cakes! Its light fluffy texture leaves the fall spirit in your mouth! I hope you enjoy them!

               Lentil Cakes    (serves 12)

2 cups of red lentils soaked overnight, drained
10 oz of pork tenderloin (tofu can be used)
1/2 cup of cilantro
1 carrot
1/2 medium onion
1 egg
1 inch cube of ginger
1/4 cup of  green or red pepper
1 tsp dry basil
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp of corriander
1/4 ground cumin
1 tsp garlic
1/2 tbsp of salt
 generous amount of cooking oil

           1. Put all the ingredients in the food processor, then run it until it becomes a paste. Then fry, using cookie dough scoop, and flatten it after dropping each cake into frying pan filled with oil.

                          

          Serve with sweet chili sauce



  Hope you will love it as much as us!!!!

Quinoa with a Middle eastern flare: with the all time favorite fried onion straws

                  This savory yet healthy dish will knock your taste bud's socks off! This middle eastern style quinoa, has flavor to the extent! The fried onion straws, pack a flavorful punch. Now why not try it! This particular quinoa dish can be vegan if not using chicken stock!

 - 1/2 a cup of lentils, (green or red) that have been soaked overnight for at least 8 hours
 - 1 medium onion, sliced thin into 2 to 3 millimeters: put in plastic bag with 1/2 a cup of corn starch, shake, then fry
 -put 4 cups of quinoa, and 4 cups of water (or chicken stock) into rice maker: add 2 tablespoons of butter, or oil
 - grate large carrot, and use left over oil from onions to fry lentils and grated carrot: add 1/2 a teaspoon of each ground coriander, ground cumin, and ground tumeric, then add 1/4 teaspoon of grounded ginger. Lastly add one clove of minced garlic, add salt and pepper to taste.  A pinch of cayenne pepper would taste great in this dish.

                      To wrap, it up mix it all together and add 1 tbsp of sliced green onions and 1 tbsp of chopped cilantro!



                                                                        Enjoy!