S.O.B Burgers-Smokey, Oat, Lentils Burgers

*Substitutes Lentils for Beans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Line a sheet pan with parchment paper

Cook ½ short-grain brown rice in rice cooker or on stovetop, combine 1 cup vegetable broth and cook as directed. When rice is done, transfer to a bowl and stir while the rice is still warm and moist. The rice will get sticker the more you stir.

Into rice mixture add ½ cup nutritional yeast,

Add:

*2 (15 ounce can no salt cannellini beans, drained and rinsed) I substituted with 1 CUP LENTILS,

¼ cup old-fashioned rolled oats

¼ cup salsa, hot as you can handle (use my own homemade)

½ teaspoon turmeric

1 teaspoon onion powder or ½ cup finely chopped onion if you don’t have it

½ teaspoon garlic powder

½ teaspoon smokey paprika

*add chopped greens if you have them-kale or Swiss chard

Make patties and place on parchment paper

Bake for 10 minutes per side and check for doneness or cook in non-stick fry pan for 5 minutes per side

Serve lettuce or tomato on roll

Source: The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook by Ann Crile Esselstyn and Jane Esselstyn. Penguin Group, New York: 2014