Veggie Burgers

This will be the first of many nights grilling veggie burgers on the Coleman...as long as this experience goes smoothly. 

Friday night, veggie burger night. How hard could veggie burgers be? Heat grill, remove from box and bag, heat until hot. Those are easily, famous last words.Let's hope not. Big D and I eat veggie burgers every Friday, and it would be really nice no to have to microwave them anymore.

I think one key move is to get the buns and all the extras ready before you do anything else. Let's face it, veggie burgers aren't hard to prepare. All you gotta do is heat them up. No worries about how well done they are because there's no meat. No nasty bacteria to worry about. Another thing that's nice about veggie burgers? No shrinkage...on the grill. I hate it when that happens!

So I got the fries in the oven and the buns all prepared. What am I forgetting. Holy cow! I can't forget the cheese! Everything was ready.

I got the grill fired up whilst making the other preparations, so it was ready to go. i figured, since veggie burgers cook pretty quickly i would keep them a little closer to the center and away from the burners.

 After a couple of minutes I flipped em...kind of. Scrape, scrape, scrape. Crap! These things better not fall apart!

I let them go on the other side, but this time for a little longer. Flip? Here we go. Hey! No problem WTF?! Why didn't this side stick? Oh look, delicious grilled crust. This side got cooked better. I see how it works. I probably didn't let the first side cook long enough. No problemo.

A few more minutes and both sides were done.

The outcome? Delicious! You can't really mess up a veggie burger, and they tasted way better than when microwaved.

Note: I bought some cooking spray made especially for grilling, so I am going to try that out this week and see how it goes. Because even though I think I know what went wrong, it's a pain in the booty to wash stuck on veggie burger from the grill grates.

2 successful dishes...maybe I am starting to get a hang of this. Hmm. I guess time will tell!