One of my favorite dishes is lamb with pesto. I would normally add eggs and bread crumbs to the ground beef but I've substituted those items. I'm just not used to adding egg and bread crumbs anymore to my dishes. However, we're still cheating on our normal daily diet with ground beef and my husband couldn't be more thrilled.
For example, before being on a plant-based diet, I would take the ground lamb and add egg and bread crumbs before mixing it and forming it into a burger.
Now, I do the following.
Ingredients:
1 pound ground lamb
1 avocado
egg replacer
salt and pepper
Moroccan Seasoning
Pesto sauce in a jar (fresh of course, is always better)
Mix all the ingredients together with a masher. Form burger patties and grill. The avocado replaces the egg as a binder to a lot of foods. You'll get the hang of it.
Turn over and spoon a little pesto on top.
Mix a spring salad with a light dressing of your choice and put the salad mix onto a plate. Put patties on top and instead of eating this for lunch, it has now become your Sunday dinner. Wine option: Pair with a nice light wine like zinfandel or pinot noir.
Optional:
Sprinkle Feta, Cotija cheese on top if desired
Another option:
Add olives, cucumbers, tomatoes, and carrot slices if you're really hungry for a Mediterranean dish. Wine option: Pair with a full-bodied wine if you added the egg, the bread crumbs, and Mediterranean dish additions. You'll have more going on in tastes so a fuller wine would round it out.
Does anyone else have any other ideas to this favorite Mediterranean dish? Are there any other substitutions?
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