Vegetarian burgers

Yield: 6 Patties

Ingredients:

1 Celery stalk
1 sm Onion
1 Scallion
1 Garlic clove
1 c Cooked barley

Instructions:

drained (or -substitute cooked brown -rice or cooked cracked -wheat 1 c Slightly cooked chick peas -drained (canned is fine or -substitute cooked navy -pinto or soy beans) 1/2 c Instant uncooked oatmeal 1/8 ts Salt 1 ts Paprika 1/2 ts Dried basil 2 tb Soy sauce 1/4 ts Ground black pepper Olive oil as needed In a blender finely chop celery onion scallion and garlic OR dice them by hand finely. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl combine the barley chick peas oatmeal salt paprika basil soy sauce and pepper. Mix them thoroughly with a wooden spoon or with your hands. Add the chopped celery onion scallion and garlic to the barley mixture and mix again. Shape into six burgers. Heat olive oil in a nonstick skillet. Add burgers and brown 5-7 minutes on each side. Or bake the patties at 350'F. on a lightly oiled cookie sheet for 25 minutes. Serve on a hamburger bun with sprouts and tomato slices or ketchup. Nutritional analysis per serving: 149.6 calories; 5.2 grams total fat; (0.7 grams saturated fat); 4.5 grams protein; 20.5 grams carbohydrates; trace milligrams cholesterol; 349.8 milligrams sodium.