All this cold weather has had me craving something warm and comforting. These sweetcorn fritters are super easy to make and are a great balance between sweet and savoury. They are great as a side dish or to add to your bacon and eggs for breakfast.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup self-raising flour
- 1 can creamed sweetcorn
- 1 egg
Directions
- Mix all ingredients together
- Heat a pan with a little oil, drop blobs of the mixture into the pan
- When they begin to bubble flip them over until evenly browned
- Enjoy!
Now all I need is some family at my table to share these with...or maybe not!
Keep it cooking,
Kelly
Not only are these delicious and addictive, but they are also have a hidden ingredient that make them good for you too! This recipe is perfect if your child is a fussy eater (or if you have a husband who is a fussy eater!) They are delicious deep fried or baked and can be frozen for future use.
Ingredients:
- 3 large or 4 medium peeled potatoes
- 1 medium sized head of cauliflower
- 5 Tbl flour
- 5 Tbl breadcrumbs + more for coating
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp salt + other spices to season (I used thyme, oregano and mixed herbs)
- half a cup of grated cheese
Directions:
- Boil the potatoes in salted water for 10 minutes. Place in cold water until they are cool enough to handle and then grate them.
- Steam the cauliflower for 3 minutes, leave to cool then crumble into small pieces.
- Place cauliflower and grated potato onto a dishtowel and place another dishtowel on top, then push down to get as much moisture out as possible.
- Empty into a bowl and add the rest of the ingredients. The mixture should be firm enough to roll into balls.
- Take spoon fulls of mixture and roll into balls then coat in breadcrumbs and set aside.
- Place balls on baking paper and bake at 220⁰ for 15 minutes then flip and bake for another 10 minutes. Alternatively fry in hot oil till golden brown. If you have too many then just freeze them for another day.
If your kids pick up on the cauliflower and complain then just take it out, it will work the same! Else ignorance is bliss and you will feel better knowing they are getting a good dose of veggies.
Keep it cooking,
Kelly
These fritters are tasty, almost guilt free and will have your family munching their veggies without complaint! They are a great side dish or snack item and the recipe can be adjusted easily to feed smaller or larger groups.
Ingredients:
- about 300g of Zucchini (baby marrow)
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 Tbl flour
- 1 egg
- half a cup of either grated cheedar cheese or crumbled feta cheese
- half a tsp minced garlic
- 1-2 Tbl finely chopped onion
- herbs (I use oregano and thyme)
Directions:
- Grate the zucchini into a bowl. Empty the grated zucchini into a colander and place it over the sink. Sprinkle with salt and leave for 15-30 minutes. The salt will draw some of the moisture out of the zucchini.
- Take handfuls of the zucchini and squeeze to drain out the moisture before placing it in the bowl. (this is a great activity to get your kids to help with because it develops the muscles in their hands!)
- Add the rest of the ingredients into the bowl and mix together. Add enough flour so that the mixture sticks together.
- Heat a pan on medium heat and add in a tablespoon of oil.
- Scoop spoonfuls of the mixture into the pan and flatten out slightly with the back of the spoon.
- Fry until they are golden brown on both sides.
- Drain off excess oil on some paper towels and serve!
These fritters taste so good that it's the only baby marrow dish my husband will eat!
Keep it cooking,
Kelly
