Black Bean Burgers

From Everyday Food...
http://www.marthastewart.com/891255/black-bean-burgers-pickled-onions

Since I wasn't making the kids join me in my Meatless March, I thought I'd make one of their favorites - sliders.

I knew that I had to make the bean burgers at the beginning of the month (this was March 5) because by the end of the month I feared that I might begin to drool from the smell of hamburger.  LOL

You can see from the photo above that these looked gross.  I made the black beans from scratch - soaked them and cooked them as well as I could from gleaning info on the internet.

To tell you the truth - they didn't look any more appetizing once they were cooked either.

I didn't make the pickled onions indicated in the original recipe but I did cut up my very first avocado to accompany the black bean slider burgers.  These, to my surprise, turned out to really really good.  Even looking at them again now makes my stomach growl.  The tomato and avocado were great additions to this burger.

As much as I tried to bribe the other members of my family to taste a tiny corner of these burgers their mouths mysteriously glued themselves shut and their eyelids snapped closed in protest.  Sheesh.  I thought I was the picky eater in the family.  Pfffft!