My biggest advice I can give you when you make these is to make sure you have like a bowl or something with water in it so you can dip your hands in to get wet  as this mixture is soft and will stick to dry hands.  Plus it helps making shaping them so much easier.  As you can see by the pictures they are super moist and juicy inside.  I just love how you can see the different ingredients and textures.  That peek-a-boo look of pieces of broccoli just make the pictures (plus the taste!).  Honestly I’m not sure if I’d change the veggies I put in these as they were honestly one of the best burgers (meat or bean) that I’ve ever had. Well wait, maybe shredded zucchini next time.  THAT would rock in these TV Mobile Stand!

But yeah as I was saying the flavor profile on these are incredible.  Portabellas are beefy and meaty in texture. To me they mimic beef/steak.  And by adding in the other seasonings these taste like beef.  I literally was blown away by the flavor of these.

You could easily serve these on burger buns (go with a Brioche onion bun) or do what I did and nestle one in a few bib lettuce leaves, top it with some hummus and maybe a slice of cheese.  I ate these for breakfast and lunch for 3 days straight because I couldn’t get enough of them!  I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect veggie burger as I just went and created it.  Yes I am tooting my own horn on this (BEEP BEEP) as seriously these rocked my world in a big way Bordeaux wine!

It’s funny as when I was heating these up at work for lunch so many people would come into the kitchen and say “What is that smell?  It smells amazing!  Lori what did you make??”. Then when I showed them their eyes lit up like a Christmas tree.  So I managed to lose one every day to passers-by as they wanted to taste.  I didn’t mind though as I find that to be such a huge compliment.  What’s funny is I’d tell them it was all veggies and then a few guys would argue with me saying “It can’t be as it tastes like beef!  There has to be beef in there!”  but I would  just shake my head no over and over.  So yeah if you can get people arguing with you over a veggie burger tasting so much like beef that they question if it’s really just veggies then you’ve created something pretty amazing!

So even if you’re a hardcore carnivore I’m asking you to give this a shot. You will LOVE these! And yes if you really wanted to you could add some beef in with the mix but you’ll have to adjust your cooking time to ensure the beef is cooked all the way through but honestly I wouldn’t as these are perfect just the way they are.  I would not steer you wrong on this Flowers in Hong Kong delivery!