Taking full advantage of the fresh summer bounty, these healthy, moist, gluten-free, vegan garden veggie burgers will have you wishing summer stayed forever. No one will miss the meat and will be happily eating plant-based all season long!
July’s Theme – Fresh From The Garden: The season of bountiful produce has arrived. Whether your produce comes from the farmers’ market, a CSA share, or a plot of dirt out back, show how you are using fresh July fruits or veggies. And if you have gardening successes – or failures – please share!
How easy was this month’s Recipe ReDux theme? No need for for crafty interpretations this time! The possibilities for this theme are endless since the fruits and veggies of summer are exploding. Everywhere you look, any where you go, fresh fruits and veggies and stocked, vibrant, aromatic, beautiful, and so delicious you can’t help yourself but buy out the whole store, farmer’s market, or pick everything from the garden! It’s time to get produce crazy!
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And I don’t know about you, but right now I am all about the fresh herbs! I don’t grow them myself, they always sadly die, so I buy bunches of fresh parsley, dill, cilantro, basil, etc. at the grocery every week. Last week (when I made this recipe) I had parsley and dill. My entire refrigerator smelled of dill anytime I opened it. Not a bad thing; I love dill! But I have been making a ton of new recipes using the fresh herbs and also just pinching off a few leaves to throw on anything and everything I eat! Maybe I’ll buy a plant just one more time. I bet it will die in a week, but I think I’m going to give it a shot! I WANT to grow my own herbs so badly! (Update! On Monday (2 days ago) I did buy a Basil plant…so far so good and I am loving it!).
Okay, it’s not just herbs either. I can’t grow anything. Years ago, my mom got me a cute little eggplant and cucumber plant to grow. We planted them, kept them outside when ready, watered and supported. The eggplant never grew. The cucumber grew an awkward curved little thing, but died and was never edible. The plants were edible to the animals though! We have a ton of deer, bunnies, groundhogs, etc. We also have horrible ground soil where we live. Think rock and shale. So to have a garden, we would have to setup out own planter boxes with fences and everything. But that’s too much work for what it’s worth right now. I would have no clue where to start and would be solely responsible. So for now, until I have my own “dream home”, I’ll keep throwing money away at the grocery 😉
A fun thing I’m also loving right now is carrot top greens! I bought the most adorable cute baby round carrots at the store the other week! It was so random to see these fat little balls, but their greens were so lovely and they themselves were to cute not to buy (so I did)! I didn’t use the actual carrot part in this recipe, but the greens. I love carrot greens! Such a wonderful fresh veggie taste. Any carrot greens will do, they don’t have to be from adorable little carrots!
For the bulk of the burger I used some black-eyed peas and quinoa flakes! Perfect combination of plant-based proteins complimented with the greatest fresh herbs and veggies. These patties are super moist, not crumbly, and make the perfect light lunch or dinner entree. This is a small batch of 4 patties, but can easily be multiplied and even frozen for later. Veggie burgers are the best and since most store-bought veggie burgers have soy or gluten, making my own is the only way I ever go!
Garden Veggie Burgers
- 1 Can (15oz) Black-Eyed Peas (no salt-added, rinsed)
- ⅓ Cup Quinoa Flakes
- 1 Cup Carrot Top Greens (chopped)
- ½ Cup Fresh Dill (chopped)
- ½ Cup Fresh Italian Parsley (chopped)
- ⅓ Cup (about 2) Scallions (chopped)
- 1 Cup Chopped White Mushroom
- ½ TB Dijon Mustard
- 1 Tsp Minced Garlic
- ½ Tsp Black Pepper
- 1 TB Red Wine Vinegar
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- In a large food processor, combine all the prepared ingredients and blend until you get a nice moist “dough” consistency. Not smooth, but not to chunky either. This mixture will be very moist when you go to form the patties.
- Form 4 equal patties with you hands. Flatten them a bit and place on a baking sheet lined with either a Silpat or parchment.
