Veggie Burger

"If we're not supposed to eat animals...how come they're made out of meat."  Anon

Three Mini Veggie Burgers

For those of us who for health or ethical reasons eschew the consumption of meat, let us have a moment of silence for all those times when our souls are yearning for the taste of a buffalo wing or a bacon cheeseburger with extra cheese.  Enough silence.  Now it's time to get on with finding a nice substitute or two.

What I crave even more than slivers under my fingernails or a family get-together is a burger-like something to enjoy with the major food groups of pickles and catsup, which is supposedly spicier than ketchup if you read the same internet information that I do.  But that's a discussion for another time when I don't have a life and want to pontificate on something.

I found a few recipes and carefully tweaked them to accommodate the leftovers that were lurking in my refrigerator.

Ingredients:
  6 T flax seeds, ground
  3/4 cups water
  2 cups sunflower seeds, ground
  2 cups carrot pulp (about 5 large carrots, juiced
 1 cup finely minced celery
  1 cup finely minced onion
  1/4 cup finely minced red pepper
  1 spicy pepper, minced
  1 T Bragg liquid amino

Distructions:
In a blender whip together the ground flax seeds and water.  Immediately transfer the mixture to a bowl and rinse out the blender before the works get all gummed up.  This is the part of the mixture that's going to hold the mixture together.

In another, larger bowl, mix together the rest of the ingredients.  Add the flax seed mixture and work everything together.  Start mixing with a wooden spoon and then move on to using your hands.  Work it good.

Veggie Burgers Dressed for a Party

At this point you can shape the mixture into about a half dozen patties and dehydrate them for about six hours on each side.  My preference is to make about 18 to 20 small patties, measuring the mixture with a melon baller, and shaping the little fellers with my hands.  These can be dehydrated for about 4 hours on each side.  Transfer to a refrigerator container and store in the fridge.  These keep for 3 to 4 days.

My favorite way to enjoy these is to take the chill off of them in a warm frying pan and then dress them up with a slice of a pickled jalapeno and a dab of catsup.  Create your own favorite flavors.

Loveya
The Mom