My Foodie Call

A veggie burger with a corn meal bun for a change of pace.  These are slider-sized. Can you tell?

Veggie burgers can be tricky. You really need to be careful with your ingredients, the wetness factor and the overall cook time otherwise you have a mess on your hands that no one will eat. I speak from experience. 

It all started with this. One baked sweet potato.

I peeled and mashed…

and used this…

And added it to my sweet potato mash.

Added some oats to help bind.

Added some chopped onion to amp up the flavor.

And some minced garlic…

And your egg. ..Have you ever made a flax egg? See how it is kind of stringy like an egg?

This helps make everything stick together.

Next some cottage cheese…

And parsley…

Mix, mix.

Dollop.

Yes, it’s kind of chunky, but it works.

Next my “non-bread” bun inspiration.

Slice and bake.

Double decker with optional cheese slice in between.

Veggie Sliders with Polenta Buns 

Ingredients:

• 1 medium sweet potato, baked (I do this at 400 for 45 minutes, a day beforehand so that there are not too many steps on the day we will eat. Can’t have that.)
• 1-12 oz package Beef-less ground beef (or vegetarian crumbles)
• 1/2 cup oats
• 1 medium onion, fine-chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 flax egg (or you can do 1 large egg, but try the flax egg: Add 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal to 3 tablespoons of water, whisk it, and let it sit for 30 minutes)
• 1/2 cup fat-free cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley, fine-chopped
• 2 teaspoons agave nectar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 pre-cooked tube of polenta
• sliced cheese (optional)

Directions:

For the Sliders:

1. Preheat the oven to 375°F
2. Prepare a large baking sheet with non-stick spray or parchment paper.
3. Pull skin off of cooked sweet potato mash it.
4. Add the beef-less crumbles, oats, onion, garlic, flax egg, cottage cheese, parsley, agave, salt, and pepper.
5. Mash and combine.
6. Shape the mixture into mini burger size (sliders) and place them on your prepared baking sheet.
7. Bake the sliders for 30 minutes. Flip them. Bake for another 15-20 minutes.
8. Remove from oven and set aside.

For the Polenta Buns:

1. Set the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Thin slice the polenta into rounds and arrange them on a prepared baking sheet.
3. Bake for 20 minutes, flip and bake for another 10 minutes.

Try me.