Mushroom Veggie Burger, Spiralized Sweet Potato and Roasted Brussel Sprouts

Mushroom Veggie Burger, Spiralized Sweet Potato and Roasted Brussel Sprouts

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Mushroom Veggie Burger

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon canola oil (or vegetable oil)
  • 1 small onion (white or yellow, diced)
  • 1 clove garlic (minced)
  • 3 green onions (diced)
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
  • 2 cup mushrooms (fresh, diced small), 8 oz container of crimini mushrooms
  • 1tsp paprika
  • 1 15 oz. can pinto beans
  • ⅔ cup almond meal
  • salt to taste, about 1 teaspoon
  • black pepper to taste, about 1/2 teaspoon
  • 2 tablespoons oil

Dirrections

  1. First, sauté  the diced white or yellow onion in canola oil or vegetable oil for 3 to 5 minutes, until the onions are soft. Add in the garlic and sauté for another 1-2 minutes.
  2. Next, add the green onions, cumin, chili powder and the chopped mushrooms and cook for another 5-7 minutes, or until mushrooms have softened but still have a bite to them. You can add a bit more oil if needed. Set the onion and mushroom mixture aside.
  3. Next, use a fork or potato masher to mash the beans until well mashed. You can also pulse them in a food processor until smooth if you prefer.
  4. In a large bowl, combine the mashed beans with the onion and mushroom mixture and add the parsley, salt, and pepper. Make sure the ingredients are well combined.
  5. Shape the mixture into patties about one inch thick. If you make them too thin, they may fall apart, but if you make them too thick, it will be more difficult to get them to cook them all the way through. Refrigerate for about 1 1/2-2 hours before cooking, this will help them hold together.
  6. Heat about two tablespoons of oil and cook each patty until the veggie burgers are done, about 3 minutes on each side. You can also use an indoor grill pan to grill your veggie burgers if you have one. 
  7. Serve with spiralized sweet potatoes and brussel sprouts.

Spiralized Sweet Potatoes

  • 2 sweet potatoes
  • 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • Salt and pepper
  • Light olive oil

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  2. Spiralize sweet potatoes and place on a dark baking sheet
  3. Drizzle olive oil over sweet potatoes and sprinkle all of the seasonings over the potatoes and mix
  4. Bake the sweet potatoes for about 20 minutes

Roasted Brussel Sprouts

  • 1 bag brussel sprouts (I usually buy a bag from Trader Joes)
  • 2 tsp onion powder
  • ½ tsp red pepper flakes
  • Salt and pepper
  • ½ tbs olive oil

Directions

  1. Use the preheated oven from the sweet potatoes
  2. Cut the bottoms off of the brussel sprouts and cut in half
  3. Mix with olive oil, onion powder, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper
  4. Bake for about 30 minutes