For a Better-for-You Burger, Add Mushrooms to Your Meat

Assemble your blended burger with your favorite toppings and condiments. Courtesy of The Mushroom Council

There aren’t many people who don’t love a big, fat, juicy burger. Just look at the slew of new restaurants in the past few years that have created their menus around a variety of burgers.

But with many people trying to eat more vegetable-centrically, a new class of plant-based burgers, made from a variety of vegetables, beans, legumes, grains, and even nuts, have begun appearing in restaurants and supermarkets across the country.