| You don't necessarily have to be a vegan to | | | | burger patty slightly in a dehydrator such as the |
| enjoy a great veggie burger recipe. They can be | | | | Excalibur Dehydrator. The specific ingredients in |
| enjoyed by vegans, vegetarians and just about | | | | our burgers are sprouted wheat berries, celery, |
| anyone that loves a healthy lunch or dinner. You | | | | onions, carrots, walnuts, sunflower seeds, Bragg's |
| can buy the expensive ones you find in the | | | | Amino Acids, and herbamare added as a |
| frozen food section at your local health food | | | | seasoning. |
| store that cost about a dollar each, or you can | | | | We then take all those ingredients and mix them |
| easily make them yourself in your own kitchen. | | | | up in our Vita-Mix blender, take the finally mixture |
| Veggie burgers usually contain a mixture of | | | | and form them into patties and place them on |
| vegetables and other ingredients such as onions, | | | | teflon sheets (so they don't stick) that come with |
| lentils, black beans, walnuts, almonds, rice, sprouts, | | | | your dehydrator. You then dehydrate the patties |
| mushrooms, oats and other ingredients such as | | | | for a few hours at a couple different |
| dairy, eggs, cheese that are not considered | | | | temperatures, flip them over once in the process |
| vegan. Those that are vegan would not eat any | | | | and when they're done, you have delicious and |
| of these burgers that contain any kind of animal | | | | healthy burgers. The recipe we use makes 6 |
| products. Of course the main thing about burgers | | | | patties and we store them in the refrigerator to |
| made this way is that they don't contain any | | | | keep them fresh, because they are not totally |
| meat of any kind, thus being nearly devoid of | | | | dehydrated. |
| cholesterol and being healthier than the burgers | | | | To heat them up again you can let them sit out |
| you'll find at your local fast food restaurant. | | | | before you eat them for a couple of hours and |
| Even those of you who enjoy burgers the | | | | then put them back in the dehydrator for a few |
| traditional way with bacon, cheese, mayo and of | | | | minutes. This is essentially a raw food recipe so |
| course enjoy all the meat in a burger, will enjoy a | | | | we don't usually heat them up again in a skillet or |
| good veggie burger. There are even some of | | | | griddle because food cooked over 118 degrees is |
| these kind of burgers that if you didn't know | | | | no longer considered raw. Above that |
| what you were eating, you probably couldn't tell | | | | temperature, life giving food enzymes begin to be |
| the difference. Yes, they are that good and by | | | | destroyed and the nutrition is cooked right out of |
| the time you add the usual condiments such as | | | | food. |
| organic ketchup, mustard, lettuce, tomato, onion, | | | | Once you eat delicious burgers that aren't really |
| avocado or guacamole and other healthy topping, | | | | cooked and are made of only vegetables and |
| the only difference is a greasy piece of meat. | | | | other healthy natural ingredients, you may never |
| So what is a good veggie burger recipe and how | | | | go back to the traditional hamburger. And if you |
| do you make them? The biggest trouble people | | | | already enjoy raw and mostly raw food then this |
| might think you'd have in making one of these | | | | veggie burger recipe can be just another healthy |
| burgers is getting them to stick together. That | | | | recipe to add to your already healthy lifestyle. |
| problem is solved by drying out the preformed | | | | |