- Bake for 15 minutes, carefully flip, and bake for another 15 minutes. (Total cooking time is 30 minutes). Remove and serve right away, or allow to cool completely before wrapping in wax paper, placing in a plastic bag, and freezing. To heat from frozen, either use a toaster oven or microwave. You can also let them thaw in the fridge a few hours before and simply heat as well.
I loved keeping these burgers simple and allowing the fresh herbs and carrot tops to shine and be the true stars. So if you’re in need of a healthy fresh summer dinner idea and you have some lovely fresh herbs to use, make these burgers! So good, so easy, so fresh, and my new favorite veggie burger! I know I’ll be making these again and again this summer! O, and don’t forget the ketchup!
So tell me:
+ Any tips for a black-thumb? Even with herbs…?
+ What’s your favorite fresh herb to have on hand? Italian Parsley! I could eat that stuff straight up as a snack!
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these all look so amazing, can’t wait to try them!
Thank you! Enjoy!
Looks delicious!
Thanks!
Oh wow they look incredibly tasty. x
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing these at Savoring Saturdays, Rebecca! I’m featuring them at this weekend’s party. 🙂
Thanks Raia!
I am delighted that you shared your healthy and delicious Garden Veggie Burgers with us at the Plant-Based Potluck Party Link Up. I appreciate it and I can’t wait to try this yummy recipe. I’m pinning and sharing.
Thanks!
WOW! These are some badass burgers! I love how protein packed they are. And fresh herbs are awesome – I’m totally loving them at the farmer’s market right now. I can’t grow things either… they tend to die. Maybe I should try one more time too ;p
Thanks so much for sharing these on HVF – they are being featured this week! I’m pinning these bad boys =)
I have sad news…my basil plant is like dead. It’s been 2 weeks. Thus, I am giving up. 🙁 I’ll just keep buying my bunches of herbs each week, haha!
Thanks Kimmy!
Oh no! It’s ok… it just wasn’t meant to be.
Buying bunches of herbs helps farmers out anyway =)
Hi Rebecca,
Who can resist these healthy and delectable ingredients! Thank you so much for sharing your Garden Veggie Burgers
with us at the Plat-based Potluck Party Blog Hop. I’m pinning and sharing.
Thanks!
Something my boys would love to eat – and feel healthy about it!
Totally!
I do love a good veggie burger, but I always buy them pre-made. I’ll give your recipe a try. They look so delish!
These are super easy to make!
Thanks so much for linking up this recipe! I have vegetarian friends that would love these while everyone else is eating meat! Thanks #SaucySaturdays!
I think EVERYONE will love these!
Visiting from the Recipe Swap. I wonder if this would work well as a veggie loaf? Looks great!
You’ve on your own with that one!
Wow these look amazing! My veggie burgers aways turn out soggy so i will be giving your recipe a try #tastytuesday
These will not disappoint!
I love a good veggie burger and there is a lovely sounding mix of herbs! 🙂
Thanks!
I save carrot tops and add to salads, but these burgers look amazing! I’d rather add them to your recipe. 🙂
Just top your salad WITH the burger 😉 Two for one!
I haven’t tried making them with black eyed peas! Creative!
Thanks great.
Love all the veggies in this! I have never cooked with black eyed peas either, but have been thinking about it! Good idea for a bugger! Thanks for linking up!
They’re an essential bean!
These look amazing! I especially love the addition of dill.
Thank you!
This is the first recipe that has made me want to try a veggie burger.
Well I hope you do!
These sound delicious! I would never have thought to use the carrot greens. What an awesome way to keep them from going to waste.
Thank you!!
What a fun DIY idea! I love that you used the greens from the carrot tops. We get them from the farmer’s market and I’m always looking for ways to use them. I bet I could use my beet greens here too!
Yes! The greens of all root veggies should never go to waste!
Those burgers look SO good and I am happy to have another use for black-eyed peas! Gonna give these a go and see what the family thinks. Thank you!
