Sweet Potato Black Bean Quinoa Burger

I saw this recipe listed on another blog this week and I was eager to give it a try. The complete recipe can be found here. It took me about 20 minutes to cook the quinoa and get everything assembled.

I soaked and slow cooked my own beans instead of using beans from a can. Here they are with some onion and garlic:



The recipe said to mix all the ingredients together in a big bowl so I pulled out the biggest bowl I own. As you can see, that was a little overboard. This would have worked fine in one of my glass mixing bowls but it was kind of fun to pull out the big bowl. I was hopeful when I saw everything mixed together, I think this is the prettiest veggie burger blend I have ever made.




Here they are cooking up in my skillet. I cooked them on medium high for about 3 minutes on each side and that worked pretty well.



The top picture showed the final product on a whole wheat bun, but it was also really good on its own with a little ketchup. There is enough to have this for lunch tomorrow and I am pretty excited about that. I know I have found a recipe keeper when I can't wait to have it again the next day.



Edit: The first time I made these I didn't add the caraway seeds. The second time I made them, I added 1 T of caraway seeds and let me be the first to tell you that a little carraway seed goes a long way. If you add them, you might want to add less than a tablespoon.. or leave them out completely.