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Health & Fitness

Cucumber Bites & Other Delights

When you need to use just what you have in the fridge and freezer to whip up a quick, delicious and fun to eat meal, this simple menu of 4 easy recipes will do the trick.  

I had these 2 big bulk boxes of veggie burgers in my freezer and I really wanted do something different and delicious with them.  I’ve been thinking about creating a new, interesting way to use Gardenburger’s Malibu Vegan Burgers, which I have talked about in a previous post called, Gardenburger’s Malibu Vegan Burger on a Coco Lite Pop Cake Raft,  I buy these at Costco and just love them. There was a short period of time when my local Costco wasn’t stocking them and I noticed another new frozen veggie-burger by Morningstar in it’s place called the Chipotle Black Bean Burger. I decide to use both types burgers because they compliment each other in their similarity and but are different enough to give some variety. 

Somehow I also ended up with a bumper crop of 6 cucumbers in my fridge which is definitely more than I can really use. I hate throwing away unwanted veggies. My daughter had this great idea to cut the cucumbers the long way and scoop out the seeds and part of the insides to create some space to stuff into. I softened the veggie burgers in the microwave for a couple of minutes until they were warm and soft and crumbly.  I cut each cucumber half into about 3 sections and put a spoonful of one of the veggie burger crumbles inside the space in the center. Topped with some avocado hummus on each sections, served with jicama salad on the side, you have a filling, nutritious meal. I also served a side of jicama salad and a platter of marinated roasted portobello mushrooms, as well, because I thought it wouldn’t be enough food but boy, was I wrong! Plenty of leftovers! 

See 4 recipes and more at:http://veganamericanprincess.com/quick-easy-summer-dinner-cucumbers-stuffed-with-veggie-burger-crumb...

Ellen Francis
Vegan American Princess
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