Homemade Vegan Burgers

Again I was cooking from the Healthy Hedonist. This is Tempeh Burgers served with a side of Swiss Chard with Corn and Balsamic Vinegar.

I made the burgers up in the afternoon and let them chill in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours before I cooked them. There is quite a bit of cooking and quite a few ingredients involved in making up the burgers.

The whole house smelled like burgers. It actually smelled quite a bit like real burgers. I am going to guess that is just the overheated oil smell.

The chard was easy and tasty and is probably a keeper. The burgers were a lot of work. They tasted great but fell apart on the bun even though they survived the pan pretty well. The avocado and mustard sauce on the burgers was great.

If you made the burgers up over the weekend and then just heated them up and ate them in a wrap during the week you might have a winner.

This makes 7 burgers. Each burger with topping is 280 calories without the bun. The buns we had (50% wholewheat) were 170 calories for a total of 450 calories per burger. The chard was about 500 calories for the whole dish or 125 calories per serving based on 4 servings.