Homemade Vegan Burgers (natural ingredients!)

To be fair, there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a faux meat burger, if you like (England does not have enough land for everyone to eat free-range meat, so the argument that if you like the taste of meat you should eat ‘real meat’ does not add up, unless people want factory farms).

But if you prefer to make burgers with natural ingredients, this is also a good option (and cheaper too). These Lentil Quinoa Burgers (Ela Vegan) make use of cheap and nutritious lentils with quinoa (also packed with protein).

Before cooking, read up on food safety for people and pets (salt, onion, garlic are not safe near animals). Bin allium scraps (onion, garlic, shallots) as acids could harm compost creatures.

For tinned ingredients, pop lids inside the cans (or ring-pulls back over holes) before recycling, to avoid wildlife getting trapped.

This black bean burger (Ela Vegan) is also made with natural ingredients, by the same chef.