When most people think about burgers, they imagine a beef patty or two, cheese, lettuce, and maybe even bacon on a soft white bun.

A competition on Instagram, however, is hoping to change all that by proving burgers can be just as delicious, and eye catching, when completely vegan.

The competition was started by Instagram account Best of Vegan, and aimed to showcase the most creative vegan burgers that people could invent.

Fries with that? An online competition has flooded social media with images of creative, meat and dairy free burgers

Meat free: The competition, run by the Instagram account Best of Vegan, aims to showcase creative vegan food

Creative interpretation: One popular entry has been the 'rainbow sushi burger' (above) which features rainbow rice for a bun and a filling of tofu and avocado

Followers of the account got their chef's hats on and got to work creating burgers before photographing then and uploading the pictures to Instagram under the hashtag #Bestofveganburger.

One of the more unique entries has been the 'The Italiano Burger' whgich included an eggplant, capsicum and mushroom filling with a bun made up of spiralised zucchini.

Another eye-catching entry was the rainbow sushi burger, which featured rainbow coloured rice for a bun with a tofu and avocado filling.

Breaking boundries: Entrants have been encouraged to invent their own burger recipe, make it, photograph it, and post it to Instagram with the hashtag #Bestofveganburger

Delicious: The Best of Vegan account has more than 615,000 followers and is run by Brussels-based vegan Kim-Julie Hansen

'I wanted to get people excited': Ms Hansen said she wants to show people vegan food can be creative and delicious

The Best of Vegan account, which has more than 615,000 followers, is run by Kim-Julie Hansen, a passionate vegan based in Brussels.

She said she started the challenged to show people how different vegan food can be. 'Everybody loves burgers, they’re easy to make and delicious,' Ms Hansen explained.

'When you use vegan ingredients only, you can actually get a lot more creative and I wanted to get people involved and excited about making something vegan.'

Mini me: Some of the entries have included dessert burgers like mini cookie-burgers or a burger made from a pear

For everone: Ms Hansen said that Best of Vegan is an 'inclusive community' both for people who are vegan, or meat eaters who want to incorporate more vegan meals into their diet

Her followers certainly proved that vegan burgers can be creative. Some entrants made vegan dessert burgers, like one that used a pear, and another that made a mini-cookie burger.

Ms Hansen said she's been very impressed with the competition entries, and is happy that both vegans and non-vegans have supported it.