Recipe Swap: Sarah's Veggie Burgers

Meet Sarah - one of my most favorite girls!  She's become such an amazing friend out here in Denver and makes some delish food.  She's a vegetarian, although she did take a bite of my chicken accidentally at dinner the other night (waiter's fault!) 

 ANYwho, here is her yumm-o recipe for veggie burgers.  Enjoy!

Sarah's Veggie Burgers

 

Ingredients

   * 1/4 cup couscous
   * 1 large egg**
   * 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
   * 1 15-ounce can lentils, rinsed**
   * 1 carrot, coarsely grated
   * 1/2 red onion, finely chopped
   * 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
   * kosher salt and black pepper

 

 

**We never have eggs in the house because I don't eat them and try not
to cook or bake with them. Instead of using an egg, I combined 2
tablespoons of corn starch with 2 tablespoons of water. That worked
perfectly as a binder!

** I used dried lentils and just cooked them before starting the
recipe. Dried lentils are a lot cheaper than canned and have less
sodium. :)

  1.  Combine the couscous and 1/4 cup hot tap water (boiling water
from a teapot works best). Let sit for 5 minutes; fluff with a fork.

  2. In a food processor (or a blender could work!), puree the egg

(or corn starch mixture), sunflower seeds, and 3/4 cup of the lentils
until they form a paste; transfer to a bowl. Mix in the carrot, onion,
lemon juice, couscous, the remaining lentils, 1/2 teaspoon salt,and
1/4 teaspoon pepper. Form the mixture into four 1/2-inch-thick
patties.

Refrigerate, uncovered, until firm, 20 to 25 minutes. This part is
very important. They will fall apart on the grill if you forget this
step!

  3. Grill the patties on medium high, turning once until charred and
heated through, 4 to 5 minutes per side.

I drizzled mine with your Tzatziki sauce (which I love!) and placed a
few avocado slices on top. YUM!!!

DROOLING.  Can't wait to make this one!  Thanks, Sar for being the first one to share your healthy recipe!

 Meggie