Instructions

1. First thing you'll want to do is cook your brown rice as per the instructions. You only need 1/2 cup of cooked brown rice for this recipe so cook a bunch and have it for lunch.
2. Place the textured vegetable protein in a bowl along with the paprika, salt, liquid smoke, maple syrup, red pepper flakes and Italian seasoning.
3. Add in the hot water and stir until the tvp is rehydrated.
4. Place the tvp mixture in a blender with the walnuts, flax eggs and cooked rice and lightly blend until combined.
5. Form the finished mixture in to patties and cook on a non-stick skillet at medium heat for 10 minutes on each side. If using a griddle like mine, you can roll them into balls and press down so they form in to patties.