Lunch Time!!

So this was my lunch today! Good thing I ate it alone, because I made such a mess with this giant tasty thing! To assemble this sandwich, I used a black bean burger and I added horseradish mustard, vegenaise, ketchup, pickles, slices of onion and tomato, spinach, and avocado slices. All on whole grain bread.

Last week I decided to make black bean burgers from scratch using a variation of this recipe I found from DailyGarnish.com. I had three left over, so I froze them. Once they were heated back up, they were a little crumbly, but still delicious!!

Here's the recipe if you want to make your own! Sooo good!


Vegan Bean Burgers
Ingredients: (makes 6 burgers)

• 2 cans black beans (rinsed and drained)
• 2 carrots, grated
• 1/2 cup dry rolled oats
• 1/4 cup pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp coriander
• 1/2 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper

To Prepare: 
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.  Next, add the oats and pepitas to your food processor and grind until coarsely chopped (they will still be a little chunky).  Let it run for roughly 10 seconds.  Grate the carrots, and then add to your mixture in the food processor.  Add 3/4 of the beans, all spices, and the olive oil.  Once all of this is in the food processor, give it a whir and mix it all together.

Spoon mixture into a mixing bowl and then fold in the rest of the whole, reserved beans.  Wet your hands and then form into 6 medium sized patties.  Place patties on a non-stick baking sheet or into a baking pan, and bake at 300 degrees for 40 minutes, turning once in the middle.  If you want to grill these, pre-bake them for 30 minutes at 300, and then throw them on the grill to reheat and get a little extra browning.