Turkey/Bean burgers

For a barbeque recently, I put together these turkey burgers filled with veggies. For the vegetarian guests, I made a few with beans instead of turkey. Both turned out great!

(photo courtesy of ruohuif)

Turkey Burgers and Bean Burgers

Yield: 4 bean burgers, 8 turkey burgers

2 medium carrots, peeled and grated

1 medium zucchini, peeled and grated

1 bunch parsley, finely chopped

1 Tbsp garlic paste

2 Tbsp black pepper

2 Tbsp all-purpose flour

2 eggs

1 can beans (try black beans, garbanzo beans, or kidney beans), strained

6oz ground turkey meat

Combine all ingredients except for beans and turkey in a large mixing bowl. Place the beans in another mixing bowl and gently mash them. Then combine them with 1/3 of the veggie mixture. Add the turkey meat to the original mixing bowl (2/3 of the veggie mixture) and combine.

Now that you have the turkey and bean mixtures, just form them into patties and place them on the grill. The bean mixture will probably be pretty liquidy, so you might have to cook the patties on aluminum foil sprayed with cooking spray.