I hate veggie burgers. Especially if I have to buy them. $$$

[MyNameGoesHere]

However, this seems intriguing and I am going to give it a go. Only thing I am doing different is replace the brown rice with Bhutan Red and try with less egg whites.

http://www.chow.com/recipes/10988-chow-veggie-burger

[Warpy]

1. I didn't mind the $$$, I was paying for pure nutrition

without indigestible suet and connective tissue. It's the reason I'll buy $$$ fish. Unfortunately, most of the good veggie burgers (Boca and quorn, I'm looking at you) contain gluten and that's out these days.

My problem with the burgers like the one you posted is the texture--the outer crust is thin and the interior is pure mush. The only exception is falafel made into thin burger patties and that's mostly because of the strong flavors of cumin and garlic. Adding some barely softened bulgur to the mix made for better texture but again--gluten.

So I'm eating fish and the beans are with rice.

[Galileo126]

2. Ya know...

I'm an omnivore, but I dated a vegetarian who had the most awesome recipes. My fave was a Greek-inspired lasagna. However...

She used to make homemade veggie burgers that even satisfied this omnivore. I think she used chick peas as the protein base, but I was so enamored with her, I forgot to ask her what her recipe was. And, I love recipes!


Typical guy, that I am.

[pengillian101]

4. Typical guy - ha!

I've had this wild rice burger and it is as great as the real thing. Recipe included at the link.

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http://heavytable.com/fitgers-brewhouses-harvest-moon-wild-rice-burger/

[sinkingfeeling]

3. My favorite is Morningstar's Garden Veggie Burgers. Here's the ingredients.

Vegetables (Mushrooms, Water Chestnuts, Onions, Carrots, Green Bell Peppers, Red Bell Peppers, Black Olives), Textured Vegetable Protein (Soy Protein Concentrate, Wheat Gluten, Water For Hydration), Egg Whites, Cooked Brown Rice (Water, Brown Rice), Rolled Oats, Corn Oil, Calcium Caseinate, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Salt, Wheat), Contains Two Percent Or Less of Onion Powder, Cornstarch, Salt, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (Corn, Soy And Wheat), Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Natural Flavors from Non-Meat Sources, Sugar, Soy Protein Isolate, Spices, Garlic Powder, Dextrose, Jalapeno Pepper Powder, Celery Extract.

[Sienna86]

5. I love Morningstar's spicy bean burgers

And their buffalo chicken patty is excellent too.











Edited for spelling.

[hibbing]

7. +1

I like these ones too. I don't care for the ones that try to be a hamburger, the garden veggie patties are not trying to be a fake hamburger.

Peace

[Retrograde]

6. I've had some good ones, but

that was always at small restaurants that made their own. My favorite was at a pub in Ithaca, NY that was made with beans, barley and pecans (and would have been great with bacon, in my humble non-vegetarian but not eating much meat opinion), but I can't duplicate it. Gardenburgers taste like cardboard to me, possibly because people overcook them.

[msanthrope]

9. You mean the Bandwagon??? Try this recipe, maybe omitting the

lemon?


http://www.notsoperfectlife.com/2013/06/21/lemon-pecan-barley-burgers-vegan/

[Retrograde]

10. Yes, that was the place

Thanks for the recipe - it will at least give me some proportions to start with.

[dem in texas]

8. Spiral Dinner in Dallas and Fort Worth

They have some good dishes with "veggie meat" in them. I like their salad the best, it has bits of the "meat" in it, quite tasty. The only thing I didn't like was that they put sugar in oil and vinegar dressing. It didn't seem like it went with the salad.