Tofu Patty with Black Kale

After a long week of assignments, presentations and an incredibly stressful interview, I decided to kick back and cook up something interesting.

I was planning on just making some boring grilled tofu, but decided I was craving something much more… burgery. So I decided to make some tofu patties with whatever I had in the fridge.

Unfortunately, I don’t have the exact proportions for this recipe, but it can be measured to taste.

• 2 pieces of medium firm tofu
• 3-4 cremini mushrooms
• 1 stalk green onion
• bit of flour (or breadcrumbs, I didn’t have any at the moment) to bind
• bit of kale
• 1 chopped walnut (optional, for texture)
• some cooked rice (that I had leftover,  made with vegetable broth instead of water)
• 1 lightly beaten egg
• salt
• pepper

Doesn't look very appealing uncooked...

Mix all the ingredients together and and form 1/2 inch patties. I found that the patties were fairly fragile so making them smaller than I have here should make them much more manageable when cooking. Pan fry the patties on medium heat until both sides are nice and golden and enjoy =)

Hot off the pan!

]]> http://blog.mlee.ca/2010/03/tofu-patties/feed/ 2 http://blog.mlee.ca/2009/10/day-9-of-28-craft-burger/ http://blog.mlee.ca/2009/10/day-9-of-28-craft-burger/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:04:34 +0000 Mike http://blog.mlee.ca/?p=262 Bzz. Bzz. Bzz. That’s the sound of an alarm clock. It’s also the sound that I didn’t hear on Friday morning, causing me to wake up 15 …]]>

Bzz. Bzz. Bzz.

That’s the sound of an alarm clock.
It’s also the sound that I didn’t hear on Friday morning, causing me to wake up 15 minutes before my last train. And it takes me 15 minutes to get to the train station.
Rushing out the door, I take a quick glance at the kitchen and think about the breakfast and lunch I didn’t get to make today.

Lunch coops!

That’s the sound of the full-timers calling me and my fellow co-ops to go out and grab some lunch. By some random selection process, we agreed on going to Craft Burger. I’ve always wanted to try out one of their veggie burgers, so this finally gave me an oppritunity to try them out. When we arrived, the tiny little shop was packed from wall to wall with hungry people waiting to get their hands on a burger. I ordered the Veggie Burger with the standard toppings (minus onions and mayo) on a whole wheat bun. I also added avocado as a substitute for mayo.

Veggie Burger

The burger was the typical wheat/soy style burgers which tend to be cooked too dry, but this one was nice and juicy. The bun was also light and fluffy, compared to most whole wheat buns. The avocado topping on the other hand was rather disappointing, tasting somewhat bland. All in all, I felt that Craft Burger’s Veggie Burger is pretty good (albeit somewhat costly) and much better than the Vegetable “Burger” I had at Mr. Greenjeans.

After a hard day of work, I headed off to the Eaton Centre to meet up with a friend. After browsing through some stores and checking out some clothes, I decided we should head to Mr. Greenjeans since it was really close by. I’ve been to this restaurant before at the bar, but can’t seem to remember what I ordered, I think it was the roasted vegetable pizza. This time around I ordered the vegetable “burger” with fries.

Vegetable "Burger"

The moment the dish arrived I started attacking it since I was so hungry, almost forgetting to take a picture! The dish consisted of a patty with black beans and some other ingredients that I didn’t really notice, topped with alfalfa sprouts, tomato (a single slice) and feta cheese. On the side, was a huge pile of fries and a garlic/herb (I believe it was rosemary) dressing on the side. After taking my first bite, I realised there was a problem. There was just WAY TOO MUCH alfalfa! This caused the burger to be bitter and just difficult to eat in general. After taking off two thirds of the alfalfa from the burger, I noticed a small undistributed mound of feta in the middle of the burger and promptly spread it evently over the patty. After these changes, the patty itself wasn’t too bad, slightly dry but still not bad for a vegetarian burger.

The service at the restaurant was decent, with no problems with our orders and extremely prompt service. My only complaint is that all the waitstaff had walkie-talkies that kept going off while they were walking around, which really destroyed the atmosphere. I didn’t remember this problem last time I visited, so maybe they just started using them.