I’ve been sick for days, so I don’t have the energy for either FFwD (even though it’s a SUPER-easy recipe this time), or a big long post.
So you have to settle for something we love, but that I rarely make myself: falafel, made from a boxed mix.
Above, falafel with tahini sauce. Tahini sauce is made by taking tahini (try 1/4 cup to start) and adding the juice of a lemon and a pinch of salt. Mix well, then add a little water and mix well again. Keep adding water a little bit at a time until when you mix it, something magical happens and it turns from a tan paste to a lighter-colored sauce.
I have made falafel from scratch, and it’s much better than boxed, but boxed is good, and I lost the recipe and got lazy.
This one’s got yogurt sauce on it. I’d call it tzatziki, but there’s no cucumber. The yogurt sauce is drained whole-milk yogurt, a big handful each of finely chopped parsley and mint, a clove of minced fresh garlic, and a dash of salt.
Served both on whole-wheat pita with plenty of veggies. Good eatin’!
I am a sucker for the yogurt sauce. Yum!
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Meeee, toooo! But I’m totally all about the condiments. I’m usually looking for something to put the sauce on, not the other way around.
The other day I was wanting some kind of very fast sandwich and put a boxed-falafel-mix-plus-some-boiling-water patty in my George Foreman grill. It was OK …
In my commune days, we made veggie burgers out of boxed falafel. Haven’t done that in a long time!
I love falafel! AND we made it for dinner tonight, I wish I could eat raw onions but I appear to be allergic :( I did use a one of MANY jars of green tomato relish from the pantry on mine though! I should send you a jar or ten :)
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Oh, man, *drool*.
I should send YOU a jar of my pickled red onions! :-)
It looks good to me – and I love yogurt sauce. Sometimes boxed is best especially when we are sick and just not up to cooking. Feel better, Serene!
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Thanks so much.
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