Easy Lentil Burgers

Ingredients

• Lentils

  Mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt

  2 cup or 396g

• Walnuts

  Nuts, black, dried

  2 tbsp or 16g

• Bread crumbs

  Dry, grated, seasoned

  2 tbsp or 15g

• Nutritional Yeast

  Vegan - Whole Foods Market

  2 tbsp or 15g

• Soy sauce

  Made from soy (tamari)

  1 tsp or 6g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  ½ tsp, ground or 2g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tsp or 6g

• Lettuce

  Romaine or cos, raw

  1 cup shredded or 47g

• Tomatoes

  Red, ripe, raw, year round average

  4 slice, medium or 80g

• Hamburger bun

  Mixed-grain

  4 roll or 172g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tbsp or 27g

Directions

1. Rinse and drain the lentils, and mash them in a medium sized bowl until smooth. Once the lentils are mashed add the salt, nutritional yeast, cumin, soy sauce, crushed walnuts and bread crumbs and mix well. From this mixture into patties about 4″ in diameter and 1″ thick. Heat skillet to medium heat with some oil and fry for 2-3 minutes on each side until brown and crisp. Serve on bun with tomato slice and lettuce.

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