Chickpea Barley Quinoa Veggie Burger

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 small sweet potato
• 1 cup cooked quinoa
• 1 cup cooked barley
• 15 ounces chickpeas, rinsed and drained
• 1 bunch green onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons parsley
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Recipe

• 1 wash the sweet potato and prick it all over with a fork. wrap in a clean, damp dishtowel and microwave on high for 5 minutes. carefully check it by squeezing it - you may need to use another dry dishtowel to do this - the potato will be hot. it should give a bit when squeezed, so if it stills seems hard microwave on high for another 2 to 3 minutes. let cool until you are able to handle it with bare hands. scoop the flesh out of the sweet potato and discard the skin.
• 2 in a food processor, combine chickpeas, sweet potato, green onions, parsley, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, cumin, salt and pepper, flour, and one tablespoon oil, 1/4 cup of the barley and 1/4 cup of the quinoa. process until the mixture is a cohesive paste.
• 3 put the chickpea/ sweet potato mixture in a large bowl and mix together with the remaining barley and quinoa. i find it is easiest to do this with my hands.
• 4 form the mixture into 6 patties.
• 5 you can cook these right away in a frying pan lightly greased with olive oil; or you can place them on greased wax paper and freeze for later.