Legal “Croutons” | Vegetable Day
makes 4 servings - each serving uses ½ cup of your daily fruit allowance and 1 oz of your daily vegetable allowance
Ingredients
- 2 yellow plantains
- 4 oz onion
- 5 cloves garlic
- ½ tsp cumin
- ½ tsp coriander
- 1 ½ tsp parsley
- salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
- PAM or other zero-calorie cooking spray
Directions
start with falafel recipe, as follows:
- leaving skin on, rinse plantains
- cut each plantain into 2-3 pieces
- boil until tender
- allow to cool, then peel
- place all ingredients, except 4 garlic cloves, in food processor, mixing well
- make 6 - 8 falafel balls
- press into patties
- spray pan with PAM
- heat pan with 4 cloves of garlic
- “fry” each side until golden brown
- preheat oven to 350°
- crumble falafel balls
- spread out on pan
- bake for 15 mins or until crunchy (not burned)
- use on top of salads or other recipes as you would croutons
- enjoy!
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