Great Gardenburgers

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 tablespoons olive oil (or veg. oil)
• 1/2 large onion, finely diced
• 1/4 cup mushroom, chopped
• 1 1/4 cups vegetable stock
• 1 cup coarse bulgur
• 1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 4 ounces frozen peas and carrots (optional)
• 1 pinch kosher salt
• 1/4 cup grated mozzarella cheese
• taco seasoning (or seasoning of your choice)

Recipe

• 1 put olive oil in a ten-inch non stick frying pan and heat.
• 2 put onions and mushrooms into pan and sauté for about 5 minutes,just until cooked slightly.
• 3 pour onions and mushrooms into a 3-quart sauce pot with the vegetable stock and bring to a boil.
• 4 add bulgur, chickpeas, and frozen vegetables, stir until combined.
• 5 turn off heat, cover and let stand 15 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed.
• 6 remove pot from heat.
• 7 using a potato masher or spoon back, mash ingredients together making sure all chickpeas get smashed.
• 8 at this point you may add a little seasoning of your choice (i use 1 tbs taco seasoning).
• 9 form into 8 burger patties.
• 10 lightly coat the 10-inch non stick pan with cooking spray (or a few more tbs of the olive oil) and turn heat to medium.
• 11 place all burgers in pan when hot and cook 2 to 3 minutes per side or until heated through and golden.
• 12 optional: fold in 1/4 cup grated mozzarella (or cheese of your choice) to mashed bulgur mixture before forming into burgers.
• 13 to freeze: flash freeze on a cookie sheet uncooked until solid.
• 14 to heat: thaw in the refrigerator then cook per directions.
• 15 enjoy!