astray recipes: Planet burger

Categories: Main dish; Vegetarian; Ovo-lacto
Yield: 8 Servings

Measure	Ingredient
½ cup	Sunflower kernals
16 ounces	Garbanzo beans (canned) drained and mashed
3 cups	Cooked brown rice
1 medium	Onion; chopped
1 medium	Carrots; shredded
½ cup	Italian-style breadcrumbs
⅓ cup	Chopped fresh parsley
2	Eggs; lightly beaten
¼ cup	Soy sauce
1 teaspoon	Dried thyme
	Vegetable oil; for frying
8 slices	French bread

Toast sunflower kernals on baking sheet at 350 degrees F. for 5 to 7 minutes until golden. Combine sunflower kernals, beans, rice, onion, carrot, breadcrumbs, parsley, eggs, soy sauce and thyme. Form into 8 rectangular patties. Pan-fry burgers in oil in large skillet over medium-high heat until throughly heated, about 4 minutes per side.

Serve on French bread with condiments.

Each serving provides: * 318 calories * 11.7 g. protein * 7⅗ g. fat * 50⅘ g. carbohydrate * 2⅖ g. dietary fiber * 56 mg. cholesterol * 799 mg. sodium.

Source: "Veg-able Rice" Reprinted with permission from USA Rice Council Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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