I am a terrible blogger...

...this I have always known.  So in an attempt to make up for that, behold: a recipe!  My son is in love with Cuthroat Kitchen.  He's always asking us to do it and so far we have done it twice.  This time I decided to create my own recipe.  We decide ahead of time what we are going to cook and know what the challenges are so that we actually can put dinner on the table in a reasonable time.  This time we did burgers.  My husband won, who knew my son would like SPAM so much.  It breaks my healthy heart a little.  However - it was the SPAM that won the competition, but the kiddo liked my burger enough to say we could make them again!  I made his without the diced green chilies because the boy doesn't like heat

White bean and quinoa patties
-1 medium eggplant
-2 cans of great white northern beans
-1 cup rinsed quinoa
-3/4c all purpose flour
-1 small can diced green chilies
-a pinch of jalapeno powder
-salt and pepper to taste
-more coarse salt to "sweat" the eggplant

  Cut the top off the eggplant and then slice it lengthwise in half.  Make deep cuts on both diagonals into the flesh of the eggplant and heavily salt with the coarse salt.  Set aside for at least 30 minutes to sweat.  *DO NOT SKIP* this step!  It removes the bitterness from the eggplant which is why so many people think they don't like eggplant.  After 30 minutes give the eggplant a squeeze and you'll understand what I mean by "sweating" the eggplant.  Give it a good rinse to get the salt off, spray some olive oil on the flesh and place flesh down on a parchment covered baking sheet.  Cook at 425 for 30-45 minutes, until the flesh is soft.  Let cool, scrape out the flesh - do not use the skin, that's bitter too.
  Boil 1 cup of water and add the quinoa, cook for 20 minutes.
  Drain and rinse the beans, then smash the heck out of them and the eggplant.  I do this with my clean hands, it's much easier.  Add everything else in and mix it well (I still use my hands), make sure that you mix enough for the gluten to activate in your flour as that's going to keep this thing together.  It will be sticky.  Form into patties, spray tops with olive oil, and bake on parchment paper at 350 for 18 minutes, then flip over and do another 5, spraying the new side in olive oil as well; or pan fry.

We served these on buns with all the fixings.  Some people just at the patty, but everyone enjoyed them!  A few only had these and not the meat burgers - we only had 1 meat patty for each person and we had 3 left over.  So hooray me!  I baked up some fries with salt, pepper, and some more of the jalapeno powder to go with it.  I didn't take any picture while making, but here's a shot of what the finished (leftover) patty looks like