I have a couple of fun things to share with you guys today thanks to MorningStar Farms: A delicious recipe and a great giveaway! Not a bad way to kick off the day, right!?
If you’ve been a PBF reader from the beginning (thank you!), you know I’ve been a fan of MorningStar Farms veggie burgers for years.
My three favorite flavors:
- Tomato & Basil Pizza Burgers
- Spicy Black Bean Veggie Burgers
- Asian Veggie Patties
Back when I worked in an office environment, my coworkers would always poke fun at my “pizza burger” afternoon snack because I’d heat up a Tomato & Basil Pizza Burger in the break room several times a week and it always made the break room smell like the pizza delivery guy just stopped by! I gravitated toward the pizza burger because it was super simple to heat up at work, packed a protein punch and tasted delicious all by itself. A triple threat!
Lately I’ve been gravitating toward the Asian Veggie Patties and the Spicy Black Bean Burgers. Both are incredibly flavorful and I love the way they amp up the flavor of a big, veggie-packed lunchtime salad.
(A super simple spinach salad made with crumbled Spicy Black Bean Burgers, carrots, red onion, cucumber, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper!)
In addition to using the veggie burgers in salads, they’re also fabulous in quesadillas, wraps and homemade flatbread pizzas. They’re a great freezer staple in our house!
A couple of weeks ago, Ryan and I were in charge of dinner at my father-in-law’s house on Memorial Day. We wanted to keep things simple since our lunch included a super-filling Memorial Day barbeque and decided to follow an easy recipe I found on the MorningStar Farms website.
If you’re looking for a ridiculously simple recipe that makes the already tasty Spicy Black Bean Burgers taste a little more special, I highly recommend giving this recipe for Cumin Crusted Black Bean Burgers with Avocado Relish a go!
Cumin Crusted Black Bean Burgers with Avocado Relish
Serves One
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons seeded, peeled, and finely chopped avocado
- 2 tablespoons seeded and finely chopped tomato
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped red onion
- 1 teaspoon lime juice (divided)
- 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper (I used fresh red bell pepper)
- 1 Morningstar Farms® Spicy Black Bean Veggie Burger
- 1/8 teaspoon cumin
- 1 hamburger bun, split (about 1 1/2 oz.)
Directions
1. In small bowl toss together avocado, tomato, onion, 1/2 teaspoon of the lime juice and red pepper. Set aside.
2. Brush MorningStar Farms Spicy Black Bean Burger on both sides with the remaining 1/2 teaspoon lime juice. Rub cumin onto both sides of burger. Cook according to package directions.
3. Top bun bottom with burger, avocado mixture and bun top.
While Ryan prepped the burgers in cumin, I made a much larger portion of the avocado salsa so we could easily use it again on salads for lunch with crumbled black bean burgers the next day. Both options were great!
And now it’s giveaway time!
BlogHer is offering a $100 Visa gift card to one PBF reader so you can go get yourself some yummy veggie burgers! To enter this giveaway, simply comment below telling me about which of the following new MorningStar Farms products you most want to try:
- Spicy Black Bean Burger <— My favorite!
- Mediterranean Chickpea Burger
- Roasted Garlic & Quinoa Burger
- Buffalo Chik Patty
- Original Veggie Sausage
Good luck!
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This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older. Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail. The notification email will come directly from BlogHer via the sweeps@blogher email address. You will have 72 hours to respond; otherwise a new winner will be selected.
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I’ve only tried the original and Spicy Black Bean Burger but now you have me curious about the pizza flavor!
The roasted garlic & quinoa sounds amazing! I haven’t seen that one in our grocery stores yet. Mediterranean chickpea and spicy black bean are currently my favorites.
I’d love to try the chickpea burger!
The spicy black bean burger sounds awesome!
The chickpea burger sounds amazing and I’ve never tried that one!
I’m already obsessed with the Spicy Black Bean flavor! I would love to try the chickpea one!
I am obsessed with the Roasted Garlic & Quinoa Burger!!!
I’d try the Roasted Garlic & Quinoa Burger!
Love the black bean burger..havent tries the chickpea one yet.
The Roasted Garlic and Quinoa one sounds delicious! I’d try that
The Roasted Garlic & Quinoa Burger sounds great to me!
I LOVE the spicy black bean burger!!!! I really want to try the buffalo Chik burger
The Mediterranean Chickpea Burger sounds delicious!
I am a big fan of Spicy Black Bean Burger
I’d love to try the Original Veggie Sausage. Thanks so much for hosting!
these all sounds so good! being a vegetarian, i always forget about the delicious veggie burger options that exist! the spicy black bean burger over salad with raspberry vinaigrette is to die for. the sweet/spicy combo is perfection…try it!
med chickpea burger!
The Mediterranean chick pea burger sounds delicious!
I’d love to try the Roasted Garlic & Quinoa Burger, those sound yummy!
Yum, they all sound delish, but especially the Garlic Quinoa Flavor! Who doesn’t love quinoa?!
Yum! •Buffalo Chik Patty Sounds delish!
I am already a huge fan and these regularly make it into my cart. I LOVE the new quinoa one!!
I’d love to try these!
The only one I haven’t tried yet is the roasted garlic and quinoa burger, so I would love to try it. I love that there are always new Morningstar farms flavors to try!
The chickpea burger sounds awesome!
I regularly eat the spicy black bean and buffalo chik patty, but I would love to try the roasted garlic and quinoa, I have not seen that at my local stores yet!!!
I love to try that quinoa burger!
That spicy black bean burger sounds YUMMY (it doesn’t help that I’m hungry right now)! 🙂
looks amazing!
I’d love to try the Mediterranean Chickpea Burger.
The veggie sausage.
I love the buffalo chicken patties – the spiciness level is spot on and gives me the flavor of wings without the mess (or the bones!).
Definitely want to try the spicy black bean burger! I already love their veggie sausage 🙂
I would love to try the buffalo chicken wings!
Thanks for the chance to win!
wildorchid985 at gmail dot com
tweet–https://twitter.com/WildOrchid985/status/477805435836452864
Spicy Black Bean Burger
It’s hard to pick just one as I’ve found all MS products to be varying degrees of awesome! I guess I’d most like to try your favorite- the Spicy Black Bean Burger!
I’d so love to try the Buffalo Chik Patty.
thank you
Tweet https://twitter.com/JalapenoMama/status/478381258683465730
I’d love to try the black bean!
I’d like to try the Original Veggie Sausage.
tweet
https://twitter.com/eswright18/status/478653520829104128
The Spicy Black Bean burger is already a huge staple in my diet, but I would LOVE to try the Mediterranean Chickpea Burger. I mean, how have I been missing this out of my life!! 🙂
The Spicy Black Bean burger sounds great!
I tweeted! https://twitter.com/carrotrunr/status/479454680385216512
I would like to try the Buffalo Chik patty.
LOVE the spicy blackbean burger! It’s not spicy at all!
Tweeted!
https://twitter.com/anbshilling/status/479725467377750017
The roasted garlic and quinoa
Roasted Garlic & Quinoa Burger