Even before I gave up meat I had a fascination with veggie burgers. Most of the time I’d opt for one instead of a beef or turkey burger. There’s just something about the texture that I really like. Plus there are so many different varieties that you can’t really get tired of them.
Laurie and I have talked about making our own veggie burgers, and last night I decided to give it a try using whatever “stuff” we had in the fridge.
We had a big pot of Adzuki beans that we soaked and cooked a few days ago. I also had some brown rice that I made a few nights ago, some carrots, onion, cheese, and egg yolks that Laurie had left over from her egg-white breakfast that morning.
I put all the aforementioned ingredients plus salt, pepper, and cumin into the food processor and blended it together until it was a semi-sticky paste that had the texture of ground beef.
Then I patted them into the shape of patties and put them in the fridge for an hour to solidify a little bit.
I pan fried them with a little EVO, flipping them after 5 minutes or so.
I topped it off with a little salsa and lettuce, serve with rice and adzuki bean chips and Laurie’s homemade tabouli and VIOLA! A very tasty, nutritious vegetarian meal!
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