Last week I had a blast trying out recipes from my new cookbooks.* One of my favorite recipes was the Lentil-Walnut Burgers from Mollie Katzen's The New Moosewood Cookbook [Amazon].
I haven't eaten red meat in over 10 years, so I'm not the best source on what tastes like meat, but others tell me that they have a very similar texture and taste to ground beef. Whether or not that's true, they're delicious!
You can find the recipe here. They take about 90 minutes to prepare (the mix needs to chill for an hour before cooking).
The finished product looks something like this:
I'm going to make them again tonight for a friend. I'll probably serve them with Alexia sweet potato fries (it would be healthier to make my own, I know, but I'm all about saving time these days).
My mom probably finds this post hilarious because for most of my young life I hated lentils. Despised them. Unadulterated vitriol. I guess I'm living proof that palates can, in fact, mature. (Although I still refuse to eat lima beans. Don't even get me started.)
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* Simply Salads by Jennifer Chandler, Wholefood by Jude Blereau and The New Moosewood. All recommended!
I haven't eaten red meat in over 10 years, so I'm not the best source on what tastes like meat, but others tell me that they have a very similar texture and taste to ground beef. Whether or not that's true, they're delicious!
You can find the recipe here. They take about 90 minutes to prepare (the mix needs to chill for an hour before cooking).
The finished product looks something like this:
I'm going to make them again tonight for a friend. I'll probably serve them with Alexia sweet potato fries (it would be healthier to make my own, I know, but I'm all about saving time these days).My mom probably finds this post hilarious because for most of my young life I hated lentils. Despised them. Unadulterated vitriol. I guess I'm living proof that palates can, in fact, mature. (Although I still refuse to eat lima beans. Don't even get me started.)
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* Simply Salads by Jennifer Chandler, Wholefood by Jude Blereau and The New Moosewood. All recommended!
Those look delicious.
I think veggie burgers are best when they don't try to imitate meat. Things like black bean burgers where they just try to be good are very good.
Ed, I completely agree about non-imitating veggie burgers. I've never liked Boca and other "fake meat" brands for that very reason. They taste processed and just off.
I wonder if they taste like the awesome walnut burgers from Wisconsin's Trempealeu Hotel (www.trempealeauhotel.com)? You'll have to make them for me so I can compare :)
The historic is close to our cabin (near Winona), so hubby and I go there to get them hot off the grill whenever we can, but you can get them in the frozen section at Whole Foods (I think Mississippi Market carries them, too) or here: www.walnutburger.com. Check 'em out sometime — you won't regret it.
Thanks for the tip, Jane! I'll definitely have to check them out — especially for the nights I don't have time to spend two hours on dinner.
Wow, those look and sound great! And I'm so glad I found this when I did. I'm on a mission to try new things and I ate lentils for the first time just last week and have a bag sitting in my pantry that I was trying to figure out how to use. You just answered that question!
And as for sweet potato fries, I just did some of those tonight! Salt, pepper, cayenne, oregano, a little garlic sauce and some olive oil and they turned out pretty well! I'm still trying to figure out how to make them crispier, but the flavor is amazing.
By the way, I'm new to your blog because you just stopped over at mine, but I love it!