Super Bowl is in 2 weeks with the Denver Broncos facing the Carolina Panthers. This also agency that at that spot volition travel lot of Super Bowl parties! Usually at these parties at that spot is tons of junk nutrient set out, the virtually pop beingness chicken wings!!! All kinds of chicken wings! But non everyone eats chicken wings. Many people are vegetarian for diverse reasons. Some for religious reasons field others inwards pursuit of amend health. Regardless, beingness vegetarian does non hateful that they create non taste food. Therefore, it is of import that at that spot are vegetarian options at all gatherings, parties. Today, I am sharing amongst you lot the recipe for the vegetarian version of Buffalo Wings. Yes, you lot heard right, Buffalo Wings. I guarantee you lot that ane time you lot attempt this, you lot volition larn inwards over again as well as again. The master copy recipe is from PETA! Even I didn't know that they had recipes too. I improvised on the recipe that I saw here. Cauliflower is used to brand these "wings".
The improvisations I made were amongst the destination of reducing calories. Did you lot know that a lot of butter is used inwards chicken wings?? The milder the buffalo wings, the higher it is inwards calories! This is primarily because they purpose butter to lessen the touching on of the hot sauce. The recipe I followed, instructed to toss the wings inwards the sauce. Instead, I chose to brush them amongst sauce. This significantly lowered the calories. I also reduced the calories inwards the blue-cheese dressing yesteryear mixing it amongst Greek yogurt. It was delicious!
I also didn't lead maintain garlic pulverisation alone, as well as thence mixed adobo seasoning inwards the mix.
This is a rattling tardily recipe to brand as well as does non lead maintain long, 30-40 minutes at the most!
I brought the vegetarian wings to my vecino as well as to my colleagues at work. Everyone loved it! I was thrilled.
Servings: 6-8
Ingredients:
Cauliflower: 1 pocket-size head
Flour: 3/4 cup
Garlic powder: 1 tsp ( I used Adobo seasoning instead).
Buttermilk: 1 cup
( for vegans, purpose same total of soy/almond milk ).
For the sauce:
Hot sauce: 1/2 cup
Butter: 1/2 loving cup ( alternatives similar margarine, Country Crock or olive fossil oil may travel used for vegan options)
Salt: 1/8 tsp ( skip if you lot used Adobo seasoning amongst the flour)
White Vinegar: 1/2 tsp
To serve:
Blue-Cheese dressing: 1/2 loving cup ( purpose vegan cheese if vegan).
Greek yogurt: 1/2 loving cup ( purpose vegan yogurt similar SILK, for vegan option)
Celery sticks : 4-5 celery stalks, cutting into v inch pieces.
Method:
Preheat the oven to 450 deg F.
Cut the cauliflower caput into bite-size pieces. Wash, drain completely as well as hap aside.
Mix together the flour, buttermilk, garlic pulverisation as well as hap aside.
Line a baking sail amongst parchment newspaper or aluminum foil as well as hap ready.
Dip each cauliflower slice inwards the flour-buttermilk mixture as well as house it upward on the baking sheet. Do this amongst all the available cauliflower.
Place the baking sail on the middle rack of the oven as well as bake at 450 deg F for twenty mins.
While the cauliflower is baking, set upward the sauce as well as dip.
To set upward the sauce:
Mix together the hot sauce, butter( or margarine or oil), vinegar as well as tabular array salt as well as convey it to a gentle boil.
For the dip:
Mix equal proportions of Greek yogurt as well as blue cheese. Keep aside.
Putting the wings together:
Once the cauliflower pieces are baked, lead maintain them out, brush them thoroughly amongst the "Buffalo sauce". Place the wings inwards the oven for 8-10 minutes.
Brush them over again amongst Buffalo sauce of needed.
Serve them hot amongst blue cheese dip as well as celery.
I am bringing this to Throwback Thursday # 23, Fiesta Fri # 104 as well as Saucy Saturdays. Angie's co-hosts this calendar week are Mila @ milkandbun as well as Hilda @ Along The Grapevine.
Cooking made easy:
Use warm H2O amongst a pinch of tabular array salt to soak the cauliflower pieces for a few minutes. Drain it completely as well as pat the pieces dry out amongst a newspaper towel earlier dipping it inwards the flour.
Tip for salubrious living:
Cruciferous vegetables are known or their wellness benefits. Cauliflower is ane of them that contains a plethora of nutrients that includes vitamins, minerals, antioxidants as well as phytochemicals. Some of the major wellness benefits of cauliflower include it's anti-inflammatory properties, detoxification of the body, boosting encephalon wellness due to the presence of choline, boosting of see wellness due to the presence of sulforaphane as well as virtually importantly, cancer-fighting properties. So, consume to a greater extent than of the cauliflower!
References:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/02/22/cauliflower-health-benefits.aspx
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=13
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/282844.php
http://www.webmd.com/diet/cauliflower-health-boost
Food for thought:
Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains. Marilyn French