Sticky millet croquettes

I discovered just recently while on a trip to Nagano prefecture that in Japan they grow some sticky millet. It looks very much like millet but once cooked it is much stickier.

I found this consistency perfect for vegan croquettes. So I mixed some boiled sticky millet with some vegetables sautéed I had in the fridge: a leek, half new onion, 2 small carrots gratted, one egg and a few linen seeds, and made croquettes that I cooked in olive oil in a frypan.

I also made a version with cheese but taste-wise without was really delicious and if the cheese makes the croquettes creamy and more golden, I don't think it is a must.

Lunch at home

With Prunellia at home it means a lot of going out for dinner, little sleep, and busier than usual so for lunch I need my dose of cereals, fresh vegetables and home cooking. Today I prepare a mixture of cereals, with one egg and cheese that I bake in a frypan in circles, accompanied by grilled leek, shiitake and tomatoes, a little of olive oil and laurel. A power balanced lunch to get a lot of work done this afternoon!

Quick entrée

The other night we add friends over for dinner, but since I was busy at work I needed things that could be ready quite rapidly. Because my may dish was vegetarian I cooked the entree with egg and bacon. I made a batter of eggs, milk, salt and pepper like an omelette and cooked it in my new metal rings that I start to use pretty much every day!!! I grilled some bacon and prepare a leek fondue in olive oil. I used the circles again to prepare the plates and set a layer of leek under the egg and topped with the bacon. For a colour touch I added some fresh leaves of spinach and other leaves.

Delicious!

Saturday lunch: potato cakes

I needed some energy before going to play tennis in the cold so I made these potatoes cakes served with leek and shiitake. The leek and the shiitake are thinly sliced and cooked slowly in a bit of olive oil. For the potato cakes, I gratted roughly 2 potatoes, mixed well with 2 battered eggs, added salt and pepper, and cooked both sides in a circle in a frypan greased with olive oil.

Quick starter

Bleached leeks with balsamic vinegar, olive oil and a few sesame seeds- Japanese pepper. Quick, nice and healthy starter.