Easily Pleased

Well I was too busy before and I'm too busy now. But I was so chuffed at my accidental dinner that I thought I'd better post it.

it all started when I opened a bottle of blended red (grenache, shiraz, merlot) and was a bit shocked, it was super-fresh and cheeky. I'm not big on drinking what I can't palate, so I thought, err what to do? Cook with it being the obvious answer.

Of course my usual standby with reds is to make a pasta sauce - it never fails, but I actually have been eating pasta sauce for a few days, so it was not my deal today.

It occured to me that I had lots of things sitting around that I don't often eat. I had a sterling idea, even if it seems utterly gross it came out FAB. I got a falafel mix, a big can of tuna, some fresh things from the garden and some other stuff and mixed up posh falafels! Here's the recipe.

Box of falafel mix
100ml shitty red wine
100ml water
One can of tuna (i used a big one, like the kind that you can't eat by yourselves but can't feed a whole family on either)
a good sluice of mustard seed oil
1 egg
handful of potato flour or corn flour
fresh parsley to taste
1 roma tomato or a few cherry tomotoes, sliced and diced
1 small pepper/capsicum, diced fine
1/2 carrot grated

Preheat oven to 180C/350F. Put the falafel mix in a bowl with the water and wine. Mix together well. Add all the other stuff. Mix together well and let stand for a few minutes. Form patties or little balls as you prefer, and place on a lightly oiled baking dish/tray. Bake till brown.

I also had been preparing spaghetti squash, and this was a great compliment to the patties.

It was super-nice. So much so that I'm not hungry but I want to stick them in my face.

I expect they'd serve well with hoummous, aoli, or some sort of mustardy dressing, but I just ate them naked because I'm a werido and don't bother with dressings and such very often.

I think for a matter of whatever the hell was in eyeshot, I've now come up with a dish I will enjoy making. It's just a shame falafels make me fart like crazy. I'm sure nobody will like me at the gym tomorrow.