This Homemade Veggie Burger Recipe is just 86 calories and it comes with a Vegan Burger Topping Guide!
You can make these homemade veggie burgers in just 25 minutes. Plus you’ll find directions on how to cook veggie burgers on the BBQ, Stovetop, or in the Oven.


This 5 ingredient vegetarian burger patty recipe is easy and delicious. And with just 5 ingredients, low cost and simple.
This Homemade Veggie Burger Recipe is just 86 calories and it comes with a Vegan Burger Topping Guide!
Homemade Veggie Burger Recipe with Vegan Burger Topping Guide
This vegetarian patties recipe comes with everything you need to make the best veggie burger recipe at home!
Below you’ll find a shopping list for vegetarian burgers, a topping guide for vegan burgers, a printable recipe card and more.
Below you’ll also learn how to cook a veggie burger in just 25 minutes, from start to finish (including prep time!) These sections will help you get dinner on the table in no time…
To make this veggie burger recipe easy, we’ve supplied you with the following sections.
Read through them for helpful resources, or skip ahead to the recipe card.
What You’ll Find in this Article:
- Ingredients in Veggie Burgers (shopping list!)
- Vegan Burger Topping Guide
- How to Make a Veggie Burger Patty
- Low Calorie Homemade Veggie Burger Recipe (recipe card!)
- Nutrition and Calories in Homemade Veggie Burgers
Helpful Tip for Shopping: Take a screenshot of the shopping list to your phone. This way you have it at your fingertips the next time you go grocery shopping.
Recipe Card Uses: You can email yourself this recipe card so you can easily search for it (I have a folder in email just for recipes!) Or print it so you have it handy, and can make notes. You can even pin this veggie patty recipe to Pintrest so it is safely stored for you.
Up next, a shopping list for homemade veggie burgers…
Ingredients in Veggie Burgers
Most lists of ingredients in veggie burger recipes are long, and up to 20 ingredients. But this low calorie recipe for meatless burgers has just 5 ingredients!
We opted for a bag of frozen veggies as the vegetable base for the vegetable patty recipe. This helps cut costs, prep time, and makes this a pantry/freezer meal (which means you can make it anytime!
You can screenshot this vegetarian patty shopping list to your phone, click on the links to add to your shopping cart. Or you can click the links to get a visual of what to buy at the store.
Shopping List for Vegan Burgers:
- Can of black beans
- Tomato paste
- Homemade Seasoning Salt (or store-bought)
- Flour (all-purpose, wheat, Gluten-free)
- Frozen frozen fajita vegetables/peppers stir fry
Special Tip: You can find all the measurements in the recipe card below. There you can choose how many servings of this vegetables patties recipe you want to make, and it will do all the measurement math for you!
Up next, a list of optional veggie burger toppings…
Vegan Burger Topping Guide
Now that you know what is in a veggie burger, lets move onto all the optional toppings you may want to pick up to go with these vegan burgers.
No veggie patties recipe would be complete without a topping guide. These vegetable burgers can be topped anyway you like, and this section will give you some great ideas for what to put in a vegetarian and vegan burger. Some are vegan, and some vegetarian…


All of these optional vegetarian burger toppings go great on our homemade veggie burger recipe. Pick your favorites, or set up a veggie burger bar for a backyard BBQ.
Vegetarian and Vegan Burger Toppings:
- Burger buns (your favorite kind)
- Butter lettuce or large leaf lettuce (to use in place of burger buns)
- Cheese (cheddar, pepper jack, vegan sliced cheese)
- Favorite greens (spring mix, romaine, spinach, iceberg)
- Tomato
- Pickle chips
- Sliced onions
- Caramelized onions
- Pickled jalapeños
- Organic ketchup
- Mustard
- Homemade Fry Sauce (*vegetarian)
Up next, how to make veggie patties, and how to cook veggie burgers 3 different ways…
How to Make a Veggie Burger Patty
Vegetarian patties recipes can be cooked many different ways, in this section you will learn how to cook vegan burgers on the BBQ, Stovetop or in the Oven.
Note: You can make these homemade veggie burgers in a food processor OR in a bowl with a potato masher…
Equipment for Cooking Vegan Burger Recipes:
- Food Processor
- Large Bowl
- Potato Masher
- Olive Oil Spray (for BBQ and Stovetop directions)
- Parchment Paper (for Oven cooking)
- Baking Sheet (for Oven cooking)
How to Make Veggie Burgers 3 Ways (BBQ, Stovetop, Oven)
How to Make Veggie Patties:
- To a food processor (or a large bowl) combine the beans, tomato paste, seasoning salt, flour and veggies.
- Pulse the food processor (or use a potato masher to smash together) until mostly smooth.
- Divide the veggie patty ingredients into 4 balls, then form into patties.
Oven Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350°, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Add the patties to prepared baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Flip the veggie burgers and add any cheese you may want. Then cook for an additional 10 minutes
- Serve on burger buns, or lettuce leaves with your desired toppings.
Stovetop Directions:
- Heat a large pan over medium-high heat.
- Spray lightly with olive oil spray, then add the vegetarian patties to the hot pan.
- Cook for 10 minutes on the first side, flip and add any cheese you may want. Then cook for an additional 10 minutes, covered.
- Serve on burger buns, or lettuce leaves with your desired toppings.
BBQ Directions:
- Preheat the barbecue to high heat.
- Spray lightly with olive oil spray, then add the vegan patties to the hot grill.
- Cook for 10 minutes on the first side, flip and add any cheese you may want. Then cook for an additional 8 minutes, covered.
- Serve on burger buns, or lettuce leaves with your desired toppings.
How to Store and Freeze Vegan Burgers:
- Freeze– Cool completely, separate with small squares of parchment paper (so they don’t stick together), and freeze in a container or freezer bag. Will hold for 3 months in the freezer.
- Refrigerate– Let the veggie patties cool completely, separate with small squares of parchment paper (so they don’t stick together), and move to a container or freezer bag. Will hold for 4 days in the fridge.
Special Tip: You can find these directions, along with measurements, nutrition and more in the sharable recipe card in the next section!
Up next, a sharable recipe card for 5 ingredient vegan burgers…
Low Calorie Homemade Veggie Burger Recipe
This homemade veggie burger recipe is just 86 calories and needs only 5 ingredients!
Plus, you can make the vegan burger recipe from start to finish, in just 25 minutes… In the Oven, on the BBQ or Stovetop.


