A Vegan Dinner Party (Recipe for Vegan Veggie Burgers Included!)

Good friends + good wine + homemade veggie burgers + roasted vegetable + quinoa salad + vegan brownies = a WONDERFUL dinner and evening!Our friends K. & E. hosted me and Peter and another friend visiting from out of town last night for dinner, and as all of our dietary habits range from full-on vegan to scaling back on animal protein, a 100% vegan menu made the most sense.K. wanted to test out a veggie burger recipe she recently found in a magazine - and her instincts were right on. It was SO good. I've been on the hunt for a solid, go-to veggie burger recipe - bonus points for a vegan version - and I think I found it in this recipe (check it out for yourself here - we made the "southwest" version and doubled the recipe; the only modification we made was to add a 14 oz can of organic corn for some color and texture). One great thing about the recipe is it gives you a nice "base" of quinoa, black beans and rolled oats that can then be seasoned however you like - so really, the possibilities are endless. With diced chilis, sliced tomato and avocado, ketchup and dijon mustard and some extra jalapenos to go on top of the southwest burger sandwiched in a whole wheat bun, this was a fantastically delicious AND healthy vegan veggie burger I plan to make at home over and over!I brought a side of roasted vegetables with quinoa (see my recipe here!):And also made vegan brownies (see my recipe here!):