Recipe 2: Black bean burgers are heaven on earth.

Hey there, all of my beautiful vegetarian and semi-vegetarian friends!

Tonight's recipe is for one delightfully yumtastic Black Bean Burger.

Aside from the ingredients posted in the recipe, this burger is best served on a soft, chewy bun- as it helps to contain the soft nature of the filling.  I also like it served with a dill pickle spear, and some homemade mac and cheese (which I absolutely promise to give you the recipe for later on this week!)

For the burgers, you will need:

1 1/2 cups black beans

3 cups of crushed Crispix cereal

1 egg

1/2 cup of Grapenuts cereal

2 tablespoons of crushed/minced onions*

1 clove of garlic, pressed

1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning

1/4 teaspoon garlic salt

Pretty simple instructions:

Mash 1 cup of the black beans with a potato masher, then mix in the rest of the ingredients with a fork.
Refrigerate for 45 minutes, until the consistency of play dough.  

Form into patties (should make between 4-6, depending on how big you want your burgers!) and then fry in 1 tablespoon of olive oil.

Serve with your favorite burger toppings- we like ketchup, mayonnaise, and tomatoes. 

*I hate onions. I do. An easy way to not get that nasty onion texture is to send the onion chunks through the garlic press along with the garlic. Yummy taste and no nasty onion texture.

Get your burger on!

-- Katee