| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Meats |
Greek |
Diabetic, Main dish, Meats, Sandwiches, Low-fat/cal |
4 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 1 |
lb |
Extra-lean ground beef; |
| 1 |
cl |
Garlic; minced |
| 2 |
tb |
Fresh lemon juice; |
| 1 |
ts |
Dried oregano leaves; |
| 1/4 |
ts |
Ground cumin; |
| 1/4 |
ts |
Ground pepper; |
| 1 |
md |
Size plum tomato; |
| 2 |
tb |
Flat-leaf parsley; minced |
| 4 |
|
6" whole-wheat pita pocket; breads; |
|
|
Romaine lettuce lea; |
| 1 |
sm |
Red onion; |
INSTRUCTIONS
Mix ground beef, garlic; lemon juice, oregano leaves; cumin, pepper,
plum tomato, and parsley. Form into 4 patties about 3/4" thick.
Grill or broil, 4" from souce of heat, ofr 3 minutes, for 3 minutes
on each side for medium-rare. Cut the top thrie off each of four 6"
whole-wheat pita pocket breads. Turn the cut-off piece round side
down; tuck inside to pocket bread to reinforce bottom. Place a
grilled burger in each pocket bread along with a romaine lettuce leaf
and paper-thin slices from 1 sm red onion. Pass 1/4 cup Cilantro
Chutney (page 218) to spoon into burgers. Note: These hamburgers
could be made with lean ground lamb. The exchanges would stay the
same, but lamb add 17 calories and 2 grams of fat (mostly saturated
fat) per serving Joslin Food Exchanges per serving: 3 MEDIUM/FAT
MEAT EXCHANGES + 2 BREAD/ STARCH EXCHANGES
CAL: 346 PRO: 27; CAR: 26g; FAT: 15g;(CALORIES FROM FAT 39%) FIR: 2g;
CHO: 54mg; SODIUM: 285mg; POTASSIUM: 441mg;
Source: The Joslin Diabetes Groumet Cookbook
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