Recipes

~Lentil Burgers~

Teacher Momma Style ;)

 

 

I usually whip up some black bean burgers, but I wanted to try something a bit different and just between you and I......I didn't have any black beans ;)

This is what I came up with and let me tell you, it's super-d-duper-delicious! 

Here's what you need:

* 1/2 bag of cooked rinsed and drained lentils

* 1 medium sized onion chopped

* 4 cloves of garlic, minced and sauteed in 1 teaspoon of olive oil

* 1 large egg

* 1 cup of Italian seasoned bread crumbs

* 1/2 cup cilantro (use the stems too)

*Salt & pepper to taste

* Olive oil (for frying)

*2 large tomatoes, sliced (topping)

* 2 cups raw Spinach (topping)

*Ketchup or mustard or bar-b-q sauce...whatever tickles your fancy ;)

What to do with all that stuff!

Place your cooked & drained lentils in a large bowl (while still hot), mix in the onions, sauteed garlic, egg, bread crumbs, cilantro, salt & pepper....mix well. Heat up your frying pan to a medium. Add some olive to pan, spoon about 2 heaping tablespoons of mixture into hot frying pan and press out to make a (sort of) circle shape (TIP: For thinner burgers, use less or spread it out more). Cook for 5 minutes, or until brown, then flip to the other side. Put your oven on warm and place the burgers that are done in there until you've cooked them all (this is not required...I just like my food warm). Lastly, toast your buns (or bread slices, like I did lol), place your burger on the bun and layer it will the tomatoes, spinach and your fave burger juice ;)

Enjoy! If you try this recipe. Come back and let me know how it turned out. Thanks loves