Optimistic Reflections: 4 cheerful reasons you should make veggie burgers from scratch!

What if I told you that home-made veggie burgers would satisfy your hunger and provide energy that would last throughout your day! Would you believe me? I hope so because the main ingredient in our cheerful veggie burgers is black beans!

You can purcase cheaper black beans if you soak and cook them yourself!

Black beans excite me and here’s why: they are CHEAP, contain 15 GRAMS of fiber (1cup), offer 12 grams of protein, stabilize your blood sugar by providing slow burning energy, low in calories, high in antioxidants (antioxidants help our cells stay healthy to prevent crazy medical conditions like Alzheimer’s, stroke, cancer, Parkinson’s….and the list goes on), and they taste FABULOUS!!

Black Bean Veggie Burgers!

You body WANTS real, home-made, nutrient rich food, not imitation store bought food. Here are 4 great reasons why you should ditch the store bought veggie burgers and switch to cheerful home-made veggies:

1. Cost: Everyone complains that healthy food costs too much! Well healthy food will cost more when we take the easy way out. This box of 4 garden burgers nearly breaks that bank at $4.49 for 4 BURGERS! Homemade veggie burgers cost at least 50% less than store bought burgers!

WAAOSSASAS! PRICEY BUSINESS!! $7.18/unit price!

2. Divert your heart attack: Yes, I bet you wouldn’t imagine that buying store bought veggie burgers would lead to high blood pressure? The truth is that 1 garden burger contains 400mg of SODIUM!! Sodium contributes to high blood pressure, and did you know you are only supposed to consume between 1200mg-1500mg PER DAY? Who knew that 1 veggie patty would drain your sodium account by 1/3 (without condiments, cheese, or the bun!)

Heart Healthy Veggie Burgers (with a side of fiddle heads)

3. Avoid “knock off foods”: The garden burger is filled with 42 ingredients! You might think, “oh wow, tons of super foods?” NOT! How do you feel about eating: guar gum, smoke flavor, autolyzed yeast extract, modified vegetable gum, or annatto?? What are these foods? Are they even food? Wait until you see the super foods stuffed into the home-made vegetable burgers!

The ingredients consume the ENTIRE side of the graden burger package! My iPhone could not capture a clear picture, and I was trying to snap the picture quickly before the store clerk caught me!!

4. Improve Satiety: Home-made vegetable burgers offer the body real food and believe it or not when you eat real food you feel more satisfied than when you eat “knock off” food. I can see the little cells inside your body jumping up and down and doing cart wheels when they are fed real food!