Also, no actual staples.
Based on a recommendation from a friend, I picked up a new veggie burger – a spicy anasazi bean burger from Portland locals, Chez Gourmet.
You may notice that in addition to being vegan and gluten free, these burgers also have cilantro – ACK! While it is still detectable to me, it is a small enough amount that it did not overpower the other flavors. Maybe soon I won’t have an aversion to cilantro at all?
These burgers are good – I would definitely buy them again, if I wouldn’t rather make my own. I have wanted to make a burger with similar ingredients, inspired by a burger at a restaurant local to the Northwest – my favorite on their menu, with the same name. My friend who suggested these told me Chez Gourmet makes that very burger. Another reason I decided to try these.
Mine was the top photo – I chose the classics of ketchup, mustard, tomato and lettuce on toasted gluten free bread, green salad on the side. Jason’s burger had lettuce and barbecue sauce, with a side of pineapple + cottage cheese (and green salad).
More summer staples have included grilling.
Fresh corn almost every time we grill, and for me, marinated tofu keeps making the plate, too. I ask Jason if he wants me to get him some chicken, and he asks for tofu too!
This was a simple bottle marinade we brought home from our last trip to wine country – Pinot and Habanero. So good, spicy hot, also an Oregon product!
Yes, this is the cupcake I had last week.
I just liked my photo.
This is what we had tonight: tomato basil pasta with kalamata cream sauce
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I have Portland envy. My liltle sis lives there, but I think you’re doing it a little better.
ha – doing it better!
I so love this city. I need to share it more here!
Oh my word…the frosting on that cupcake. Love!!
I have developed STRONG Portland envy in the last year, mostly due to you and your photos
I’ve never heard of that burger before. The only ones I ever pick up are Amy’s California burgers and Sunshine Burgers when on sale. I like a mild flavor so I can add Daiya and taste the actual ingredients. Looks good!
I bet you’d like these, the ingredients are big enough to see – like actual pieces of vegetable
I will take that as a compliment, thank you! I have so many readers who have this, a Portland Envy, that I have been wanting to do a more regular (at least semi regular) Portland series… I’ll try to get on that
Now I need a bean burger…I was trying to hold off until lunch for my leftovers, but now I think I know what I’m having for breakfast! I’m a cilantro lover, but I always find it amusing that there are lovers and haters of the herb. There is rarely an in between.
I know – there is no cilantro middle ground!
Everything looks great. That burger….yummy. And I’m not a big fan of cilantro either, but have found that if there’s not a lot and it’s cooked or if it was dried cilantro, I’m sort of ok. Just fresh though? It can’t be much. It just stinks.
it does stink! it’s just overpowering – I am fine with a very little
Kalamata cream sauce?? that is all I needed to see. WOW that looks good!! So does the black bean burger…droooooool.
you need to make the sauce. really.
I saw you doing wia last week, doubled back!
neat!! the bean burger looks good, I want one with the BBq sauce, yum!
yeah, I stopped for a while when I kept getting crazy comments about “this is all you ate today?” or “you eat weird”. even if I would say something about this is a week worth of juice, or just my breakfasts or just snacks… people don’t read.
I figured I wanted to participate again, and if they don’t read then… whatever.
Oh my, that cream sauce looks delicious!
I’m coming over soon.
for real!?
Those bean burgers look amazing! I will definitely have to try them:) Love your pics, too!
thank you Sunnie, I appreciate that! This brand has two or three flavors of bean burger – these are so good I would definitely try another!