Sunday's Spicy Black Bean Burgers& Roasted veggies

Sunday, I made a delicious dinner of Spicy Black Bean Burgers& Roasted Veggies. I love Veggie burgers and I love spicy food so I thought that these sounded great. I found the original tutorial at Spoon Fork Bacon, but tweaked it slightly. Let's get cookin!

You'll need:

1/4 yellow onion, chopped
2 jalapenos, seeded and chopped
3 tsp minced garlic
1 (14.5 ounce) can black beans, drained
1/2 cup whole grain oats (I used quick oats, because that's what I had)
1/3 canned corn (14.5 oz can)
2 green onions sliced
Cumin, curry powder, cayenne pepper to taste
1/2 cup plain breadcrumbs
4 tbsp Olive oil
Food Processor/Magic Bullet/Blender
WW hamburger buns

I used my Magic Bullet in place of the food processor, so this was done in steps

1. Add onions, jalapenos, and garlic to food processor, pulse until it turns into a paste like substance.

2. Using a rubber spatula, spoon into a bowl. Pulse beans and corn in your food crusher of choice. Scoop out half the mixture into the same bowl as the jalapenos mixture.

3. Add the spices, green onion and oats to the half of the mixture that is still in your food processor.

4. Scoop out the pulsed mixture and combine with the rest of the mixture in the bowl. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. This would be a great pre-make meal since it holds up fine to refrigeration for about 48 hours.

5. After you take it out of the refrigerator, mix in the bread crumbs. After you mix in the bread crumbs, let it sit for about 5-10 minutes to thicken to where you can form patties.

6. Form your patties. Warm your oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook your patties in the warmed oil, it takes about 5 minutes for the burger to form a crust.





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You can leave out the hideous plate& serve on your much more stylish plate

ROASTED VEGGIES

I was inspired by this Grilled Veggie Salad but we're lame and don't have a grill so I had to come up with something else.

You'll need

Veggies (I used zucchini, corn, onions, sweet baby peppers)

Dressing:

1/4 cup plain greek yogurt

2 tbsp mayo

2 tbsp EVOO

1/2 tsp minced garlic

juice from 1/2 a lemon

1 tsp dried dill

black pepper

1. Turn your oven on to 500F. Wash all your veggies& dry. Line a pan with aluminum foil and pop it in the oven.

Chop what veggies like look they need a good chopping, or just ask me :)

2. Roast your veggies at 500F for about 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and don't be a dummy like me and try to touch them in like 2.5 seconds. After they've cooled off, get to choppin!

3. While your veggies are cooking make a quick, light summery dressing. Mix all the dressing ingredients, test taste, refrigerate& let it marinate 

4. Drizzle your dressing over your warm veggies& enjoy!