Corn Thins® Cauliflower Fritters

Ingredients

6 Corn Thins® slices

1 cup grated cauliflower

¼ finely chopped red onion

2 Tbs chopped parsley

2 tsp water

1 egg, lightly whisked

1/4 tsp ground cumin

1/4 tsp ground turmeric

1 tsp extra virgin olive oil

Directions

1. In a food processor, process the Corn Thins slices until a fine texture.
2. In a bowl add the cauliflower, onion, parsley, water, egg and spices and mix well
3. Add in the Corn Thins flour mixture and combine well.
4. Drizzle extra virgin olive oil into a non-stick skillet and place over medium heat.
5. Scoop a 1/3rd cup patty of the mixture into the pan and slightly press down.
6. Cook for 3-4 minutes or until the fritter is cooked golden through.
7. Enjoy!

Health Benefits of This Meal

This recipe gives your body a whole lot of impressive health benefits. Starting with the star ingredient Corn Thins slices. Corn Thins slices are a source of gut loving fiber. The fiber in Corn Thins slices not only allows your gut to function at its best but also provides prebiotic fuel for the health promoting microbes in your gut. When these microbes are kept well fed and happy, they help your body to function at its best. Some of benefits provided by a healthy gut microbiome include supporting an optimal immune system, helping your body to digest foods properly, improved organ health and mental wellbeing.

The good news for your gut does not end there. Every plant-based food ingredient above gives your health promoting gut different types of prebiotic fiber and polyphenols. Different microbes need different fuel to stay alive and this recipe will help to feed a range of different gut microbes!

On top of the gut health benefits this recipe will help to protect your body in different ways by providing different antioxidants. There are an impressive 36 different antioxidants alone in extra virgin olive oil! The healthy fats in this meal also help the fat-soluble vitamins to be absorbed properly.

Also, the vitamin C in the red onion will help the non-haem iron in the egg yolk to be absorbed properly. Iron helps to optimize your immune system and is also needed to transport oxygen around your body. This recipe provides many components which work together as a team to help optimize the health benefits your body receives!