Yummie Veggie Patties

We are always looking for creative ways to cut back on meat and poultry in our menu.

Recently we’ve been sprouting lentils and beans and we have a lot of varieties of dried legumes in our pantry.

But sometimes a plate full of vegetables just doesn’t do it, so we tried making some veggie burgers this week for dinner.

They were really delicious! But the texture was a little bit mushie. We will try to experiment to improve the texture (If you have any suggestions on how to make them more “burger-like” please let us know.)

In the meantime, these are delish!

Yummie Veggie Patties

Ingredients

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• 2 cups cooked red lentils
• 1 egg
• 1 red bell pepper ( or 1/2 beet root if you avoid night shades)
• 1 onion
• 1 carrot
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/4 cup Galilee Green Olive Oil (GGOO)
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• almond flour for coating patties
• optional – 2 tablespoons GGOO if needed to help form patties
• 2 tablespoons GGOO for frying

Directions

1. In a food processor blend garlic, onion, carrot, red peeper (or chop them finely) and saute in GGOO for 5-6 minutes
2. Crush the lentils with a fork and add them to the above mixture in a mixing bowl.
3. Add 2 tablespoons of GGOO, raw egg and spices and mix well.
4.  Add more GGOO if needed, to be able to form mixture into patties.
5. Form patties and coat them with almond flour and place them on a baking tray coated with baking paper.
6. Refrigerate the patties for a few hours – better yet, overnight.
7. Heat 2 tablespoons GGOO in frying pan on medium heat and fry patties until browned on both sides.

Serve with vegetables and salad. We placed the patties on slices of Almond Bread to make them more burger like!