Another way to get your kinds to eat vegetables. If something looks deepfried and does not resemble vegetables, I have a feeling kids or even adults who behave like kids will eat it. The beauty of this recipe is you can use any vegetables you like, I used cauliflower, carrots, turnips and beets.
Ingredients:
1 lb of frozen carrots and cauliflower
1 14oz can of beets.
Frozen, pureed turnips ( southland brand)
1/4 cup finely ground almonds
olive oil, salt, pepper, cumin and coriander–use accordingly.
Method:
In a blender, blend together all the vegetables, you might need to add some water to get the blender moving but the idea is that the whole vegetables will look like smushed baby food.
Pour the blended vegetable in a pot and cook it with salt, pepper, cumin and coriander, till all the water evaporates and the vegetables turn into a thick spreadable paste. During this process, if the blend starts to stick to the bottom of the pan, add a little bit of olive oil and stir and scrape the bottom of the pan.
Cook till dry and has the consistency of thick peanut butter.
Let the mixture cool and in the meantime preheat the oven to 375F.
Once the mixture is cool, stir in the almonds and shape into mini patties.
Bake the patties till golden brown for about 20 mins.
Serve warm, with a side salad, or turn it into mini veggie sliders !
In search of flavor 
I must try this with my kids, thanks for sharing!
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So how did it taste? I must admit, I am vegetarian, but I don’t know about this one. Was it better than it looks? Please don’t take my comment the wrong way. Just asking.
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it tasted really good ! I used a lot of spices which balanced with the natural sweetness of the carrots and the beets. The cauliflower and turnips added body to it and the nuts gave it a rich aftertaste. I am sorry if it looks unappealing but you should probably try it.
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OK, I will try anything once. I will put that on my list of things to try. Honestly, I love all the ingredients so it could not possibly be bad. 🙂
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what an amazing idea, fried veggies. does it taste like an indian samosa? I love the idea of almonds + veggies with the cumin. Intriguing.
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Yum! I’m wondering if I can make these without almonds (I’m allergic).
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Hello Priya. I have just nominated you for a Liebster Blog Award and you can receive it in my blog rcethan.wordpress.com along with your 11 questions.
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I was laughing when you said this was a great way to get your kids to eat vegetables & then really appreciated how you added “or adults who act like kids”. My husband thinks vegetables will hurt him. I could definitely trick him with this one.
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I have never seen anything like this – must try sometime.
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I think these look great. I am vegetarian and my husband is sure that all vegetables are poisonous. If he eats a leaf of lettuce I have to praise him all evening! 🙂 This is definitely something I will be trying!Thanks
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Will have to try this! I am vegetarian!
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