Lentil Veggie Burgers

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup bread crumbs plain
• 4 servings burger fixings such as lettuce leaves, sliced tomatoes, pickles, and onions, and ketchup and mustard
• 0.3 cup carrots grated
• 0.5 cup coarsely cheddar cheese grated
• 2 cups lentils cooked
• 2 large egg whites 
• 0.5 teaspoon garlic powder 
• 0.3 cup green onion chopped
• 0.8 cup greens such as spinach or kale cooked chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil 
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper 
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan

Directions

1. Mix all ingredients except the oil and fixings together in a medium bowl. Form into 4 patties. Chill at least 20 minutes and up to 1 day, covered.
2. Heat oil in a large nonstick frying pan over medium heat. Cook burgers, turning only once, until browned and hot inside, about 5 minutes total.
3. Serve each patty with fixings.
4. *Find cooked lentils in vacuum packs at Trader Joe's or other well-stocked grocery stores.