As for growing, herbs don’t like wet feet, so be sure to let them dry out a bit before watering and try filtered light during the hot summer months. Basil, thyme, cilantro, dill and rosemary are ready for growing right now! Best wishes!
They will love them 😉 I know I did!
I heard that about the watering!! I’ve been waiting a bit to water my baby basil!
Simple and so nutritious – I love it! I’m always looking for new veggie burger ideas and recipes, will definitely being adding this to my list to try 🙂
Thank you! You totally should!
I will !00% be giving these a try! Looks amazing! Thanks so much for linking up and sharing 🙂
YAY! I hope you do friend!
You sound just like me, I can’t wait to have a dream house with a garden. (Mine’s going to have a blueberry bush and grow parsnips too. I’m really into both those foods for some reason.) Anyway, these burgers look delicious! Happy FF, and enjoy your weekend! 😀
I’ll grow every fruit ad veggie I can!
Thanks dear!
These look great!
Thanks!
You’ve outdone yourself, Rebecca! Black eyed peas, quinoa flakes, carrot top greens, and dill, this is seriously the best list of veggies for a burger that I’ve ever seen. I can’t wait to try these. 🙂
Haha, thank you so much Linda! I was really proud of these! So yummy!!!
You should be proud, they sound and look amazing! 🙂
These veggie burgers look delicious! I love the color and that you used the green leaves of the carrots! So cool, and those cute little carrots are adorable 🙂
I do have a lot of herbs at the moment, but once it’s getting colder, I have to place them into the apartment they die. Too sad! I have to buy fresh herbs every summer but at least I have them all summer long most of the times. My favorite herbs are probably parsley as well! I’m in love with parsley and throw it on pretty much any dish! My boyfriend sometimes even judges me for the enormous amount of parsley I’m using 😀
Wait…so should I be placing my herbs outside? I have mine on the kitchen table in front of the big window….is that why the leaves are rather sad looking?
I love that strong parsley taste when you get a nice bite of the leaves! When I’m just throwing something together for myself (and not my family) I don’t even chop the parsley since I want the BIG taste in my bites 😉
I’m currently having three parsley plants to keep up with the amounts I need 😀 And I too sometimes just snack on the leaves. So good. I just had more success with my herbs outside. I know that some people are having them indoors but mine always die that way. Herbs in general usually should be placed in a shady spot (plants that produces leaves to eat = shade; plants that produce fruits = sun). I hope that helps!
Wow, okay! Haha, I will take it out of the direct sunlight right now!!
Wow, delicious!
Thanks!
These look great. I nearly always choose a veggie burger over a meat one! Yummy. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Sally @ Life Loving
A good veggie burger is essential!
i love veggie burgers! So excited to try this one and to have found your page! Saving & sharing!
Thank you Gwen! These are winners!
Love this recipe– I’ve been wanting to try making a garden veggie burger, and the ingredients in here sound amazing.
I’m the same as you! It’s hard growing plants inside. Mine have all died, too, and I think I am done trying here– I can’t wait until I have a garden again.
Thank you Michelle!
One day I will have that FULL garden…one day!
These look so tasty + flavorful! I don’t think I’ve ever had black-eyed peas, but I’m gonna have to try that after my friend and I power through all the food in our combined kitchen/pantry! :O
What!? I’m sure you have!
I do love all the fresh summer herbs – they definitely perk up these veggie burgers!
It’s all about the herbs! So much flavor!
How cute it that little carrot? I’ve been on the look out for a veggie burger recipe that looks tasty and this one fits the bill. I’ve tried to make few before but they never turn out right, hopefully this time will be different.
Hehe, I know 😉
You will love these! My mom loved them..so I know it wasn’t just me 😛 (She’s picky with vegan foods!)
I love a good veggie burger, but have been intimidated by the idea of making them myself. You made this look simple. I’m considering giving it a try.
They are so easy! One of the first recipes I ever made was a veggie burger!
Those look insanely tasty! And I want to bite that carrot 🙂
Haha, thanks Ayal!
