Heart: Burgers

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Here are some ideas of how to use leftovers and easily make your own

veggie burgers.

 

Ellen

 

 

* Exported from MasterCook Mac *

 

Burgers

 

Recipe By : Heart of the Home, Ann Jackson (1995) p57

Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Leftovers Burgers

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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rice

millet

couscous

chickpeas

adzuki beans

lentils

dhal

leftover spaghetti

black-eyed peas

mashed potatoes

boiled or baked squash

bread crumbs

potato soup

any kind of beans

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miso soup

lentil soup

split pea soup

vegetarian chili

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rice cream

oatmeal

barley

hummus

seven grain cereal

toasted seeds or nuts

grated carrots or zucchini

finely chopped onions or peppers

 

I have used all of the following [the first ingredients] in my

recipe, and they have all turned out great. Try to have something

fairly substantial as the basis for the mix. Any grain will work as a

main ingredient, the older the better.

 

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[second group of ingredients] Any kind of soup or sauce will come in

handy now. You are going to have to make all this stick together

somehow, aren't you? So look in your fridge for something that will

work. Puree any kind of soup and pour that in. Some tamari, a little

sherry, whatever.

 

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[last group of ingredients] Now remember that bowl of oatmeal that

sat out all morning and then someone put it in the fridge? Get it out

and toss it in. Left over cereals are perfect for a burger mix.

 

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So now you have an idea what to make the mix out of. Roll up your

sleeves and start working it with your hands. Continue working and

mashing with your hands and fingers until it is well mixed. Try to

determine for yourself what kind consistency you have. Will it form a

patty? If it's too mushy add wheat germ or any kind of flour. This

will make it sticky and firm. Nutritional yeast also works really

well, or milk powder if you like to use that. Stir this around till

you have the consistency you want. Now coat both sides with flour,

nutritional yeast or sesame seeds and fry in a hot skillet until

crispy brown on both sides. Don't fiddle around with these too much

while they're cooking (pushing them around with a spatula, etc.), as

they do best when left alone. These burgers can also be baked. Serve

with the works, including the " Special Sauce " (see recipe) for those

die-hard Big Mac memories.

 

 

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Per serving: 0 Calories; 0g Fat (0% calories from fat); 0g Protein;

0g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 0mg Sodium

 

NOTES : The best thing to make with leftovers is burgers. At the end

of the week, when my fridge is full of little bowls, each with 2

spoonfuls of something different, or those beans that I'm sick of

moving from shelf to shelf (that weren't very good in the first

place), that's when I make burgers. I have never been able to come up

with a pat recipe for this because I always have different things in

my fridge. But here's how I do it, step by step.

 

 

 

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