This is basically a fun version of bubble and squeak! If you have leftover veg, this is a great way to use it up (and sneak loads of veggies into a meal!)
I'll list the ingredients I used below, however you could really use any vegetables you want:
1 sweet potato
1 handful of peas
1 medium sized carrot
Handful of spinach
1 garlic clove
1 white onion
Breadcrumbs
2 tsp corn flour
Salt and pepper to taste (optional)
If you aren't using leftovers:
Peel and dice the potato, sweet potato and carrot. Place in a pan of water and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer until cooked through. Add the peas and boil for a further 6 mins. Drain and leave to cool.
In another pan, add your onion (diced) and a splash of olive oil. Once the onion starts to brown, add the garlic (diced) and spinach, stir until spinach starts to wilt and turn soft and dark in colour.
Leave to cool. Meanwhile preheat your oven to 180C.
Once all cool, add all ingredients into a food processor
and blend until a smooth consistency.
Transfer into a bowl. If the consistency is quite wet, add the corn flour and a good sprinkle of breadcrumbs.
Next take a spoonful of the mixture and roll into a ball in your hand. (As mine was quite sticky I found having dry hands really helped... So this did mean having to wash and dry my hands after every smiley!)
Then flatten into a circle.
Using the end of a spoon, add your eye holes.
And the same for a mouth!
Line a baking tray with tin foil - as I was paranoid these would stick, I sprinkled a bit of flour and breadcrumbs over one tray and wiped a light coating of oil onto the second tray - just to check which would work best! (I can confirm that they both worked equally as well! But I'm maybe slightly leaning towards the oil method!)
And there you have it! Hidden veggies, fake chips and smiley faces all in one! What's not to love!! I've left a few of these over for the boys tea tonight, the rest are going straight into the freezer stash!
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