High nutrition patties

Oats

Oat patties

No, this is not a cookie. This is a very healthy snack or part of your meal since it is filled with nutrients that are vital for any body.

Oats are heavy on the iron, magnesium, and all those important minerals, and since we’ll be adding some veggies, herbs and cheese, it will basically cover most of the food groups. I like to make a nice batch to put in the fridge, so that whenever I’m hungry, but don’t feel like cooking, I can just slap a bit into a skillet and have myself a pattie. You can eat them bare, or add some lettuce, or whatever else topping you feel like. I use the oats that you buy for oatmeal, not the raw ones, those will take forever to be edible. If you're doing gluten free, replace the flour with chickpea flour, or buckwheat flour.

Use a cheese of choice, Gouda, Mozzarella, Cheddar…whatever you prefer as long as it melts.

Serves 4-8

Oats: 1 ½-2 mugs

Chickpea flour: ¼ mug

Flour: ½-1 mug

Egg: 2

Cheese: ½ mug

Milk/cream: ½ mug

Onion: ½ mid size. Chopped

Leek: 3-4 inches. Chopped

Red pepper: ½. Chopped

Garlic: 2-3 cloves. Minced

Cherry tomato/sun dried tomatoes: (optional) 4-5. Chopped.

Paprika: 1 teasp.

Salt: 1-2 teasp. (to taste)

Pepper/cayenne: 2-4 turns. (2 knife points)

Sugar: ½ teasp.

Olive oil: 1 tablesp.

The following herbs are dry, if you go for fresh, which is always better, triple the amount.

Parsley: 2 teasp.

Oregano: 1 ½ teasp.

Basil: 2-3 teasp.

Thyme: 1 small pinch (fresh too)

Rosemary: 1 pinch

Chives: 2 teasp.

There is no wrong way to put these all together. Basically toss all the dry ingredients together, stir them, and then add the dairies (strangely enough I prefer milk for this one, but if you’re going for high nutrient, you might pick cream), egg and whatever you have left until you’ve got a nice paste going. If you think it’s too sticky, add a little extra flour.

Warm a skillet, either with oil in it or butter on medium heat. Get two big tablespoons and a nice big spatula. Scoop up your gooey paste with one spoon, then use the other to slide it off and into your skillet. Spread out until it’s about hamburger size, half an inch thick at most. (Be careful that you don’t make it too thick otherwise your oats won’t be done.) Bake, using the spatula to press it down occasionally, both sides to a nice golden crisp then consume warm, or serve with food of choice. This amount should give you around 8 patties and if you took the upper ranges of the ingredients 10.

Enjoy!