Black Bean...Burgers?
I found this recipe for black bean burgers and decided to make them for Meatless Monday!
It's a pretty simple recipe. All of the ingredients are pretty easy to find, but when they tell you to finely chop the onion and bell pepper with a food processor, they mean it! Trust me; I learned this the hard way...! I don't have a food processor, but I had seen people use the Magic Bullet to chop vegetables, so I thought I'd give it a try with the bell pepper, since I used pre-chopped onions. Well...I clearly did something wrong, because my bell pepper ended up looking like this:
It pureed my pepper! Who needs a food processor? This girl. I apologized repeatedly to my poor husband, mostly for attempting this recipe without the proper equipment.
I should have known better. The Magic Bullet has gotten me into trouble before (I'm thinking specifically of the hummus incident of 2010). It's nice to have, but there are some things that it just won't do.
Anyway, that was the only pepper I had, so I had no choice but to use it. But as you might imagine, the puree made the mixture a good bit thinner than expected. There was no way I'd be able to form patties, so I spread the mixture in a pie pan and baked it. And this is what I ended up with:
It sorta fell apart when I was taking it out of the pan, so I had to smush it around a little so that it would fit on the bun. But hey, it's OK. It was a delicious mess. And just look at that thick slice of provolone. Ahh, cheese covers a multitude of wrongs.
It's a pretty simple recipe. All of the ingredients are pretty easy to find, but when they tell you to finely chop the onion and bell pepper with a food processor, they mean it! Trust me; I learned this the hard way...! I don't have a food processor, but I had seen people use the Magic Bullet to chop vegetables, so I thought I'd give it a try with the bell pepper, since I used pre-chopped onions. Well...I clearly did something wrong, because my bell pepper ended up looking like this:
It pureed my pepper! Who needs a food processor? This girl. I apologized repeatedly to my poor husband, mostly for attempting this recipe without the proper equipment.
I should have known better. The Magic Bullet has gotten me into trouble before (I'm thinking specifically of the hummus incident of 2010). It's nice to have, but there are some things that it just won't do.
Anyway, that was the only pepper I had, so I had no choice but to use it. But as you might imagine, the puree made the mixture a good bit thinner than expected. There was no way I'd be able to form patties, so I spread the mixture in a pie pan and baked it. And this is what I ended up with:
It sorta fell apart when I was taking it out of the pan, so I had to smush it around a little so that it would fit on the bun. But hey, it's OK. It was a delicious mess. And just look at that thick slice of provolone. Ahh, cheese covers a multitude of wrongs.
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