Low Sodium VEGGIE Burgers?

gayje

Where to find them? I love love love my morning star black bean chipotle veggie burgers but they have 700 mg of sodium and that's just too much for me. I try oh so hard to keep sodium between 1500 and 2000.

Suggestions on where to buy pre-made veggie burgers or please post if you have a recipe I can try at home to make my own.

XaviAvant

My local Wal-mart sells these Boca Original Vegan burgers. 70 calories per patty with 280mg of sodium. Have you tried those?

gayje

Not yet but I'll be buying them when I grocery shop there tomorrow, thank you! I honestly thought I may have to give up my veggie burgers with all that sodium but alas, perhaps not ;-)

XaviAvant

Yeah, and I have to say for a guy who pretty much grew up on red meat I was actually surprised to find a VEGAN burger, of all things, would be delicious. Plus there's always that factor that, at only 70 calories a Patty, I can go back for seconds and not feel like I'm ruining my whole day.

spiregrain

This site has some great vegan veggie burgers. I love the Beet Burger!

http://www.theppk.com/blog/

LaurenAOK

I made these once (I just modified the recipe and made big patties instead of minis) and they were amazingggg. I love my morningstar black bean burgers too, but these were even better!

http://chefchloe.com/entrees/mexicali-sliders.html

nxd10

There's a recipe in the Moosewood cookbook for walnut lentil burgers. You can choose you sodium levels.

gayje

I made these once (I just modified the recipe and made big patties instead of minis) and they were amazingggg. I love my morningstar black bean burgers too, but these were even better!

http://chefchloe.com/entrees/mexicali-sliders.html

I just made a recipe on MFP using that recipe and it has: 164 calories, 31 carbs, 1 fat, 7 protien, 7 fiber and 366 sodium.

Not too bad. I'm going to make them tomorrow night to see how they are but I'm still buying the vegan ones at WalMart tomorrow lol!

BTW, I didn't use olive oil in my recipe at all. I use an olive oil cooking spray that has no fat, cals, sodium or anything else. All ZEREOS in the nutrition table.

obsidianwings

I have a nice black bean burger recipe, I will find the link and post it tonight.

gayje

There's a recipe in the Moosewood cookbook for walnut lentil burgers. You can choose you sodium levels.

Ah, allergic to walnuts so that won't work for me. I did check out walmart today and they were out of the vegan burgers. Figures, lol!

obsidianwings

Sorry I forgot all about this thread.
Heres the link
http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/06/spicy-black-bean-burgers-with-chipotle.html

vzucco

I make these patties all the time. They're really easy and delicious! http://www.wholeliving.com/144899/zucchini-patty-sandwiches

mschrafel

Stop using canned bean's cook a dried bean and control the sodium

dragon_girl26

Someone posted this one awhile back. Gotta admit, I was a fan. They had me at sweet potato:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/trisha-yearwood/sweet-pea-burgers.html

Also, 2nd the suggestion for using dried beans, or rinsing the beans after opening the cans to wash off some of the salt.

jessiferrrb

http://www.andiemitchell.com/loaded-quinoa-veggie-burgers/

These are super good but I haven't made them in ages so I haven't loaded it into mfp for the sodium content. You could sub dry beans for canned beans to decrease the sodium though.

pomegranatecloud

Dr. Praeger's for pre-made.

Recipes:
theppk.com/2012/02/quarter-pounder-beet-burger/
theppk.com/2013/11/stuffed-thanksgiving-burger/
ohsheglows.com/2011/07/13/our-perfect-veggie-burger/
ohsheglows.com/2013/10/28/thai-sweet-potato-veggie-burgers-with-spicy-peanut-sauce/
ohsheglows.com/2012/07/03/spicy-bbq-chickpea-burgers-lightened-up-crispy-baked-fries/

Queenmunchy

These are so good - the sodium in the recipe comes from the chipotle mayo and canned beans, as well as the bun. Just use no salt added beans and either make your own topping or omit it. I lettuce wrap or eat on a plate.

http://www.skinnytaste.com/spicy-black-bean-burgers-with-chipotle/

littlechiaseed

It's easiest to make your own and freeze them. I like this reciepe. Pretty solid reciepe you can use whatever beans or veggies you want. I left out onions and put in sweet peppers

http://minimalistbaker.com/easy-grillable-veggie-burgers/