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Veggie Burger with Crispy Carrots on Tortilla

3/7/2015

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This is a story about making something out of nothing in your fridge (or freezer). Coming home after being out of town my fridge was basically bare. I had veggie burgers, but no buns. I had taco shells, but nothing to make tacos with. The only veggies I had were an avocado about to go bad and a carrot that was losing its crispness. Put it all together and what do you get? A veggie burger on tortillas! 
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I sliced the carrot thinly and fried it up in some olive oil to compensate for the age of the carrot and add some crisp to the sandwich. I added some baba ganoush, vegan cheese I had on hand, and topped it with the avocado. It almost looks like it was planned! Just goes to show you that you can make a gourmet sandwich out of whatever you can find in your fridge, you just need to be creative!  
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Ingredients:
2 Tortillas
1 Veggie Burger
1/2 Carrot
1 Avocado
1 Tablespoon Baba Ganoush
1 Slice of Vegan Cheese (optional)
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5-10 minutes
Servings: 1
Instructions:
Heat a skillet over medium heat and add either a little bit of olive oil or water. Add the veggie burger to the pan and cook for about 5 minutes (if frozen) so that it has a nice crispy edge on the bottom. Flip it over and cook for another 5 minutes. If you are going to add a slice of vegan cheese, put it on about a minute before the burger is done.

Meanwhile, slice the carrot thinly either using a vegetable peeler, mandolin, or knife. Once the veggie burger is done, in a separate skillet over medium-high heat add the carrots to the skillet. They should need long on each side to get a nice crispiness.

Open and slice the avocado.

Ideally your burger and carrots are done around the same time. If one is done earlier then turn the heat to low and cover the skillet to keep it warm. Once both are done, remove the carrots from their skillet and add them on top of the burger. Place the tortillas on the open skillet for a couple seconds on each side, just to toast them a bit. Spread the baba ganoush over over one of the tortillas and top with the burger and carrots. Top with the avocado, any condiment you would like such as ketchup, BBQ sauce, or sriracha. Add the second tortilla on top. Serve and enjoy!
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Veggie Burger over Sweet Potato

12/11/2014

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I needed something quick to eat for dinner the other night so I threw this together. I used a veggie burger that I had in my freezer. This isn't one I made myself, although I've tried man times I have yet to perfect the art of the homemade veggie burger, they're always too mushy and fall apart. I used the best grocery-store bought veggies burgers I've ever had - Blue Mango Burgers. They're hand made in Maine with only 7 ingredients. For the longest time I could only find them at my local New England Whole Foods', but now they're sold by Something GUD so I can add them to my weekly vegetable orders whenever I need to, which is great because Jay loves them also so I like to always have some on hand.

I didn't have any bread on hand and have amassed quite a lot of root vegetables so I thought I would saute up sweet potatoes and use that as a setting for the burger. I figured this was a good time to use some more of my purple carrots and not have to worry about them turning everything purple! I still had some of the great baba ganoush that I had gotten with my previous Something GUD delivery.
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Ingredients:
1 Veggie Burger
Sweet Potato
A Hand full of Salad Greens
1 Slice of Vegan Cheese (optional)
Half of a Carrot (shredded)
Dollop of Baba Ganoush
Prep Time: 2 minutes


Cook Time: 10 minutes


Servings: 1
Instructions:
Slice the potato so that there is enough for the veggie burger to sit on. I had a rather wide sweet potato so I went with 4 large slices, but it depends on the width of your potatoes.

Heat the potato slices and veggie burger on the stove over medium heat, using either oil or water to keep it from sticking. About 5 minutes on each side should be good. If you have vegan cheese you can put that on about a minute before your burger is ready.

Plate the sweet potatoes and lay the veggie burger on it. Top with buba ganoush, some salad greens and shredded carrot. Enjoy!
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    This blog is about my adventures adhering to a plant-based diet in a meat-based world and incorporating vegan practices into more parts of my life. As many of my friends and family aren't vegan, and the best part of cooking is sharing your food with others, I try to make recipes that can be enjoyed by vegans and meat-eaters alike. 

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