This meal was inspired by a black bean burger I had at HUB about a month ago...I've been thinking about it ever since, so now that I am back from Italy and needing a break from pasta, I figured I would google a recipe and try it out.

I got the recipe from allrecipes.com at this link. I used all the same ingredients except that I had a can of 15oz (not 16oz black beans) and I used Cholula hot sauce rather than Thai chile sauce. It came out pretty good flavor wise. I have a crappy food processor that doesn't 'puree' it just kinda chops to a point and then just spins...so I put my fairly fine diced bell pepper, onion, garlic and the beans all together in it and blended it into a paste. I probably should have done like the recipe suggested and did just the pepper, onion and garlic, then strained the juice, then added the beans. The reason was that while they were firm and cooked up on the outside, they were too soft on the inside - more like burrito filling than a burger texture. The flavor I liked though - so if I get some of the liquid out next time it should be just right.

I used whole wheat buns and I put a small amount of fat free sour cream on the bottom bun and about 1/2 a small smashed avocado on the top and served with hubs favorite - tater tots.

I will definitely be trying this again - it is low cal, tasty, and very filling!

Enjoy!