Bypass or Buy - What's Cooking Veggie Burgers

These are actually one of the first take home veggie products I've purchased since arriving in Dublin last month so I was looking forward to trying them. I was unable to find much information about the company online so I can only tell you my opinions of them.

I absolutely loved how crispy they got on the outside because of the bread crumb coating. They fried up super easily and made a wonderfully crispy addition to my otherwise basic salad. Now, here's what I didn't like about them.

I've eaten several veggie burgers here since I arrived and almost all of them are the same with varying condiments. They are almost all potato based with other veggies like carrots, peas, or sweetcorn included. Although they're fine, they lack consistency and also lack protein which is something I look for in a veggie burger. Ideally, if you're replacing a meat product with a veggie one, you're looking for similar health aspects minus the fat or cholesterol. Unfortunately, these patties also were potato based and lacked any kind of texture. When I sliced them, the kind of mashed as opposed to slicing due to the amount of mashy potatoes inside.

They were however only 1.99 euros for a 4 pack which is totally a great value. I also loved that they were neutral in flavour so you could really top them with whatever you wanted successfully and enjoy them. Unfortunately, I wouldn't call them burgers necessarily because as I said, they were more like mashed potatoes formed into patties and dipped in bread crumbs. 

With that being said, I'd probably eat them again but might eat them more as a snack as opposed to a protein rich meat substitute. The What's Cooking line also featured some Spicy Bean burgers and a Cauliflower burger that I'm looking forwards to trying so I'm not ruling this company out yet.

BYPASS OR BUY? BUY - Look, they're not burgers, but they're tasty enough, cheap, and they've intrigued me enough to want to try the rest of the line. If you get past the fact that they lack texture, they taste good and that accounts for something doesn't it? 

HAPPY VEG