Vegetarian Breakfast Sausage Patties

For those that love those Morningstar breakfast patties, here is a recipe that was given to me by a friend that comes pretty close. Not to mention that they are vegan which makes it nice for me since Morningstar uses nonfat milk in their products. I was quite suprised on how well these turned out. Though they are a little time consuming, I found that they are well worth the wait. I made about 40 patties, which will go really fast in this house. Below is the recipe. I hope you enjoy these as much as I did.

VEGETARIAN BREAKFAST SAUSAGE PATTIES

Ingredients:

(Garlic powder is missing here)

2c. water
2 Tbs. soy sauce
1 Tbs. olive oil (3/27- I decided to change this to coconut oil.) 
2 tsp. sugar
2 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. sage
1 tsp. parsley flakes
2c. quick oats ( I didn't have quick oats so I blended the rolled in a food processor and it worked well.  I also used GF oats.) 
1/2c. pecan meal

Method:

1) Mix all ingredients except quick oats and pecan meal in a medium saucepan. Bring to boil.

2) Add quick oats and pecan meal.

3) Cook until thickens. Wait until mixture cools off.

4) Make sausage patties.

5) Drop additional olive oil in a hot skillet. Cook until nicely browned on both sides.

That's it! Very tasty!

Homemade Gnocchi

The one thing I absolutely love is gnocchi. It has always been my favorite pasta. Something about that great potato filling makes me smile. What makes me smile even more is being able to make my favorite pasta with my girls. There was an evening that I didn't want the typical spaghetti and sauce meal. So I decided to look up the recipe for gnocchi. I found this recipe on allrecipes.com. I was amazed at how easy it looked. So, here we go folks! Time to try some of the best pasta around!

Ingredients

• 2 potatoes
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 egg

Method

1)  Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Peel potatoes and add to pot. Cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain, cool and mash with a fork or potato masher.

Olivia helping Mama.

2)  Combine 1 cup mashed potato, flour and egg in a large bowl. 

Note: Crack the egg in a separate bowl to keep shells out or bad eggs from ruining your dish. 

A little playtime in the flour never hurt anyone. 

Sissy (Juliana) wants in on the fun.

3) Knead until dough forms a ball. Shape small portions of the dough into long "snakes". On a floured surface, cut snakes into half-inch pieces.

 

My Gnocchi

 

 Olivia rolling her dough into a "snake".

 Juliana rolling her dough into a "snake."

 Olivia cutting her dough into pieces, making gnocchi.

 Juliana cutting her dough, making gnocchi.

 Juliana

 Olivia 

 Olivia rolling her pieces into little balls.

The Girls' Gnocchi (Not bad for 2 year olds!)

4)  Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Drop in gnocchi and cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until gnocchi have risen to the top; drain and serve.

Final product. 

In the end the girls ended up eating their whole plates. So I would guess that they love gnocchi too. Like mother, like daughters. This was so much fun and the girls had a blast using a knife. They even learned the two sides of a knife (Dull and sharp). We hope that you will be able to try this recipe too.