Two-Bean Burger with Guacamole

This is so good and so easy! The recipe comes from the book The Ultimate Guide to the Daniel Fast by Kristen Feola, which has many amazing vegan recipes to build on. She also blogs here.

Burger:
1 t. extra-virgin olive oil
2 T. chopped onion
1 C. canned black beans, rinsed and drained
1 C. canned great northern beans, rinsed and drained
2 T. flaxseed meal
1 t. garlic powder
1/4 t. cumin
1/4 t. salt

1. Mash beans in a large bowl, leaving about 1/4 of the beans whole, and set aside.
2. Heat olive oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add onions, and cook until soft and translucent.
3. Add onions to beans with flaxseed meal, garlic powder, cumin and salt.
4. Return skillet to medium heat, and add olive oil if needed to prevent burgers from sticking. Scoop out about 1/3 cup of bean mixture for each burger, and add to skillet. Flatten with spatula and cook 5 minutes on each side or until bottoms are browned and slightly crispy.

Guacamole (an easy not necessarily authentic version)
2 medium avocados, peeled, deseeded
1/2 C. chopped tomatoes, unpeeled, unseeded
1/4 C. diced red onion
1/2 medium jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced
1 clove garlic, minced
2 T. chopped fresh cilantro
1 T. fresh lime juice
1/2 t. salt

Mix it all together real good. Taste it and tweak it to your liking. Chill 1-2 hours if you can wait that long!

Dog Food

So Dozer has major allergies to his dog food, I think. So I'm making some organic dog food today and will tell you how it goes. Here's the recipe though:

4 cups meat (ground)
3 cups veggies (ground)
4 cups grains (rice, oats, quinoa)
1 t oil (fish or olive)

Simmer together for an hour. Make sure cooked all the way through.

Here's my take on this... We try hard not to be wasteful, but we are at times.

We have a freezer burnt old chicken & turkey in our freezer that would've probably gotten thrown away. We have veggies that we compost weekly. I'm thinking we will have enough leftover foods to make into dogfood. I've heard of people doing this, so I'm trying it.