For the full recipe go to: hilahcooking. com Make your own veggie burgers and save cash, homes. Plus the benefit of knowing what’s in your veggie burgers. Mostly the saving cash, though, because not only are beans and oatmeal super duper cheap, you can cram lots of leftovers in these with no deleterious effects! Ingredients * 1 1/2 cups Cooked beans (any variety), drained and rinsed * 1/2 cup Sunflower seeds (or other seeds or nuts, minced to about the same size as sunflower seeds) * 1/2 cup Minced onion * 1/2 cup Grated carrot or another vegetable * 1/2 cup Cooked brown rice or other grain * 1/2 cup Oatmeal * 2 tablespoons Whole wheat flour * 2 tablespoon Soy sauce * 2 tablespoons Water * 1 teaspoon Vinegar * 1/2 cup Breadcrumbs or wheat germ for dredging * Optional seasonings: 1/4 teaspoon thyme, rosemary; 1 teaspoon chili powder; 1/2 teaspoon cumin; black pepper * For cooking Oil Cooking Directions 1. Mash up the beans as best you can with a large spoon against the side of the bowl. Use a food processor if you got one. 2. Mix everything else in there (except the dredging material) and mix it up good. It should be pretty sticky and stick-togethery. You can taste it now and see if you want to add salt or hot sauce or any other herbs or spices. The soy sauce should be enough for salt, though. 3. Anyway, shape it into four large patties or maybe six smaller ones. Coat both sides of the patties in the crumbs or wheat germ. Let them sit around and coagulate for a while — as . . .

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