I’ve never used the carrot tops! It would be tempting to toss some grated carrot in, too – I love carrot in veggie burgers 🙂
Never waste the tops! My ultimate classic veggie burgers use carrot 😉
i had a veggie burger with black eyes peas when i was in austin and it was delightful, so nice to see similar version, looks wonderful.
It’s a great bean for burgers!
Look at them veggie burgers! Yum! I’m an herb fanatic. I’m so thankful for summer and being able to have herb plants outside. There are few things better than being able to walk out the back door and come back in with a hand-full of herbs. They make everything taste even better. Can’t wait to give your veggie burgers a try, and put these herb plants to work 😉
Yes!! Well, I may not be growing tons of herbs, but I’m reaching in to pluck off a tons of herb leaves every 5 seconds from the ones that I’ve bought!
Wow, these look AH-MA-ZING! <3
So hard to pick a favorite herb! Let's see — basil, dill, parsley, cilantro, chocolate mint {in that order 🙂 }. I think actually I must say basil, because it goes so well with most fruit.
Thank you!!!
I can tell by you’re summer jam that basil is king 😉 I love them all too though! The smell, taste, freshness! Just everything about them!
Stunning photography (as usual) and an even better looking burger! YUM! Veggie burgers are something I always experiment with making and never quite succeed – but I’ll definitely give this baby a try!
Thank you!!!
You will have success with these! Promise!
Love that you used quinoa flakes for these veggie burgers! Tips for a black thumb: grow potatoes! I have a pot on my balcony and they are so easy to grow and keep alive. My herbs, on the other hand… not looking so good. I love rosemary, thyme, and basil. But give me any herb and I will happily whip something up with it!
I think if I grew a potato….I really would be 100% satisfied with life! Omg! I will look in to it!
Ug, I’m the same way with things that grow. :p The burgers look fabulous, though. 😉
But you can grow sourdough like a boss 😉 I’m always jealous of your breads!
Aw, thanks. 😉 I guess there’s always something to be grateful for! 🙂
Teach me! I’m scared to do it!
Haha! This is close to the starter recipe I use. It’s very easy, really. 😉
http://it-takes-time.com/2014/02/diy-gluten-free-sourdough-starter.html
These sound and look so delicious! Pinned, and I can’t wait to try them.
Thank you Heidi!
MMMM! Just look so delicious Rebecca! YUMMMMMMY in my TUMMY! Can we do yoga and eat together please?!
A yoga and food weekend retreat! Let’s start planning!
Love the creative use of carrot tops which are definitely under-rated in my opinion! I’m able to grow many plants on my balcony, but I attribute that to the bountiful California sun however I have killed just as many….
I love the tops!! Always have to use them! Too pretty to throw away!
Haha, you’ve got the advantage 😉
These look delicious, love the flavors!
Thank you Florian!
So I kind of kill plants too, but I have been having success with a basil plant (just one of those you can buy from Trader Joes). I was given one for Mother’s Day last year, and it lasted over six months. I bought another a few months ago, and while it’s not exactly thriving, at least it still lives. Fortunately, it’s tough. I generally wait to water it until it looks pretty wilted and so far it’s always come back!
Good to hear! I just got a little organic basil plant at the grocery for like $2. The leaves are getting brown though and wilting right now 🙁
so creative to use the carrot tops in this recipe! i’m kind of like you, and have had a hard time growing vegetables, but i’m giving it one more shot this year. xo
I’m hoping my basil plant lives at least till next week!
This look great! And they look like they hold together really well too! I have a garden full of fresh herbs (dill is my fave too!) so this is just perfect. I really really don’t have a green thumb, but surprisingly, my garden flourishes every year. I think you should try again. If I can do it…anyone can!
Hahaha, If this basil plant lives, I’ll venture in to a few more herb plants! Veggies though….still scare me!
And thank you!!
I think these are the best looking Veggie Burgers I have ever seen. Looking forward to testing these out!
Thank you so much!
