The Search for the Perfect Vegetarian Burgers

As other vegetarians (and people who know them) know, veggie burgers can be crucial to fitting in at barbeques and parties in the summer, along with veggie kabobs, portebello, mushrooms, etc.  Last night, Kristen and I began our journey trying to find the perfect homemade veggie burger recipe, with moderate success.  The recipe included:

2 cups diced mushroom and 3/4 onion, sauteed

1 can white kidney beans

2 egg yolks

bread crumbs

top with lettuce, tomato, pickles (we were out, unfortunately), and dijon mustard (also out, used regular)

To begin with , the final product actually tasted quite good, although I would have preferred less bean and more mushroom.  We will have to test this out, but I think the beans were also responsible for the fact that the burgers were more or less mush inside.  Regardless, they tasted great, and gave us a good jumping off point for our next attempts (mushorom-onion-swiss? mmmm).  Stay tuned for the next attempts, and (hopefully) soon our second attempt at raw spaghetti.

(note: the pictures shown are not mine.  They are simply a reference for what these recipes should generally look like)