New Foods #1: Veggie Burgers

so I don't know if y'all know, but I became a vegetarian about a week ago and I guess it would be cool for me to document my experiences. i've had no problem not eating meat, because 1) i never really liked meat in the first place, and 2) i feel disgusted whenever i look at it because of the reasons that made me become vegetarian in the first place (and i'll do a blog post about that later).

anyway, today we had a labor day barbecue (happy labor day!!) which meant a lot of... barbecue. and meat. and i decided this would be a good time to try out veggie burgers!

i went to trader joe's a couple days ago and got this:

"Quinoa Cowboy
Veggie Burgers
with black beans & roasted corn"


so that's what i ate today. for all those people planning on becoming vegetarian, here's what i'll tell you:
1. veggie burgers... don't really taste like meat. so don't have false expectations.
2. they also (at least this brand) tend to be extremely crumbly, so it's pretty impossible to eat it with a fork.
3. also, it was pretty spicy.
4. they taste a lot like quinoa.
5. it was honestly pretty yummy! i really enjoyed it. it's also good for you:

important numbers:

serving size: 1 burger

calories: 180

sugars: 2 grams 

protein: 5 grams

also, there are no bad ingredients like corn syrup. all organic!

all in all, i enjoyed my first veggie burger experience! i'll tell you all about new foods i try :-)

keep recycling, 

yasemin