Recipe - Greek Burgers For Diabetics

1 pound Extralean ground beef
1 Clove garlic; minced
2 tablespoon Fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon Dried oregano leaves
One fourth teaspoon Ground cumin
One fourth teaspoon Ground pepper
1 md Size plum tomato
2 tablespoon Flatleaf parsley; minced
4 6" wholewheat pita pocket
breads
Romaine lettuce leaves
1 small Red onion; cut or sliced up

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
mediumrare. Cut the top thrie off each of four 6" wholewheat pita pocket
breads. Turn the cutoff 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 paperthin slices from 1 small red
onion. Pass One fourth 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
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