Hand-Held

Ingredients Burger: 1/3 cup quinoa (cook according to package instructions) 1 can black beans (drained and rinsed well) 1/2 cup bread crumbs Half bell pepper (any color) 1 large egg 1/4 onion (yellow or red) 1-2 large cloves garlic, minced 1 jalapeno (optional) 1.5 tsp cumin 1 tsp salt (or more to taste) 1 teaspoon cholula or hot sauce 3 tablespoons olive oil Toppings: Typical lettuce (or spinach), sliced tomatoes, thin sliced red onion, ketchup, mustard, sliced jalapenos (highly recommended), etc. Air fried onion rings are a nice touch and adds crunch Instructions Cook Quinoa according to package instructions Use food processor (or mince really well) bell pepper, jalapeno, and onion After steps 1 and 2, mix all burger ingredients together. Should holdl together in your hand and be moist. Only add minimal water if it feels too dry. Use a fork and smash all the beans to make them more paste like. Then, mix and mash everything together with your hands and make 4 burgers (aim to have the thickness even throughout, as they cook better). Prep skillet with olive oil and heat up. Reduce heat to medium or medium low and lay 4 patties. Cook on one side until patties are somewhat firmer together (~10 minutes or so). Be patient and if you flip too early you will have crumbles!!! If you wait long enough, use spatula carefully and flip on other side to cook another 10 minutes or so. After cooking both sides should be very brown/black and stay together reasonably well.

Ingredients Meat: 1 lb 80/20 ground beef 1 lb ground pork or lamb 1 red onion 7 cloves garlic 2 tsp ground marjoram (or sub 1.5 more tsp oregano) 2 tsp dried rosemary 2 tsp dried oregano 2 tsp salt 2 tsp black pepper Tzatziki Sauce: 1/2 cup finely grated cucumber 1 cup whole milk plain greek yogurt 1 tbsp lemon juice 1/2 tbsp olive oil 1 garlic clove minced 1/4 tsp salt 1 tbsp chopped fresh dill (or 0.3 tbsp dried dill) 1 tbsp fresh mint chopped (optional if you have it) Toppings: ...

Ingredients (meat) 2 lb ground turkey 2 tbsp mayonnaise 2 tbsp dijon mustard 2 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper 2 tsp garlic powder 2 tsp onion powder 2 tsp smoked paprika 1 cup chopped parsley (1 bunch) Few tbsp olive oil Toppings Sourdoubh sliced bread Sliced tomatoes Mayonnaise Avocado spread Lettuce Red onion sliced thin Plain mustard Instructions: Mix all meat together well using hands and make patties (should make ~7). Grill until cooked through. Serve over toasted sourdough bread with toppings above as suggested.

Ingredients Olive oil 1 large sweet onion diced well 1 green bell pepper diced well 1/2 red bell pepper diced well 1 carrot shredded well 6 large cloves garlic minced 2.5 cups broth (veggie or whatever you got) 1 cup dried red lentils 5 roma tomatoes chopped well 1 can (8 oz) tomato sauce 2 tbsp chili powder 2 tbsp yellow mustard 4.5 tsp apple cider vinegar 2 tsp worcestershire sauce (vegan version if you got it) 2 tsp maple syrup (or sub honey) 1.5 tsp tomato paste 1 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper Hamburger buns (optional) More sweet onion thickly sliced to be a topping (optional) Sliced pickles for topping Instructions: In large skillet, heat oil over med high heat and saute onion, peppers, garlic and carrot until tender. Add broth and lentils, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes until lentils are tender. Add rest of ingredients up to pepper and bring back to simmer on low heat. Simmer until it thickens (~10 min). Make sure to stir every few minutes or it will burn. Serve on toasted buns with optional toppings. Mayo and mustard on the bun is not a bad thing either.