One of my absolute favorite blogs is http://www.agirlcalledjack.com. Jack Monroe is a hero--she taught herself to cook on a tiny budget and her recipes are incredibly inventive and delicious. I'd been meaning to try some of them for a while, but they're in British measurements and the battery for my scales was dead and I kept forgetting to get a new one. Well, a new one has since been acquired, so I'll be trying more and more of Jack's recipes.
This one for carrot, cumin and kidney bean burgers was an obvious place to start, since it's one of her most popular. I made the recipe exactly as directed, only the bean mixture seemed a little bland when I tasted it, so I added a few pinches of salt and a grind of pepper before I assembled the burgers.
We ate them on homemade hamburger buns with some mayonnaise, ketchup, thin slices of cheddar, and some raw baby spinach. They were wonderful, with a deep, rich, savory flavor. In spite of Jack's warning that they're fragile, they didn't fall apart at all. Quite often veggie/bean burgers do fall apart, or get squished between the buns so much that they ooze out the side, but this didn't. Plus, if you don't put cheese and mayo all over them, they're vegan, and would be great for serving to vegan guests. This recipe really couldn't have been easier. Definitely one to add to our staples!
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