Lovely and delicious-looking. I am continuously impressed with your blog. Wonderful work and beautiful inspiration for a healthy, strong, and beautiful life. Thank you.
O, thank you so much, Julie!
Omg Rebecca these look sooo delicious! I love using fresh herbs at the moment too – our house has sooo much mint growing in the garden! We never seem to have too much success growing other herbs though.. lol! When I’m older I definitely want to grow as much produce from home as possible, it’s always so much fresher and tastes way better! These burgers look like the ultimate veggie burgers – and I LOVE those baby carrots. They are so cute!!!
Thank you!!!
You can totally taste the homegrown freshness!
I just used fresh mint in a recipe yesterday! SOOOO good!
Those carrots seriously made my week 😉
These look delicious! I can’t wait to try out this recipe soon… I love a good veggie burger!
xoxo, Jamie
Thank you!! You will love them!
I’ve never had veggie burger but it’s time to change it!
What!? That’s crazy!
I need one of those little round carrots, they are SO CUTE!!!! I would hug it and cherish it and never ever think about eating it…much to adorable for that!
These burgers look great, another use for the quinoa flakes I hadn’t though of. With some ketchup and pickles and a bun on either side I’d be feasting! You’re so creative using carrot tops in there too! I’ve just admitted the fact that I’m better at eating food than growing it, and that’s okay with me 😀 hahaha
I actually JUST finally sliced and “killed” them yesterday for a recipe 🙁 It was sad…but necessary.
Hahahahaha 😉 I think I’m best at cooking it, then eating it, and last would be growing!
Poor little cucumber haha I get a hard veggie burger craving every now and then and THIS one looks so fresh and edible 🙂 Can’t wait to try this!
This is my new favorite burger!!! Can’t get enough!
We are not having much luck with growing cucumbers. I was so excited about it. I love that you used the carrot tops. What a great use for something that tends to get thrown away.
Never throw away any part of a veggie!
What an awesom idea to make them with blackeyed peas! Hopefully I can get legumes back into my diet and try these soon 🙂
Black-eyed and chickpeas are my favorite beans 😉
yey!! I can never have enough veggie burgers. I love this recipe and its use of quinoa flakes. I bought a huge box of these to play with awhile back and its been kind of sitting in my pantry. So now I have a great use for them. Looks so delicious!
Get them out now!!
I have a black thumb too, and city living limits having any real garden space 🙁 Good thing we have farmers markets 🙂
Haha, agreed 😉
These look amazing and I love that you use carrot tops. What a great idea!
Thank you so much Kathy!
I love veggie burgers so I will be adding these to my list to try.
Yes! You’ll love them!!
Some of my girls have decided they are vegetarians , so this will be a good option for them when the rest of us are having burgers. Thanks!!!!
I’m sure they’ll love these!
When I’m older and “settled” I’d love to have a garden (if anything to maybe save money?). Last weekend every vegetable and herb I ate came from my aunt’s garden and they were all amazing. I love mint, basil and rosemary.
Exactly my thoughts 😉 I better that reading up and learning how-to,now!
I think homegrown herbs taste ever better!! It’s the love and care 😉
I’m a huge dill fan too, and I also have issues growing things, not proud of that! I always say one day I will put the effort in but my mind drifts, and the fresh herbs at the store look so good. I’ve never had carrot top greens, I’ll have to try that 🙂
I’ll let you know on Friday how my Basil plant is fairing….fingers crossed (but there’s already brown/grey spots on some of the leaves…)
I don’t waste veggies, so when I got those cute carrots, the tops had to be put to good use!
I have been needing some more delicious meatless burgers lately, and I am loving all the herby goodness in yours! These look so tasty! Pinned!
I always need some stocked in my freezer! Veggie burgers are a must for a dinner option! Thanks so much Taylor!
ohhh i love how resourceful this is, and i love quinoa flakes! Genius!
I wanted to give them some “savory recipe” love 😉
This reminds me, I need to make veggie burgers soon! These look so good 😀
You make the veggie burgers, while I make the pickles 😉