Recipes — national hamburger day

I don’t think you understand how SERIOUS I took this assignment. This week is #nationalsandwichday and #worldveganday, so your girl here isn’t showing up with some limp biscuit of a square. I was after the perfect plant-based burger that would hold up to any steakhouse standards. This baby is double stacked and racked UP! 👀 I went to work on this recipe and produced what I think is a forking good replacement for store-bought veggie burgers using fava beans.  Yes, the ‘ful mudammas’ that Egyptians have been eating for literally thousands of years are the perfect umami bean for this...

Ice cold, crisp lettuce, tomato and pickle intermeshing with the perfectly grilled meat, juxtaposed with right amount of condiments and melting cheese (active verb, in progress) marrying and cohorting together in perfect, synonymous bliss, like a symphony of brass, strings and voice harmonizing as one. Listen, it’s not easy to do. It’s the right raw materials, seasoning, timing, layering, proportion and temperature control that all plays a role in the success of the Mac Mamma Burger. Because, these are not just for men, y’all. Women like to wrap their mouths around something big and juicy, too. The burger is enough,...