The BOY and I are All Done with Passover!
As is his tradition, he had pizza for dinner. I’d show you a picture but the entire pie was gone by the time I walked in the door after work.
I wanted something a little healthier and because it’s a week night…easy!
I found this delicious looking recipe in Mama Pea’s cookbook for Thai Veggie Burgers.
I prepped my ingredients in the food processor last night and then refrigerated them. I have never tried this with veggie burgers before, but I figured it it worked, it would be a great way to make healthy weeknight meals.
When I came home, I heated up a skillet and rolled out my burgers.
I fried the burgers in cooking spray ~7 minutes each side until they were warm on the inside and crispy along the edges.
The Thai flavor in these burgers is strong and the texture is spot-on. I ate my burger plain with a side of green beans. The premade burger mixture worked perfectly! I will definitely do it again!
For dessert, I whipped up a batch of Mama Pea’s brownies (that I found a few pages later). The toughest part was making these yesterday and having to wait to eat them today.
I was a little nervous because they are healthy and vegan (although I didn’t use vegan chocolate chips, so they are not fully vegan).
I sprinkled the top with powdered sugar, and the BOY and I dug into them right after dinner.
I was a little nervous that he would notice the texture difference in the brownies, but he grabbed them and ran.
When I asked about the brownies, he answered with a nod, smile, and a mouth full of chocolate. That’s usually a good sign : ) These brownies are rich and cake-like…you’ll never know that they are healthy (whole wheat flour) and vegan (minus the chocolate chips)! I bet you have all the ingredients in your house right now, so go preheat your oven.
On the exercise front…
I got in my first double workout this morning. I was at the track early for a 30 minute run before changing into my bathing suit for a 15 minute swim. It was an awesome workout with some well-deserved hot tub time at the end. I am super sore from ‘Barbara Lite’ yesterday, and I am hoping to get registered for my triathlon this week!
Here are the recipes for Thai Veggie Burgers and Double Chocolate/Single Chin Brownies from Peas and Thank You.
Enjoy!!!
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I was wondering what recipe you used for the burgers you mentioned in a previous post. I’m glad you linked to the recipe- thanks!
Yay for a double workout!
You are welcome! These were awesome and totally easy to make ahead. I hope you enjoy them!
Yummmmm to those burgers and brownies! I want both, right now. Awesome workouts!
Yes…you will love these soft and decadent brownies! Let me know if you make them!
I been wantin to try those burgers for awhile ! I can’t waitttt now! Good job on gettin the 2 exercises in.. Def tough but once you get in routine it’ll get easier.. Hot tub sessions are honestly the best after tough workouts
I’m already hoping to get back to the hot tub this weekend!!! Do you have the cookbook? What else do you make from it? The burgers are delish!
I love Mama Pea’s recipes (and blog). Those thai burgers were one of my very first posts when I started blogging. Love them!
That is so funny! Did you fry them or bake them? I will have to go check it out! What else do you like from her book? I’ve been wanting to make that shepard’s pie.
I actually had vegan brownies the other day and they were some of the best I’ve ever had. I don’t know what it was but they were super fudgy and delicious!
Sounds like these!!!
I’m a huge fan of vegan desserts from the bakery but these are awesome and you can make them at home. Good deal!
Those Thai burgers sound delish. I love the make ahead idea; you’re such a smart cookie. And the brownies, I’m thrilled to see you mixing it up on the dessert front. I know what the boy thought of them, but what did you think? I did Paleo zuchinni muffins once and they were really good and way better than I expected.
Oh the brownies are fantastic!!! I’m not usually a big fan of brownies, but these I will make again for sure. I think they’d be great piled high with ice cream which kind of negates the vegan part..ha ha! When you work 11-12 hour days, you have to plan ahead to eat healthy, so the burgers were perfect. Thanks for the comment! I love your insights!!!
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