Now I love an egg or six a week, but I have to admit I do tend to eat too many occasionally. Yes, eggs are healthy but too much of the same type of food I don’t think is good for you. I do love an oven baked omelette filled with vegetables. It’s one food I have been craving recently. The week I made this dish I’d had my egg quota.
So I decided to try roasting Mediterranean vegetables with a chickpea flour and cashew nut cream cheese mixture. For me, chickpea flour or gram flour, as it’s also known, is a healthy alternative to egg. It looks like the same consistency as egg but has a slightly different taste and texture. Although it’s still delicious and it helps me with those egg cravings. If you love an egg or six then this is a delicious alternative and one I will be eating again! Below is a video and recipe for you.
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Serves 2
Equipment
- Sharp knife
- Chopping board
- Vegetable peeler
- Baking tray
- Mixing bowl
- Oven safe dish for frittata
Ingredients for the vegetables
- Onion x 1
- Red pepper x 1
- Aubergine x 1
- Courgette x 1
- Tomatoes x 8 – 10
- Olive oil for the vegetables and pan.
- Salt and pepper to your taste
Ingredients for the batter
- Oat milk x 250mls
- Chickpea Flour x 120g
- Cashew nut cream cheese x 100g
- Garlic granules x 1 tsp
- Salt and pepper to your tastes
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C or gas mark 6.
- Peel the onion and cut it into quarters.
- Cut the top from the red pepper and remove the seeds and stalk.
- Slice the pepper into chunky 1 inch pieces.
- Now peel the aubergine and courgette and cut into chunky 2 centimetre pieces.
- Next slice the small tomatoes in half.
- Remove the skin from the garlic and slice it.
- Put all of these chopped vegetables into the baking dish.
- Drizzle over enough oil to cover the vegetables and sprinkle over the oregano and salt and pepper to your tastes.
- Then toss the veg in the oil.
- Put the tray into the oven for about 20 – 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile make the batter in the blender.
- Pour in the oat milk, cashew nut cream cheese, chickpea flour and garlic granules.
- Sprinkle in salt and pepper to your tastes.
- Blend all of these ingredients together until everything is smooth.
- Once the vegetables have been in the oven for 20 – 30 minutes remove them.
- Now pour over the batter and spread evenly over the vegetables.
- When the batter has been spread evenly put the dish back into the oven.
- Bake for a further 25 – 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Vegan Med Veg Frittata is a dish that is delicious served hot or cold. The frittata is great for a cold winter’s day but I can imagine it’s yummy served cold with salad and boiled potatoes on a hot summers day too. I ate this meal with chips and fried kale. My husband Howard and son Ted aren’t great fans of chickpeas so this meal was all mine. I savoured every bit and I will be making this meal again soon. However you decide to eat this dish, as always, please enjoy. Thank you xxx
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