5 Ingredient Vegan Burgers {JUST 86 CALORIES}
Equipment
- Olive oil spray (for BBQ and Stovetop cooking)
- Parchment paper (for Oven cooking)
- Baking sheet (for Oven cooking)
Ingredients
Homemade Veggie Burger Patties:
- 1 can black beans drained and rinsed
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon Homemade Seasoning Salt
- 2 tablespoons flour all-purpose, wheat, Gluten-free
- 3/4 cup frozen frozen fajita vegetables/peppers stir fry thawed (note- if not using a food processor, minced)
Optional Vegetarian and Vegan Burger Toppings:
- 4 burger buns your favorite kind
- 8 leaves of butter lettuce or large leaf lettuce to use in place of burger buns
- Slices of cheese cheddar, pepper jack, vegan sliced cheese
- Favorite greens spring mix, romaine, spinach, iceberg
- 1 to mato sliced
- Pickle chips
- Sliced onions
- Caramelized onions
- Pickled jalapeños
- Organic ketchup
- Mustard
- Homemade Fry Sauce
Instructions
How to Make Veggie Patties:
- To a food processor (or a large bowl) combine the beans, tomato paste, seasoning salt, flour and veggies.
- Pulse the food processor (or use a potato masher to smash together) until mostly smooth.
- Divide the veggie patty ingredients into 4 balls, then form into patties.
Oven Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350°, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Add the patties to prepared baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Flip the veggie burgers and add any cheese you may want. Then cook for an additional 10 minutes
- Serve on burger buns, or lettuce leaves with your desired toppings.
Stovetop Directions:
- Heat a large pan over medium-high heat.
- Spray lightly with olive oil spray, then add the vegetarian patties to the hot pan.
- Cook for 10 minutes on the first side, flip and add any cheese you may want. Then cook for an additional 10 minutes, covered.
- Serve on burger buns, or lettuce leaves with your desired toppings.
BBQ Directions:
- Preheat the barbecue to high heat.
- Spray lightly with olive oil spray, then add the vegan patties to the hot grill.
- Cook for 10 minutes on the first side, flip and add any cheese you may want. Then cook for an additional 8 minutes, covered.
- Serve on burger buns, or lettuce leaves with your desired toppings.
How to Store and Freeze Vegan Burgers:
- Freeze- Cool completely, separate with small squares of parchment paper (so they don’t stick together), and freeze in a container or freezer bag. Will hold for 3 months in the freezer.
- Refrigerate- Let the veggie patties cool completely, separate with small squares of parchment paper (so they don't stick together), and move to a container or freezer bag. Will hold for 4 days in the fridge.
Nutrition
Up next, nutrition and calories in vegan burger recipes…
Nutrition and Calories in Homemade Veggie Burgers
There are a lot of factors that can create a healthy, or unhealthy veggie burger… What is in veggie burgers is the most important.
We added only healthy, whole ingredients in these veggie patties. Then we cooked them in a healthy way (either with olive oil spray or on parchment paper) to minimize added oil and therefore lowering the calories and fat.
The nutrition below is based off 1 veggie Pattie prepared with the ingredients above. The toppings and buns are not counted in the nutrition below.
Important Note: As a reminder, at Lose Weight By Eating it is our goal to make you healthier, all-natural versions of your favorite recipes… not all will be “diet worthy” depending on the diet you are on. But they will be healthier versions to help curb your cravings.


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