Howdy Everyone!
How are you? Are you enjoying your Thursday? Wow, one more day until the glorious weekend! I am super excited for the weekend because we are going to head downtown and enjoy all of the Olympic festivities going on!
I did hear we might not be able to bring your own food into some of the events or houses down there, so I better think of some good hiding places for some bars and smoothies 
Who loves veggie burgers? I do!!! However, I have been unable to eat them because most of them have soy (Booooo) in them and it doesn’t make me feel good. I get asked this question a lot “what veggies burgers do you eat?” and I ask a lot of my Blog friends “what veggie burgers do you eat?” LOL, so finally I decided to make my own….sans soy!
I have tested these gems for two nights in a row. The first night with Black beans and the second night with chickpeas. They were both fab, but we preferred the chickpeas. I also found the chickpea burgers held together a bit better.
Black Bean Patties served with Broccoli
Chickpea Patties served with salad:
Vegan Veggie Burgers - Gluten Free!
(tweaked from the recipe found on Ohsheglows.com )
1 can chickpeas (or 1 1/2 cup cooked chickpeas 0r any bean you would like)
1 cup oats
1 zucchini
2 small peppers (I used 3 small sweet peppers)
1 cup spinach
1 carrot
1/4 cup sunflower seeds (0ptional – you could use flax seeds too!)
spices – I used a dash of sea salt, sprinkle of cayenne, and dill)
Place all ingredients in a food processor and mix into a thick mess Shape into burger patties and bake at 375 for 15 – 20 minutes per side.
These suckers were wonderful, filling and enjoyable!
I used Chard as the greens for my salad last night - wow, who knew raw chard was as yummy as it is. It is really mild tasting, isn’t it? I see many of you ladies out there using this as your salad green and took a hint to try it out! Fabulous!!!
My salad dressing has been the same as shown here. Super easy and extremely tasty
Off to let the dog run around the park with his “orange friend”.
Have a great night!
You must check out the Give Away on Lauren’s site – Gingeristhenewpink! She is giving away a Raw Cleanse from Garden of Life! This is GREAT!!!!
What is your favourite store bought veggie burger? Do you make your own?
XXOO
Kris
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I love, love LOVE TJ’s Masala burgers. And I think a lot of it is that their taste isn’t like any other veggie burger I have had or have been able to recreate
They aren’t very high in protein or fiber though so when I buy them it is 100% for the taste.
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Too funny – the veggie burgers I had last night, I got the recipe from Ohsheglows too. I love the idea of adding spinach. Gonna have to try that next time.
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those look SO healthy and good. There is a perfect balance of food grous in there and even love the swiss chard on the side
wanna come cook for me, kris??
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Oh wow the bean burgers look amazing
I made one a few weeks ago with pinto beans very good.
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We should start trading dinners! I HAVE to make my own burgers-never have and I know the store bought are not as healthy at all…..
Thank you for the input about the vega-gonna check it out today while I am bored at work!
Yea for Friday!
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Hi Kris…I too have been in search of a veggie burger with no gluten or soy! Thank YOU for posting this recipe. For once I have all the ingredients (black beans not garbanzo though) so I am going to make these. I will let you know how it goes!
Just to confirm you used fresh spinach and not frozen, right?
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I love that you make your own veggie burgers! I always feel like I have an abundance of soy in my diet so I’m trying to switch it up. My favorite store-bought (soy free) burger are Amy’s California/Bistro burgers
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Morning!!
You got an award on my blog this morning!!
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I am so happy you posted this. My husband and I are planning out a no-processed foods diet and our fave burgers (Boca Chik’n and original vegan) are obviously processed. I would love to make this recipe. I wonder if we can do it without a food processor.
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Your homemade veggie burgers look delicious! I have only tried making veggie “burgers” once with black beans and sweet potatoes. They were great flavor-wise but I couldn’t get them to stick! I’m going to try your recipe next time
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Do you have a recipe for the black bean pattie?
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I never ever would have thought to make chickpea burgers. Im actually really surprised at how much I LIKE chickpeas. Who knew?
Im going downtown this weekend for the Olympic stuff too! I really just want to see the torch. My boyfriend already got to, and let me tell you I was NOT happy about it! He was supposed to wait for me!
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Kris these look awesome and i love that there’s not a pound of raw almonds or cashews in them. LOVELY b/c too many nuts in burgers just makes them taste like a granola bar, not a burger to me LOL
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I can’t believe I haven’t been to your site in so long. I’ve missed ya. I’ve just a bit busy with the baby lately. Luckily I’ve had a chance to play some catch up today.
As for the veggie burgers, I prefer to make my own, too. Brendan Brazier’s are my favorite, with a few tweaks of my own.
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Ok… I’m sooo trying those chick pea burgers this weekend!
Wish I was in Vancouver during the games! Enjoy!!! xxoo
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omg those sound amazing!! i really love sunshine burgers!
xoxo
shelley
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