Saturday, August 25, 2012

Qrunch Burger Salad

You guys remember Local Burger? Probably not, if you don't live in Kansas. That's okay, the important thing is that they have a burger salad, where they cook a burger of your choice and place it on a salad. This seemed weird to me at first, but the idea wormed itself back into my head about a week ago, "what if I take a Qrunch Burger and put it on a salad?" I decided to make my dreams come true and headed to Nooch Vegan Market to procure the necessary ingredients. This is the result:

A quinoa-based Qrunch Burger, farmers' market fresh tomatoes and peppers, lemon-avocado dressing, all on a bed of spinach. The only bummer is that I forgot a cucumber. Next time. It turns out that burger salads are pretty delicious and an easy way to make your salad a bit heartier. I especially love the Qrunchs because the little bits that crumble up are great for mixing with that extra dressing at the bottom of the bowl for a final treat. In sum, burger salads are a much better, and delicious, idea than I could have ever anticipated.

4 comments:

  1. that looks so delicious! quinoa is so great:)

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  2. Local Burger was so great. Their burgers seems to be available in most Whole Foods store under the Hilary's Eat Well name (http://www.hilaryseatwell.com/locations). I just ate one on nachos last night, so they are good pretty much any time. I have some Qrunch burgers in my freezer, but I hadn't thought of using them in a similar way.

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  3. It's interesting that you mention Local Burger from Lawrence, KS because that's where the Hilary's Eat Well burgers were born in 2005! Qrunch is pretty much a rip off of the Local Burger original (now Hilary's). I like Hilary's more because they're the real thing! They use sunflower oil & real salt, and many other great ingredients.. I don't know, the vibe & packaging fits my personality more. And the taste. :)

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  4. Awesome! I'll have to give Hilary's a try!

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