Oh heyyyyy, it’s that time again.
Last week I promised myself I would make something new and exciting this week in hopes that it would jolt me out of my current food rut.
After stalking pinterest to find some fun clean eating recipes, I settled on making this one from the Domestic Mama and the Village Cook’s blog.
Spinach Burgers!
I’ve actually never made a hamburger, so I was pretty pumped to make these spinach-y ones.
To make 4 spinach burgers, you’ll need:
1 bag of spinach
1/4 cup chopped onion (I used red)
1/2 cup crushed pita chips
1/2 cup shredded cheese
2 egg whites
1 whole egg
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp red pepper flakes
1/2 tsp garlic powder
I hoofed it over to Whole Foods to grab the shredded cheese and eggs, and of course I forgot about the bread crumbs. Luckily, Tuna had his thinking cap on and remembered he had some pita chips in the pantry (he calls it the cupboard? WTF?) that we could crush up and use as bread crumbs. The substitution worked just fine.
Tuna was nice enough stir up everything in the bowl and make the patties for us so I didn’t even have to get my hands dirty. Bwahaha (evil laugh.)
Aw, look at ’em! Perf little spinach patties.
Put your burner on medium high and make sure to spray some PAM before you plop your patties down.
Let the burgers cook for 4 minutes on each side.
Tuna played photographer and got some cool action shots of the flippage.
Look! I flipped it!
Flatten ’em out….
and put in a toasted pita with hummus. Definitely adding some kind of Mediterranean yogurt sauce next time.
Mmmmm.
We were both pleasantly surprised how our spinach burgers turned out! Tuna said that the only drawback is that it gets a little smoky in the kitchen, so make sure to open a window if you are one of those people who always sets the smoke alarm off who has a sensitive smoke alarm.
The other surprising thing – I was actually full after one spinach burger. Whaaaat.
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Dessert this week is a keeper. At first I was disappointed that I couldn’t find my Powerberries at Trader Joe’s but these aren’t so bad either. 😉
Did you make something new and exciting this week too?
Chicken Nugget Girl 
Mmm… your spinach burger looks awesome. I’m looking for new veggie burger recipes, do you know how well these freeze?
Thanks! I actually don’t know – but I’ll yet you know if I freeze them the next time I make them!
Ha, TJs has sooooo many choco-covered goodies!
For. real. Choco-covered heaven.
Spinach burgers sound pretty awesome!
They were good – you should try them!
Yay!! Good for you!! I thought about you this week as I was trying out a new recipe myself. Looks like we both had huge successes ;). The spinach burger looks delish, and I love the incorporation of pita chips!
Aw, you’re so sweet! Thanks for thinking about me! I will definitely check out your recipe tonight! 🙂 Go us.
Chocolate covered pomegranate seeds? I have got to make it over to TJ’s more often!
Me too! There’s one next to the place I got my bridesmaid dress for a friend’s wedding and I’ve got twice – once when ordering my dress and once when picking up my dress! Ha.
Chocolate covered pomegranate seeds??!! sounds divine!! thx for sharing what you ate :))
Thanks for reading!
What a great idea! I seriously can’t wait to make these- great improvising with the pita chips:) Those pomegranate seeds look incredible too!
I know – thanks to the Domestic Mama and Village Cook! I’ll tell Tuna you liked his improvisation. 🙂
Lovin that spinach burger! I am definitely going to give these a go next week! Thanks for sharing!
Yay, I’m glad you like ’em! You’ll have to let me know how yours turn out!
Spinach burgers??? Who woulda thunk it? They look pretty tasty. Good job you and pinterest. What a team! I got some of those choco covered pomegranate seeds at Costco. Divine!!