Veal Burgers

So with veal burgers first off, I prefer not to use veal and dislike veal and do not support veal or how its made out of baby cows. Those are baby cows… however I also dislike wasting food and my beloved does like it so we have a friend who sometimes gives us a pound of it in a package…

So I came up with this recipe for veal burgers. As I view it, the animal was slain and I am not buying it and if we don’t use it, it was going to go bad anyway which is just disrespectful to the sacrifice of the creature itself. To let the meat rot or otherwise go bad would just be worse than slaughtering a baby cow.  Then you’re just piling it up.  I dislike wasting and I can cook with just about anything so…

Anyway, for this you will need.

A cup and a half of bread crumbs,

Half a cup chopped onions

Three eggs medium

Two tablespoons balsamic vinegar

A fourth a cup garlic powder

Sprinkling of meat seasoning blend

Now, first off while your making the veal patties keep in mind. They don’t reduce like regular ground beef because they don’t have as much fat. This also means they need more help not to stick.

For this I used vegetable oil however olive and sunflower oil are also really good with this recipe.

For me they are pan fried, with just enough oil to keep them from sticking in the pan. They can however be grilled in which case I recommend going light on the bbq sauce if you use it.

This will be a lil more squishy than a regular ground beef. Regular ground beef has a different consistency when mixed. As my grandmother had me hand mixing meat loafs and making hamburger patties for the grill im gonna lay it to you straight. They pack easier and veal is much more malleable.

You have to keep this in mind while using veal.

Veal has a delicate under tone to its taste. Its like normal beef but not quite like it at the same time. This is why I added the vinegar. This brings out the natural flavors in meat and compliments this particular one well.  What can I say, if I don’t do this right there is no point in me respecting the animal who died to make this lil pound of ground veal.

Veal is considered a delicacy to some people because of the qualities it has. Traditionally they originally only made veal from animals who were born with some sort of leg crippling defect. Nursed them for awhile and let them get some meat on their bones and then killed them because their lives would be a cruel fate and they would die a horrible death if they were not killed. I do not like nor do I support neither how modern veal is done nor how the animals are treated.  Veal  got its start as mercy killing and as the belief of waste of any parts(from bone to teeth to meat and even the brain and organs) was a horrible disrespect it was done reverently and with much respect that the animal be partaken of as nourishment.  Some hunters today still abide these rules though I hear its very few which is saddening, when it comes to animals. Pick off the weak and let the rest breed and waste nothing.

In this case I’m also gonna let you know, veal cooks a lil faster than regular ground beef.

When you get the light to mid brown outside of it after cooking it on mid heat, on both sides, its ready.

Dress and place on bun and you have a veal burger.

cheese is a good topping on it just like a regular beef burger and when you add a vegetable to the side you have a meal, though in my family we never just had the burger and the veggies. lol I leave that part up to you. it goes well enough with just about anything. I may not like how the farms do it but i believe when you do something you should do it right and meat, like any ingredient should be treated with the utmost respect. :)

Be blessed

-Luna 

Candy Bread Pudding

For this i used a large two and a half qt corning-ware dish which i love to use for such things. :)

I am putting this up for a friend of mine from a game we play together online, who might want to try it but lives far and needs it all in one spot to make is even easier. :)

Ingredients needed:

1 pound container of Greek yogurt

2 stale donuts

1/2 (use the liquids cup not the solids cup, meaning the one you would use for water not the one you would use for flour or sugar as the support different volumes) of unwrapped mint hard candies,

1 cup flour

1/2 cup sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

Don't forget your oven mitts, it may be best to use two with this one. I say this because I sometimes need to remind myself to have it withing reach and not on the other side of the kitchen where Ive forgotten i put it. lololol

If you measure everything before you begin it makes things easier. :) Your oven needs to be at 350 degrees, and it is best to preheat.

