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Greek Burgers

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Yield: 4 Ready in 1 hours

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 4
1/4 tsGround pepper
1 smRed onion
2 tbFresh lemon juice
4 6-inchwhole-wheat pita pocket
1 lbExtra-lean ground beef
Romaine lettuce
1 tsDried oregano leaves
2 tbFlat-leaf parsley; minced
1 clGarlic; minced
1/4 tsGround cumin
1 mdplum tomato

Greek Burgers Preparation

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 sm 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 File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/diabetic.zip

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Calories Per Serving: 433
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Tags

  1. Diabetic
  2. Main dishes
  3. Meats
  4. Sandwiches
  5. Low-fat/cal
  6. Onion
  7. Garlic
  8. Red Onion
  9. Oregano
  10. Parsley
  11. Pita
  12. Romaine
  13. Tomato
  14. Ground beef
  15. Lemon
  16. Lettuce
  17. Dinner

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