Field Burger

Carrots                                 2 tbsp, fine chopped

Celery                   ¼ cup, fine diced

Onions                  2 tbsp, fine diced

Garlic                     ½ tsp

Salt and pepper                pinch

Dry Thyme          ¼ tsp

Soy sauce            1 tsp

Olive oil                2 tsp

Heat the olive oil in a saute pan.  Add the vegetables and cook on low until translucent and soft.  Add the soy sauce, thyme, salt and pepper and cook until most of the liquid is dried.  Let mixture cool.

Barley, cooked                  1 cup

Lentils, cooked                  1 cup

Vegetable mix                   ½ cup

Roasted red pepper       1 cup

Rolled oats                          6 tbsp

Panko bread crumbs      2 tbsp

Parsley, chopped             2 tsp

Rosemary, chopped       2 tsp

Marjoram, chopped       2 tsp

Salt and pepper                                1 tsp

Fine chop the roasted red peppers and drain off any liquid.  Mix all of the ingredients together.  Let the mixture sit for 5 minutes.  If the mix is too wet, add more bread crumbs.  Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.  Form into patties and let cool completely before cooking.

To cook the patties, heat a tbsp of oil in a Teflon frying pan on medium-high.  Let the patty get light brown and the turn over and cook the other side.  It should take about 2 minutes per side.  Serve on a bun with accompaniments of your choosing.  Enjoy!