Black Bean Burgers

Tonight was another one that didn't lend much time for cooking--but it lent enough for these black bean burgers.

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked, rinsed black beans
1 cup brown rice (cooked)
1 small zucchini
1 onion

1) Dice onions and zucchini and sauté together in olive oil

2) Add black beans and cook for 6ish minutes

3) Blend about 2/3 of mixture, then add back to pan

4) Add rice, then allow to sit for 10 minutes

5) Make 8 patties, and cook in small amount of olive oil (4ish minutes on each side)

6) Add some cheese if you want (we did)/Carey liked it with some dijon mustard.

The Good:

Super cheap
Only four-five ingredients
Fairly simple instructions
Pretty tasty
Doesn't require ANY spices
Healthy/High Protein


The Bad:

Before we put cheese on they were a little crumbly
Took a little longer to put it all together than I'd like
Burned easily

"Egg Muffins"

So today marked the start of my little project.

Got home from school after six, which I knew would happen, so for today I had planned something stupidly simple.

I'm calling them "egg muffins."

Basically, you lay down a layer of turkey sandwich meat in muffin tins, then add scrambled eggs and cheese.

Pros:

High Protein
Easy
Cheap
Quick

Cons:

Boring
Would get old fast

The Foods

Being a young, newly-married means learning a lot of new things (at least it has for me).

Carey and I got married about a year ago, and have since learned all about paying bills, grocery shopping, car insurance, credit cards, car repairs, laundry, budgeting, hospitality, juggling school/marriage/house cleaning/work....

But something that I really haven't mastered is keeping our meals interesting/different. I tend to make the same sort of foods over and over. Thankfully, my husband is a saint and never complains. But that doesn't keep me from wanting to improve. 

So lately I've been meal planning (which helps a lot with grocery shopping and budgeting). But instead of just making what I know how to make, I've started to find new recipes to add to each meal plan. It's been a lot of fun, tasted great, and made me feel hope in the cooking department (and has made Pinterest actually useful for once!).

Why I'm explaining all of this is because what I'd like to do, for fun and for motivation, is to kind of keep a log on here of what I've tried, what works, what was horrible, etc.

Follow along with my little summer project if you'd like. :)

This next two weeks I'll be attempting:

Black Bean Burgers

Stromboli with Cauliflower Crust

Kale Parmesan Gnocchi Soup 

Kale Chickpea Garlic Salad

Grilled Pineapple and Sriracha Chicken salad

"Best Chicken"

Crockpot Tacos

Chicken and Quinoa Lettuce Wraps

Paleo Lemon Bars

Fruit and Yogurt Popsicles 

and some Turkey/Egg Muffin thing