This isn’t my first tango with trying to find an acceptable bean “burger”. There are many bland options, but let me tell you how I came up with this black bean patty. Whole Foods has this hot bar with all kinds of healthy, yummy options. One of them was a black bean burger. It had a little bit of heat in it, and I could taste a little bit of tomato paste. But, it surpassed any bland ole bean burger I’d ever tried.
So, of course, as all good researchers do, I googled Whole Foods black bean patty, hoping I’d somehow come across the recipe. No such luck, but I did come across this one. But it was missing the heat and the tomato paste, so I played around with the ingredients and came up with today’s simple black bean patty recipe.
So I would consider this a light meal (but filling, for me anyway!). They’d be perfect to take for lunch. I think these could even work as a fancy side dish, maybe. And, I think these would also work great to freeze and cook whenever you need one (so perhaps double or triple to get your money’s worth).
