black bean and spinach burgers
ingredients:
1 can rinsed black beans
2 baby peppers (1/2 cup chopped)
1/5 cup chopped onion
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 packed cup baby spinach
1/2 cup oats
1/2 cup textured vegetable protein (TVP)
1/3 cup + 2 tsp wheat gluten
note: original recipe called for whole wheat flour instead of wheat gluten, so if you don’t have any, definitely just use flour!
directions:
be horrified/amazed/disgusted at the fact that there’s a pepper inside your pepper!
combine black beans, pepper, onion, soy sauce, and spinach. debate stopping right now and just eating an extra large salad, because it’s too pretty to mix.
continue forth. pulse in a food processor until smooth-ish, but still slightly chunky. eat an excessive amount right here, and wonder if this will affect how many burgers you get.
combine the oats, TVP, and 1/3 cup wheat gluten in a bowl. add the vegetable mix in, and add a couple tsp wheat gluten in if the mixture is too sticky.
form into 8 regular sized patties, and 1 runt. maybe you shouldn’t have eaten the mix! spray a tray, and prepare for baking.
bake @ 350 for 10 minutes, broil for 5, then flip the burgers and broil for 5 more.
(recipe from (never home) maker)
enjoy!
makes: 9 patties. 110 calories each, 10.2g protein per patty.
(via health-heaven)
