Burgers & Perogies

Day 39

And by burgers, we mean Butter Bean Burgers, naturally. Our favorite kind! Triple B's are so filling, I was actually only able to eat half of mine, but that probably had something to do with the four perogies I had with it.

(This posted on the 29th, but it was our meal on the 28th. Just didn't save it until after midnight.)

Frozen Burgers

We hauled these out of the freezer again for a quickie meal. Nearly time to make another batch...we can never run out of them.

Compliments perogies, buns, no name sour cream & frozen patties

We just put the frozen patties in the frying pan with some oil, along with the perogies. Medium low heat, of course, since they need to not only brown, but completely thaw. However, they really don't have to cook, since they're both pre-cooked, so they only need to be heated and, in the case of the perogies, browned.

 Frozen butter bean burgers & frozen perogies

frying in 2 tbsp sunflower oil

Mushrooms

We sautéed the mushrooms simultaneously with the burgers, since both would take the same amount of time. We're both enormous fans of mushrooms; can you tell? haha

 Mushrooms sautéing

Burgers & perogies frying, buns toasting, mushrooms sautéing

Kaiser Buns

About 3/4 of the way through the cooking time, we started toasting the buns. I got Kaiser buns because they're larger and we found the Ben's buns and other regular hamburger buns were too small for the size of the burger patties. And there are sesame seeds on them. You really can't ever eat too many sesame seeds.

Kaiser buns toasting

Perogies

We discovered our fondness for perogies many years ago, when we still lived in Fredericton. They supplemented many a poor meal for us back in the day. They come in a few different flavors and a couple brands. Cheemos is the brand we prefer, but Sobey's had Compliments ones on sale for 1.99 so that was the dinner winner.

I went with "Potato & Onion" perogies tonight.

Other choices were:

Potato, Bacon & Romano Cheese
Potato & Cheddar Cheese
Potato & Cottage Cheese
Potato, Sour Cream & Chives
Country Mushroom
Ukrainian Style Roasted Garlic

Of course the bacon options were out. However we do plan to make our own perogies using the coconut bacon sometime.

Perogies are always served with sour cream at our house.

 Cooked butter bean burgers and perogies

I didn't get a pic, but we added some Swiss cheese to the burgers before taking them off the heat, until cheese was melted. Mmmm...melty cheese.

Butter bean burger with Swiss cheese & mushrooms 

and a side of perogies

Delicious but Nutritious 

We remarked on  how this meal feels like eating take-out or junk food. And, it kind of is a bit junky, I guess. The perogies are only the frozen, store-bought kind, and so are the buns. Everything is fried in oil, too. However, there is still nutrition to be found here, and we [mostly] know what's in this food.

Reviews/Comments

Impressed with these burgers again. Perogies were also very good. Another great way to have potatoes!