Vegetable-Filled Burgers

About
Make this for: Dinner
Category: Ground Meat & Sausage
This Recipe Makes: 4 Serving(s)

Summary
No meat in this wholesome Vegetable-Filled Burgers Diabetic Recipe that turns out some pretty good vegetable burgers!

What you’ll need
2 tbsp. milk
1/2 cup finely shredded carrots
1/4 cup finely sliced green onion
1/4 cup soft whole wheat bread crumbs
1/4 tsp. dried Italian seasoning, crushed
1/4 tsp. garlic salt
1 dash pepper
3/4 lb lean ground turkey or chicken
1/4 cup Dijon style mustard
1/2 tsp. curry powder
4 med hamburger buns, (whole wheat or white) split and toasted

Instructions
Step 1
Stir together milk, carrot, green onion, bread crumbs, Italian seasoning, garlic salt, and pepper in a medium mixing bowl. Add ground turkey; mix well. Shape the mixture into four 1/2-inch-thick patties. Lightly grease the grill rack.
Step 2
For a charcoal grill, place patties on the greased grill rack directly over medium-hot coals. Grill, uncovered, about 12 minutes or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the side of a patty registers 165-degrees, turning once.
Step 3
For a gas grill, preheat grill. Reduce heat to medium-hot. Place patties on grill rack; cover and grill patties as directed in second step.
Step 4
Meanwhile, stir together mustard and curry powder.
Step 5
Serve patties on buns topped (if desired, with lettuce leaves, zucchini, sliced tomato, and curry mustard mixture.)

Diabetic Exchanges
Starch: 1 1/2
Meats & Meat Substitutes: 2 1/2