Portabella Burgers

Seriously, this was probably one of the best burgers I have ever had, vegan or not!  If you blindfolded someone, made them this burger, and had them take a bite, they wouldn't even know it wasn't a "Burger" burger.  Know what I mean?   The flavor's of the portabella, avocado, and nut "meat" mingle together to make this meal a party in your mouth. So. Good.  Don't believe me?  Try it for yourself...

What you need:
4 Portabella mushrooms
4 small avocados
lemon juice
nut "meat" (I tweaked it a bit for this recipe...details below.)
lettuce (Enough for 4 burgers)
2 tomatoes, sliced
1/2 onion, sliced
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1/4 tsp salt (And more for sprinkling.)
1/4 tsp pepper (And more for sprinkling.)
1/8 tsp onion powder
Hamburger buns (I used vegan kaiser rolls that I found at Safeway)
Grape seed oil or other oil of your choice

Note:  This recipe can be made as a raw recipe, or a cooked recipe.  If you want it cooked, preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

First, cut the stems out of the mushrooms and then set the mushroom heads aside for later.  I used the stems in my nut"meat" instead of a whole cup of mushrooms, because I didn't want the burgers to be too "mushroomy."  Then I just added a bit of water to make it not too dry (About a tablespoon was all that was needed.)  For those of you who don't know, whenever you see words that are blue, instead of black, you can click on them and it will link you to the recipe I am referring to. In this case, nut"meat".  Did you get it?  Ok, good.  We are all on the same page. :)

So, after you follow the recipe for nut"meat", (Linked one more time in case you are slow like me.) plop all of it into a bowl.  Add your finely chopped garlic, salt and pepper. Mix it up really good.

Next, spoon that yummy nut"meat" into the bottom of your mushrooms and spread it out a bit.  Add some of your sliced onion on top (I left it off of the burger for my girls since they don't care for onions.) and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drizzle with a bit of oil.  I used grape seed oil because it has a nice nutty flavor that goes great with these.  If you are not eating these raw, go ahead and pop them in the oven at this point.They only need to cook for about 10 minutes.  If you are eating them raw, set aside while you make your avocado spread.
To make the spread, cut your avocados in half, remove the pits, and place in a bowl.  Mush them up with a fork and add the onion powder and a little lemon juice. (About a tablespoon.) Sprinkle with salt and pepper and it's done. 

At this point, your burgers should be done. Now let's assemble these puppies.

You can just use the avocado spread as a sandwich spread, or you can use a little nayonaise (Soy based mayonnaise.) with the avocado. Put on some lettuce and tomato (And more onion if you want it.) and wala!

Serve with some humus and peta chips, kale chips, or sweet potato fries!

Raw version:

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<3 Ashlyn