{"id":934,"date":"2012-08-22T12:43:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T17:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/?page_id=934"},"modified":"2012-08-22T12:43:12","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T17:43:12","slug":"veggie-burger-mix-for-italian-meatballs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/veggie-burger-mix-for-italian-meatballs\/","title":{"rendered":"Veggie Burger Mix for Italian Meatballs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Veggie Burger Mix for Italian Meatballs<\/h1>\n<h2>Ingredients:<\/h2>\n<p>1-2 tbsp good extra virgin olive oil<br \/>\n\u00bc c finely minced onion<br \/>\n\u00bc c finely minced carrot<br \/>\n\u00bc c finely minced celery<br \/>\n\u00bc c finely minced bell pepper<br \/>\n1 tsp garlic powder<br \/>\n\u00bd tsp dried oregano or 1 tbsp fresh oregano<br \/>\n\u00bd tsp dried thyme or 1 tbsp fresh thyme<br \/>\n\u00bd tsp dried marjoram or 1 tbsp fresh marjoram<br \/>\n\u00bd tsp paprika<br \/>\n1 \u00bd c cooked quinoa<br \/>\n1 \u00bd c cooked black beans<br \/>\n\u00bc &#8211; ? c flour<br \/>\n1-2 tbsp soy sauce<br \/>\n\u00bc c tahini<br \/>\nsalt and pepper to taste<\/p>\n<h2>Method:<\/h2>\n<p>Saute vegetables in olive oil until just tender (about 5 minutes)<\/p>\n<p>Add spices and cook for another minute<\/p>\n<p>Place a half cup of quinoa and black beans in a large bowl and set aside<\/p>\n<p>Put the remaining quinoa and black beans, along with the cooked vegetable and spice mixture into a food processor and pulse blend until it forms a thick paste with some small chunks remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Mash the quinoa and beans in the large mixing bowl and add the processed mixture, flour, tahini, soy sauce and salt a pepper to the bowl and mix well. If the mixture is too dry to hold together add a little water or bean cooking liquid. If the mixture is too wet add a bit of flour.<\/p>\n<p>Form the mixture into 1\u201d sized balls and fry in ? inch olive oil until well browned on two sides.<\/p>\n<p>Note: For veggie burgers use cumin and a little chili powder in place of the Italian seasonings and form the mixture into burgers and fry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veggie Burger Mix for Italian Meatballs Ingredients: 1-2 tbsp good extra virgin olive oil \u00bc c finely minced onion \u00bc c finely minced carrot \u00bc c finely minced celery \u00bc c finely minced bell pepper 1 tsp garlic powder \u00bd tsp dried oregano or 1 tbsp fresh oregano \u00bd tsp dried thyme or 1 tbsp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-934","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PhuiL-f4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":937,"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/934\/revisions\/937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}