meatless loaf.

ingredients:
2 cups cooked brown rice
1/2 medium onion, chopped
1 medium sized red pepper, chopped
1/2 cup vegetable broth
1 15.5 oz. can of black beans, rinsed and drained
2 tsp tomato paste
bit of fresh parsley
soy sauce or a spritz of braggs
lil bit of raw cane sugar
1/2 cup nutritional yeast
2 tbsp ground flaxseed
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
cumin, to taste
ketchup
cooking spray
balsamic vinegar
all purpose seasoning


instructions:

1.) preheat oven to 350 degress F.

2.) cook the rice accrding to package directions. set aside.

3.) Spray frying pan with a bit of cooking spray to coat and start to heat up. begin caramelizing the onions, toss in the peppers whenever you feel like it. 

4.) once the peppers and onions are about done, sprinkle a little bit of raw cane sugar on the veggies, add a dash of balsamic vinegar, 1/2 cup of veggie broth and sprinkle cumin to your liking.

5.) take pan off of stove and set it aside to cool.

6.) put drained & rinsed black beans in a big bowl and mash ‘em up.

7.) Add a spritz of Braggs liquid aminos (or soy sauce), a bit of fresh parsley and tomato paste and mix.

8.) Add the veggie mixture from the frying pan to the beans, then add the rice to the beans and veggies and mix.

9.) add Nutritional yeast,and ground flaxseed and mix.

10.) add about 1.5 cups of rolled oats, SLOWLY. add it little by little making sure there is'nt too dry! add a few dashed all purpose seasoning.

11.) form a loaf into an oiled pan, spread ketchup over the top of the loaf.

12.) Place in heated oven, Cook for 20 minutes. 

13.) Crank up the heat to 450, and pull out the loaf when the tomato paste looks like it’s a little crispy (5 minutes should be perfect).