Greek Burgers for Diabetics

Greek Burgers for Diabetics Ingredients

1 lb Extra-lean ground beef	1 md Size plum tomato
1 Clove garlic; minced	2 tb Flat-leaf parsley; minced
2 tb Fresh lemon juice	4 6" whole-wheat pita pocket
1 ts Dried oregano leaves	Romaine lettuce leaves
1/4 ts Ground cumin	1 sm Red onion; sliced
1/4 ts Ground pepper

Instructions for Greek Burgers for Diabetics

Date: 05 Mar 1996 22:41 GMT From: "Lisabeth Crawford (Pooh)" <104105.1416@compuserve.com> Mix ground beef, garlic; lemon juice, oregano leaves; cumin, pepper, plum tomato, and parsley. Form into 4 patties about 3/4" thick. Grill or broil, 4" from souce of heat, ofr 3 minutes, for 3 minutes on each side for medium-rare. Cut the top thrie off each of four 6" whole-wheat pita pocket breads. Turn the cut-off piece round side down; tuck inside to pocket bread to reinforce bottom. Place a grilled burger in each pocket bread along with a romaine lettuce leaf and paper-thin slices from 1 small red onion. Pass 1/4 cup Cilantro Chutney (page 218) to spoon into burgers. Note: These hamburgers could be made with lean ground lamb. The exchanges would stay the same, but lamb add 17 calories and 2 grams of fat (mostly saturated fat) per serving Joslin Food Exchanges per serving: 3 MEDIUM/FAT MEAT EXCHANGES + 2 BREAD/ STARCH EXCHANGES CAL: 346 PRO: 27; CAR: 26g; FAT: 15g;(CALORIES FROM FAT 39%) FIR: 2g; CHO: 54mg; SODIUM: 285mg; POTASSIUM: 441mg; Source: The Joslin Diabetes Groumet Cookbook Brought to you and yours via Nancy OBrion and her Meal-Master MM-RECIPES@IDISCOVER.NET MEAL-MASTER RECIPES LIST SERVER MM-RECIPES DIGEST V3 #66 From the MealMaster recipe list. Downloaded from Glens MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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