Spicy Black Bean Burgers

Do you guys ever go to the grocery store with the best of intentions of only buying the stuff on your list? And then you see some of the sales you missed the first time you looked through the circular – beans 3/$2, pasta 10/$10, chicken broth 2/$2!

Which would explain why I recently looked in my pantry (or more accurately, large cabinet that works as cleaning supple storage place and overflow dry goods storage) and found I had 5 cans of black beans.

I love black beans, but didn’t anticipate eating that many servings of rice and beans so it was time to google recipes that would use up my excess, allow me to see the bottom of the drawer, and if they could be vaguely healthy it would be a bonus.

Enter these black bean burgers. They’re easy to make, pretty healthy, store for a while in the freezer, and best of us are delicious. Hope you all enjoy!

Spicy Salmon Burgers

I don’t really like reheated fish. For some reason, that’s where the dreaded “fishy” smell hits me and suddenly what was delicious the night before is inedible. Which leads me to the point that I tend to only buy enough fish to for a single meal – pretty much the antithesis of the rest of my grocery strategy.

So I’m always on the lookout for seafood recipes that are a) single meal, b) not too complicated, and c) don’t require a ton of work or ingredients. I mean, why go to all that trouble if you’re only going to eat it once?

So I like this recipe because if I’m really hungry I can simply eat both burgers. And if I’m not, I can freeze the extra. Win, win!