Take all your ingredients and dump them into your dish you will be baking it in. Mix well, i used a wooden spoon but really as long as it isn't metal(which scratches most dishes and makes a terrible sound when it grates on certain surfaces), you should be fine. Mix well and don't worry about the clumps, those are your candy. :)

Next put in the oven for an hour stiring every10-15 minutes, don't wait longer than fifteen but if you stir it a few minutes early it won't hurt it.

It makes a pudding that is thick, and really good both cold or hot. You can eat it right out of the oven or after its been chilled over night. Its a really awesome desert item and it fits a lil healthy in their. Its also good for immune system health. As all sweet things i would not recommend it often. This is however a wonderful treat for any occasion you choose. I think ill make it this winter because its great for that time of year when mint candy is everywhere and in just about everything. :) but really its great for any time of year. This year i made it in summer.



I have a picture of it but due to technical difficulties ill be adding it later, when i figure out how to make this work like it did before the virus and the factory reset. i have the pictures im just figuring out how to get them off my phone. lol ill add it here when im done fixing that. its rather irksome and now i have to fix software... -.- ... evidently the virus played some havoc that was left residual even with a factory re set. i am not the best but ive learned a few things watching the best and know a few tricks. nothing as fancy as re programming it, but i can do the software equivalent to smacking some sense into the areas involved. xp lol Looks like that's what ill have to do. otherwise their will be no point in putting my contacts back on my phone. ill just end up starting another factory re set and starting all over with fixing it. -.- anyway, back to the candy pudding.


Now some great ways to tweak presentation are to add a lil food coloring(keeping in mind the base color with the mint candies ends up being pinkish or peach colored), a lil festivity never hurt anyone. just keep in mind what the color your using makes when mixed with it. its a soft color though so it should be easily overcome if you want it a different color. :) Another great presentation idea for serving if to add a couple mint leaves on the side or put a mint candy on top of it for a lil bit of flare in how it looks(not for lil kids mind you, don't want them choking on it).

-Luna

Under the sea hot dog creatures

2/3^rd cup all purpose baking mix, 6 eggs, 6oz mixed veggies cut small, 1/8^th cup baking powder, and 1/4^th cup rice already cooked(I used some leftover Mexican fried rice leftover from the day before).

Put in GT express 101 or similar kitchen gadget, and let cook for 10-15 minutes checking often.

Makes 4-5 (great if you often utilize leftovers or have a big family-I just pack some for my beloved lunch in this case: he gets a yummy lunch and its two birds and one stone)

This is a neat way to get veggies in the meal in a creative way, and is lactose free.  

As always remember to grease the machinery so it doesn’t stick.  we used margarine and it even gave it a nice taste on the surface as well as a good color. Comes out light and flaky. 

With this I made octopus hot dogs, which you make 4-8 slits in depending on your desire, then boil for ten minutes before pan frying as desired, with fried tomatoes, all fried in a roasted garlic and margarine, however oils like bacon oil or olive oil are also good to use.

The end result is… 

Some great ways to put it on the plate are with the octopus on the tomatoes, or the tomatoes on the lactose free veggie bread(great for cases of kids who can still taste the veggies and it tastes great, a great way to get a kid who eats ketchup on everything and present them with an alternative(if that still doesn’t work it also works under a light coating of spaghetti sauce, or ketchup).

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I was watching "food network" star and have been thinking of putting my recipes online for awhile, have even gone through many many possibilities of themes. to be honest i just figured id just be me and put things i knew. this is a recipe i made though it was inspired by a the food you see in bento boxes in anime.  this was also inspired a little by "meat on the side" however i think the lady doing that theme as her expertise forgot a lil love needs to go into every part, meat included. You can't go half assed just cuz its meat or an ingredient you don't like. and rice, isn't filling. at all.

this dish is a good appetizer or a light meal for those of us who don't eat full course meals but like to combine it into one dish and keep it simpler that way.

I have a whole book of recipes ive recorded when i did them and were success that i will share. 

be blessed

-Luna

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for whatever reason i can no longer view the pictures, if you cannot view the pictures leave a comment and ill link the pictures to you if you so desire. I took them on my phone and back up all photos in multiple areas and post them in an area where they can be linked from.