A Vegetable Pancake By Any Other Name Is Still A Vegetable Pancake

Oh my goodness, it's been for--evah
since I last posted.

It seems like just yesterday when I wrote about that yummy
Chicken Salad on a croissant.   But it was over eleven days ago!!!!

In that eleven days, I think I cooked one new dish;
these Vegetable Pancakes.

They don't look like pancakes though, do they?

Because this is what they are supposed to look like, according to the cookbook.

See, those are called patties over to the left there...or pancakes...either way...they are flat disks that are solid.

My Vegetable Pancakes don't look flat.
Or solid for that matter.

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I must say though, my Vegetable Pancake misadventure is not the reason I haven't blogged in close to two weeks.



Because in fact,




we had our own little pancake boy stay a few days with us....





Little Boy Blue,

Come Blow Your Horn!!!

The sheep's In the meadow (although the sheep looks oddly like a beagle),




The cow's in the corn.

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But where is the Little Boy tending the sheep?

He's under the haystack...

Fast asleep.

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Okay, onto the Vegetable Pancakes....

This Vegetable Pancake recipe is so simple and really makes a very tasty, super healthy side dish.
It seems as if this is a breakfast dish, but Tim paired it with a grilled chicken breast last night. I paired it with turkey sausage links.

This recipe comes from a  cookbook I just picked up for a few bucks called Glycemic Index Cookbook. I don't know what glycemic means but Ima look it up soon. I just loved the simple, healthy recipes inside.

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Git yer

grater out

cuz yer

gonna

need it.

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Grate up the sweet potato,
the carrot,
the zucchini
and chop up the green onions (scallions).

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Throw your onions and other grated vegetables in a large bowl.

Mix it all up and then season with pepper. Now this recipe does not call for salt.

Add the egg white and then form into eight patties.

Yup, patties.


Oh, wait.
One moment please while I excuse myself...one moment...I'll just be a sec....

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Yeah.

Patties.

Riiiiiiiight.

Just simply form this mixture into patties.

NOT!!!!

Clearly they weren't pattiefying so I threw the veggies back in the bowl.

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So I tried to form patties again on the platter.
To no avail.

So then I put on my thinking cap and strategized.

I quickly formed four patties real quick
and
put them in the heated pan
real quick this time,
trying to trick the veggies into thinking they were a patty.





Cook a few minutes over gentle heat on one side until golden and then flip them over.

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Then pat them down with the back of a spatula.

So far, so good, right?


Cook for a few more minutes on that side.

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Transfer patties/pancakes to a plate....

That don't look like no patty.

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And this don't look like four patties.


Look like a mess is what it look like.


WAIT!!
Re-read instructions and get out your NON-STICK pan because that's
what it says to use. Non-stick, NOT cast iron.
Awesome!

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So I start anew with my non-stick pan!

1. Oil up the pan...

2. Put the "patties" in...

They don't look too bad.




We're rockin' and rollin' here!

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Be smarter than the patties and take out yer Pam and spray a thin spatula...

THEN
quickly flip the patties over.

Gently cook for another 5-6 minutes and watch your little baby pancake masterpieces form...

CRAP!!!

Crap!


Crap!

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Okay, so I wasn't successful with completing a patty look.
These were still obviously very tasty.
Lots of sweetness in these pancakes with the sweet potato and the carrot.
The zucchini and scallions were such a nice contrast to that sweetness too.

And it does plate up nicely with Canadian bacon
or what I have here...turkey sausage.


YUM!

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Ohhh,

see those scallions,
the green zuchini,
the sweet potatoes and carrots....

Mmmmm...
so good!

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Now Tim plated his up with a grilled chicken breast.

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But I loooves me some real Maple syrup on sausages,

and these organic turkey sausages were fab!

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Mmmmm,
so good!

This will probably be one of my top ten go-to dishes from now on.


Breakfast,
lunch or
dinner
really.

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Vegetable Pancakes
From Glycemic Index Cookbook, Healthy cooking for your best health
Gina Steer, Sian Lewis, Charlotte Watts
Courtesy www.turnkeyqualitycars.com

Serves 4

Ingredients
1 carrot, grated
1 zucchini, grated
1 sweet potato, grated
8 scallions, finely chopped or shredded
1 egg white, beaten
2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
Pepper
8 lean Canadian bacon slices to serve (optional)

Directions

1. Mix all the vegetables together and season with pepper to taste, then stir in the egg white. Using clean hands, form into 8 small patties. Press them firmly together.
2. Heat the oil in a non-stick skillet and cook the patties over gentle heat for 5-6 minutes, or until golden. Turn over halfway through the cooking time and press down with the back of spatula. Do this in 2 batches to prevent the skillet from being overcrowded.
3. Meanwhile, preheat the broiler and line the broiler rack with foil. Place the bacon under the broiler and cook for 5-8 minutes, until crisp, or cook to personal preference. Turn the slices over halfway through the cooking time.
4. As soon as the patties and bacon are cooked, serve immediately.

Well,

all fun weekends must come to an end.

And our fun several days spent with
Little Boy Blue came to a closing when his mommy Goodness, and his daddy GreatGuy came to pick him up and take him home.



Sniff, sniff.

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Tim and I were sad to see our yittle bitty baby leave to go back home and have fun with his momma and daddy.

So to cap off the weekend, Stud Muffin and I went out for some ice cream.

Oh.

What.

That doesn't look like ice cream?

It's frozen ice cream onion ring yogurt twirled flavored ice cream.

duh.

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Wink, wink :):)
See ya next time!

Have a good

Wednesday night!!!