shamburger

Blend of sham +‎ hamburger

shamburger (plural shamburgers)

1. (informal) A hamburger made with vegetarian ingredients instead of meat.

   Synonym: veggie burger

   • 2002, Adventist Review, volume 179, numbers 27-52, page 988:

     My middle son, Matthew, then 10 years old, agreed to help me teach a vegetarian cooking class called 'Foods Kids Love.' Kids came to the class with a parent and learned to make 'shamburgers,' bean tostadas, Chinese egg rolls, […]

   • 2015, Jim Henle, The Proof and the Pudding, page 159:

     The herbs are from Julia's recipe for the sausage and I added them to the shamburger.

• Hamburgers, hamburgers