quinoa bean and feta burgers

val and i attempted to make these quinoa burgers. instead of kidney beans i decided to use white beans. they were incredibly delicious and full of flavor. the only problem? they fell apart quite a bit white they were cooking. the recipe calls for 2 egg whites... not sure why. next time i'll definitely be using the whole eggs and possibly some flour or bread crumbs to hold them together. it obviously didn't make a different in flavor, they were just falling apart while we ate them. 

we also made an arugula, tomato, parmesan salad. 

and truffle parmesan potatoes!

and our burger was green style. 

and of course a cocktail. 

a little drinky drink

over the past week, val and i decided to save some money by staying in and making our own cocktails. she knows her shit! i've been learning a few tricks here and there from her. first off, vodka. she got absolut elderflow tea and absolut ginger apple. 

this one consisted of:

muddled blackberries with agave
lemon juice
club soda
elderflower tea vodka

 

the following had:

wild blueberry simple syrup(with agave not sugar)

organic lemonade 

elderflower tea vodka