Zucchini Cakes

Let me start off this post on a totally random note.

Yesterday at the dog park, I got peed on…yeaaaaahhh.

A dog just walked up to me, lifted his leg, and started peeing on my leg and foot.

Hmm, what? Has this happened to anyone out there? Was he marking me as his territory?

All I know is that it was definitely my strange moment of the day!

Moving onto a more pleasant subject, on the menu for dinner tonight were these bad boys:

What some people refer to as vegetarian crab cakes – zucchini cakes! This recipe from The Vegan Table is pretty simple and quick. I served mine with light sour cream and cocktail sauce.

Zucchini Cakes

Serves 4

What you need:

• 4 medium zucchini (mine measured out to 5 cups grated)
• 2 TBSP (dairy free) butter, melted
• 1 c seasoned bread crumbs
• 1/4 minced red onion
• 1 TSP Old Bay seasoning
• 1/4 TSP salt, or to taste
• Pepper to taste
• About 2 TBSP all-purpose flour
• 1/4 c canola or vegetable oil

Grate the zucchini in a food processor with a grating blade (the harder way: with a grater or mandolin). 

Spread the zucchini on a kitchen towel, and roll it jelly-roll style. Twist the towel tightly to wring out a lot of the liquid.

In a large bowl, combine zucchini with melted butter. Stir in the bread crumbs, minced onion, Old Bay seasoning, salt and pepper. Mix well to combine.

Coat your hands in a bit of oil, then shape the zucchini mixture into 12 patties. Dust each patty with flour.

In a skillet, heat half of the remaining oil over medium heat. Fry half the patties until browned on both sides. Repeat with the remaining 6 patties.

Nutrition stats (per 3 patties): 425 calories, 20 g fat, 11 g protein, 50 g carbs

On this day in another year…

On June 30, 2010, I was on vacation in Hawaii with Adam for our version of a honeymoon (aka 9 months after we tied the knot and in the midst of a deployment, we met up in Waikiki for a week!). 2 years ago today we were at Pearl Harbor:

I got to meet a Pearl Harbor vet, who was the cutest old man ever!

That vacation, I was highly obsessed with wearing flowers in my hair. I think I bought a new gorgeous little arrangement every day! Case in point:

I love vacation memories!

I’ll leave you with my quote of the day: “Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.” – Leo Tolstoy