To veg or not to veggie burger

Veggie burgers, veggie patties, disks of doom and evil... whatever you call them, lets face it they are here to stay! I've enjoyed my fair share of veggie burgers in the past. There was a year in my life where I ate veggie burgers every single day. I liked the Morning Star ones that were chunky and full of veggies, and I totally despised the Boca Burger disks of ground up shoe soles- those things are just nasty! However, I come to find out a few months ago (thanks to the news on GMOs) that my beloved veggie burgers are probably full of chemicals, GMOs, black holes, and the tears of children. That would probably explain why the year I ate nothing but veggie burgers was also the year I had to get my gallbladder removed. Things to think about when you get older... "Why did I do that to myself?!" "Oh so now health food is death?!" In any event the choice is either continue to eat that delicious poison, or make it your dang self! Actually, it's incredibly difficult to find vegetarian anything here so the option has always been make it yourself fool.

The video explains how I made this particular veggie burger: http://youtu.be/gther9eipyI

However, there are so many ways and flavor combinations to make a veggie burger I don't think listing what I used is necessary. I think the process is important to see, but the flavors are endless.

What you really need is a binder: beans and maybe an egg. 1 cup at least of cooked beans will do and an egg. Now think of another cup or two of flavors. These "cups" of flavor need to be cooked and cooled for the combining portion. Let me help: broccoli and cheese; spicy TexMex; sweet potato and cheddar; rustic veggie; mushrooms madness; Mediterranean meadows; and so on.

With the TexMex for example I would have cooked 1 1/2 cups of corn, peppers, onions, potato, jalapenos, garlic, and so forth with the other 1/2 cup maybe being cheese or more spice.

Broccoli and cheese would have also been easy. I know broccoli has a lot of water so maybe just 1 cup broccoli and a 1/2 cup of cheese.

So there you have it! And you can change up the bean! Black, red, white, whatever!

Think of the shape: patty or a ball?! What would your kids most likely eat? I think a broccoli and cheese ball! I'd call it a Dragon Ball... cause I'm awesome.

So here's the video: http://youtu.be/gther9eipyI

sizzle....

my bean mash with cooked veggies

saute veggies first then let cool before adding to bean mash

Please check the video for this particular veggie patty/burgers ingredients/instructions.