Winter Squash Croquettes with Tofu and Quinoa

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Step by Step Instructions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Wash and cut into half your winter squash. Remove seeds and set aside for drying/roasting.  img_8464 img_8465

When the oven is preheated, set the squash on top of parchment paper and place inside to bake for about 40 minutes.

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Sauté chopped onion in Olive oil until translucent. Add carrots, celery and chopped garlic. Continue cooking until soft.

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Add Mirin and tamari and cook for 5 more minutes. img_8482img_8481

Add broccoli and all of the herbs, and continue cooking for another 5 minutes.

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In food processor, pulse the tofu until it is crumbly. Add it to the vegetables and continue cooking for another 10 minutes, until all of the moisture has evaporated. img_8483 img_8484 img_8485 img_8486 img_8487img_8488

Add the cooked quinoa to mixture.

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Add the 2 cups of roasted squash to the pan and mix well to incorporate it. Add the salt, pepper and nutritional yeast. Taste and adjust seasonings to your liking. img_8489img_8493

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In food processor, pulse the corn flakes and tortilla chips until they become the consistency of course bread crumbs. Put in a deep pie pan. img_8498 img_8499 img_8500

Add the chopped chives to the corn flakes. img_8501 img_8502

Form patties with the tofu vegetable mixture, and dip it in the corn flakes on both sides. Press into patties and lay out on a cookie sheet, covered with parchment paper. img_8503 img_8504

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Bake at 375’ for 15 minutes, turn over and bake another 10 minutes.

Patties can be made ahead of time and kept in freezer.

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Winter Squash Croquettes with Tofu and Quinoa
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Recipe type: Vegan
Serves: 20 croquettes
 
Ingredients
  • Olive Oil
  • 2 cups roasted Winter squash, Kaboucha, butternut, or acorn
  • 1 Onion, chopped
  • 3 carrots, chopped fine
  • 10 cloves garlic, chopped fine
  • 2 stalks celery, chopped fine
  • 2 cups chopped broccoli
  • 1 cup quinoa, cooked w/ 1-1/2 cup water
  • 1 cake, extra firm Tofu, (16-20 oz.) pressed between a dish towel to remove water
  • ¼ cup fresh chopped dill
  • ¼ cup fresh thyme
  • ¼ cup parsley
  • 1 Tbs. rosemary
  • 10 sage leaves, chopped
  • 2 Tbs tamari
  • 2 Tbs Aji Mirin (sweet rice wine)
  • ¼ cup fresh chopped parsley
  • ½ t. salt
  • ½ t. pepper
  • ¼ cup nutritional yeast
  • 1 cup organic corn flakes
  • 1 cup tortilla chips
  • ¼ cup chopped chives
Instructions
  1. Sauté chopped onion in Olive oil until translucent. Add carrots, celery and chopped garlic. and continue cooking until soft. Add Mirin and tamari and cook for 5 more minutes. Add broccoli and all of the herbs, and continue cooking for another 5 minutes. In food processor, pulse the tofu until it is crumbly. Add it to the vegetables and continue cooking for another 10 minutes, until all of the moisture has evaporated. Add the 2 cups of roasted squash to the pan and mix well to incorporate it. Add the salt, pepper and nutritional yeast. Taste and adjust seasonings to your liking.
  2. In food processor, pulse the corn flakes and tortilla chips until they become the consistency of course bread crumbs. Put in a deep pie pan. Add the chopped chives to the corn flakes.
  3. Form patties with the tofu vegetable mixture, and dip it in the corn flakes on both sides. Press into patties and lay out on a cookie sheet, covered with parchment paper. Bake at 375’ for 15 minutes, turn over and bake another 10 minutes.
  4. Patties can be made ahead of time and kept in freezer.