Black Bean Burgers

Total Time: 21 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 16 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can rotel tomatoes
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 cup carrot, chopped (i used a handful of pre-bagged shredded)
• 1 dash spike seasoning, seasoning or 1 dash salt and pepper, to taste
• 2 cups old fashioned oats, not quick oats

Recipe

• 1 in food processor put first 6 ingredients and process until blended. i left some carrots chunky.
• 2 add oats and stir to mix well.
• 3 let sit for 20 minutes to soften oats.
• 4 preheat oven to 400degrees.
• 5 roll into burger patties and put on baking sheet- i used a cast iron griddle to help with non-stick and to keep it fat free. you can spray baking sheet w/ oil prior to placing burgers on it.
• 6 bake 8 minutes on each side. the recipe says you can also "fry" burgers in non-stick fry pan.
• 7 serve w/ whole wheat buns w/ toppings of choice. enjoy this recipe made 7 good sized burgers.
• 8 you can also freeze these after cooking and reheat. i am planning on taking these camping.