Recipe Green Monster Veggie Burger
May 16, 2017
What’s not to love about May—it’s got Victoria Day and Memorial Day long weekends and Burger Month to welcome summer days ahead. But no matter what time of year it is, when it comes to kicking back and celebrating the weekend at home with your family, it’s hard to beat a burger for mouthwatering, satisfying fare like our Green Monster Veggie Burger.
This satisfying plant-based patty offers the ultimate healthy-burger twist, with creamy beans, sweet peas and corn, zesty seasonings, and a light, pumpkin and sunflower seed crunch. Made from humble pantry and freezer staples, our Green Monster Veggie Burger is an easy way to sneak some extra veggies into picky kids and hungry adults alike. Build it on our sprouted whole grain buns, and prepare to be amazed!
Ingredients
For the Green Monster Veggie Burger Patties:
- 1 cup frozen corn (thawed)
- 1 cup frozen peas (thawed)
- 1 can (398 ml / 14 fl oz) cannellini beans (or other white beans), drained and rinsed
- ½ small onion , finely diced
- 1 large handful cilantro , roughly chopped
- 3 Tbsp breadcrumbs (we used our Sprouted Breadcrumb recipe)
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
- ½ tsp sea salt
- to taste ground pepper
- 2 Tbsp pumpkin seeds
- 2 Tbsp sunflower seeds
To serve:
- 1 avocado , sliced
- 1 handful arugula
- to taste spicy vegan mayonnaise (such as chipotle or sriracha)
- 4 Silver Hills Sprouted Bakery Organic Hamburger Buns (or Silver Hills Bakery Sesame Sprouted Hamburger Buns)
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Instructions
For the Green Monster Veggie Burger Patties:
- Preheat oven to 350℉. To make the Green Monster Veggie Burger patties, place all ingredients except the seeds into a food processor and pulse until mixture is coarsely chopped. Add seeds and pulse a few more times.
- Shape the mixture into 4 patties and place on a baking sheet fitted with parchment paper. Bake until firm and lightly browned, flipping half way, approximately 25 minutes.
To serve:
- To assemble, grill or toast the buns and stack with patty, arugula, avocado, and spicy vegan mayo. (Feeding kids? Use regular mayo on theirs instead).
