Meatless Monday: Black Bean Burger FAIL

So tonight I decided to try to make my own tex mex black bean burgers for dinner instead of using frozen. I was going to wing it, then I thought that I should probably try to find a real recipe just to make sure they were edible. Since it was the first time and all. I found a recipe that looked promising (and on the Meatless Monday website, no less!), and since we had all of the ingredients and we have a family of big eaters, I made a double batch.

Well, one of the steps involves a food processor. I don't have a food processor, so I used the blender to grind up my onion and bell pepper. It -- of course -- turned into orange mush, so I strained some of the (nutrient-rich!) liquid off and mixed the rest of the pulpy orange mess in with the beans and seasonings.

To wrap the rest of this up, the burgers baked for almost 20 minutes (it was supposed to be 10) and still were not firm or actually, any different in texture than they were before I put them in the oven.

Plus, they looked like a patty version of a dirty diaper. Tonight was one of those very, very few nights when I told the kids, "You can eat this, or you can have a sandwich instead." :-)



Despite the appearance and texture, the "burgers" tasted great, so Hubby and I wrapped them in tortillas with a little bit of cheese. Yum. Good thing they're tasty, because we have lots of leftovers.