New Recipe - Black Bean Burger- 21 Day Fix Approved

Black Bean Burger

 

Rich and I are doing the 21 Day Fix Extreme and since August have been doing a Vegetarian / Vegan Diet. Rich will have meat every once in a while, but I have not had any meat since August.

I feel great. However, I do miss the occasional turkey burger, so last night I decided to get creative and make my own HOMEMADE GLUTEN Free, Diary, VEGAN, Vegetarian, and 21 DAY FIX approved.

This recipe is easy and simple! If I can do it, then so can you.

 Ingredients

1 medium sweet potatoes (cooked the night before)
1-15 ounce black beans, drained and rinsed
1 tsp garlic
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp ground cumin

Directions

1.  Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Place the beans in a large mixing bowl. Use a potato masher or fork to mash the beans.
3.  Add the sweet potatoes and smash, so about half the potatoes are mashed and half are broken up.
4. Add the remaining ingredients. Stir to combine well.
5. If following the 21 DAY FIX use a yellow container to measure out the burger mixture. Form into patties. IF NOT using the Fix use a 1/2 cup to equally portion burgers and form into patties.
6. Place the patties on a greased baking sheet. Bake at 425 for about 25 minutes, or until browned and crisp.

These burgers were so easy and didn't have you adding any eggs or flour. The patties stayed together and didn't fall apart. The mixture of Sweet Potato and Black bean was out of this world amazing!!

This recipe is a MUST try!! Even if you aren't vegan or vegetarian! Give it a go! You never know when you might find something new you can't live without.

Also if you are following the fix 1 burger counts as 1 yellow.
If you are following the VEGAN Fix then 1 burger can count as a red or a yellow. However, do all your measuring in the yellow container.