Happy Halloween!

MorningStar Tomato & Basil Pizza Burgers

I bought these on sale awhile back, but they were just sitting in my freezer because usually when I have a craving for a burger, I don’t want it to taste like pizza. That’s a pizza craving – very different. And answered with a pita, some sauce, and daiya toasted under the broiler for a few minutes… mmm.

But eventually I had to try the “pizza burger”.



I figured since it was already pizza-flavored, I’d top it with tomato sauce and daiya mozzarella… under the broiler for a few minutes to toast the bun and melt the daiya.



Looks pretty delicious! And it wasn’t bad. I mean, you really can’t go wrong when you had sauce and gooey melty daiya. The burger patty itself was definitely strongly flavored with basil and oregano, the usual pizza flavorings. I don’t know if I would have really enjoyed it without the sauce and daiya though – on its own, or with more traditional burger toppings like lettuce and tomato, it just wouldn’t be that great.



And I was disappointed to realize that this was another one of those MorningStar products that is not vegan – actually, the box advertises that it has mozzarella and provolone inside the patty (I didn’t look at it too carefully). Since I can only eat a limited amount of dairy, I thought I was doing a good job by topping it with daiya – but I hadn’t counted on cheese being inside the patty!

I don’t think I’ll buy these burgers again – both because the taste wasn’t so amazing and because of the cheese. But there may be more pizza burgers in my future… those toppings were pretty delicious. I’ll just put them on a different patty next time.

Rating: ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
MorningStar Farms Tomato & Basil Pizza Burger
purchased at Key Food in Astoria
price: on sale, 2 boxes for $7.00 (regular $5.49 per box -4 patties per box) for

YumVeggieBurger review #73

Yet another burger joint in Astoria?

Last weekend I snapped this photo as I walked past the under-construction facade of the new "Burger Club" restaurant on the corner of 30th Ave and 32nd street.



Although they already have their website URL printed on the awning of the building, the site itself doesn't offer any information aside from "COMING SOON".

Seems like my neighborhood is in the midst of a gold rush of burger joints right now. Will this latest edition be any good? Will it be able to stand up against Bare Burger's two locations?
Most importantly, will Burger Club offer a veggie burger on their menu?