The one thing we love more than peeling, chopping, and juicing vegetables (and seeing all your gleeful faces as you sip the resulting elixir) is hearing from you that we’ve inspired a venture into plant-based beverage creation in your home kitchen!
But once you’ve filled your glasses, what can be done with the leftover pulp? This is a question we find ourselves frequently fielding.
It may be May, but the spirit of Earth Month is always top of mind—today’s recipe is about letting nothing go to waste. The leftover fibre collected by your juicer, otherwise bound for the compost bin, can take on a new lease of life when used as an ingredient in any number of recipes. Our top sustainable bites for grilling season? A juice-pulp-based vegan burger.
3/4 cups leftover juice pulp from The Good*
1 cup cannellini beans, slightly mashed with some left whole
1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flaxseed meal + 2.5 tbsp water, mixed together and left to sit for 5 minutes before using)
1/8 tsp cayenne (or more if you like it spicy!)
2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
1 clove garlic, finely minced
1 green onion, finely chopped
A few grinds fresh pepper
Your favourite bun (or try bibb lettuce for a gluten-free “bun”)
Burger garnish of choice, for topping
*Pro Tip: The Good is our favourite savoury green juice, made using cucumber, spinach, romaine, celery, lemon, and a pinch of Himalayan salt - the full recipe is available on page 153 of The Greenhouse Cookbook. The leftover juice fibre from your favourite green juice recipe will do.
Combine leftover juice pulp, cooked quinoa, and cannellini beans in a large bowl and mix well
Add herbs, garlic, onion, flax egg, and other seasonings, mixing until well combined. Your burger should have a slightly sticky consistency—add one half to one whole flax egg if your mixture feels too dry.
Separate the mixture evenly into six medium-sized portions, and form into patties.
Heat the coconut oil in a pan, and cook each patty for about six minutes per side—or until lightly browned. (Psst! You can also take these to the BBQ, or bake them at 375F for 20 minutes (flipping halfway through), or until they reach desired brownness.)
Depending on how brave you’re feeling, flip the patty up high into a flying triple spin, landing perfectly atop your burger bun or lettuce wrap stacked with your favourite burger fillings, and serve with a salad, fries, or whatever takes your fancy. Enjoy!
Recipe developed by Hana James. Food styling and photography by Elena Mari and Nathan Legiehn for GHJC