I was really excited to make veggie burgers for dinner tonight. We also buy those huge bags of spinach from Costco, so its safe to say we had a lot of spinach to use before they went bad. I wanted to incorporate them into my veggie burgers and thought it would be a good idea to blend them in the Vitamix instead of the food processor to make things quicker. However, it came out super liquidy and I thought the recipe was going to be ruined!
So I attempted to bulk it up as best as I could and added quinoa, mushrooms, bell pepper, onions, and squash.....But it was still to liquidy so I added 1.5 cups of oats
and 1/2 cup of polenta (ground cornmeal)
Then it seemed to have the perfect texture so I added the spices
They came out great and had the right consistency I wanted
Crumbled into my salad they made it taste super yummy
I even found myself eating them as if they were cookies!
Ingredients for "Green opps burgers"
1-2 cups of spinach
2 celery sticks
1 cup of cooked beans
1 bell pepper
1.5 cups of oats
1 squash, chopped
1/2 purple onion, chopped
1 small handful of green onions
5 mushrooms
1 tsp of cumin
salt, pepper, and basil to taste
shape into balls and bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes
Look! My garden is starting to produce cucumber!
And a bird pooped on my car! :(
At least I got a good swim in the morning, even if I can't run I am going to try to stay as active as possible.
No comments:
Post a Comment