Healthy Burgers Packed With Hidden Vegetables

Submitted by hard62

"These burgers are packed with hidden vegetables so are a great way to increase children's vege intake without them even realising they're there."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 1 Burger
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 450 g lean beef mince
• cooked beans, chickpeas, lentils
• 1 carrot
• 1 courgette
• 1⁄2 large onion
• 6 hamburger buns (whole grain are good)
• 6 tablespoons hummus, of your choice
• 6 teaspoons spicy tomato salsa or 6 teaspoons chutney
• 2 cups salad greens
• 6 red ripe tomatoes
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Put the mince in a large bowl. Drain the can of beans. Grate the carrot and courgette and add to the meat.
2. In a food processor or blender, mince the onion. Add the beans and process until you have a smooth purée (or chop the onion finely and mash the beans by hand).
3. Add this mixture to the meat and using clean hands, mix it all together until well blended. Form the mixture into burger patties – this should make at least 6, or more if you like them smaller.
4. Cook the burgers either on the barbecue or under a hot grill in the oven until well-cooked (test with a skewer – juices should run clear).
5. Spread buns with hummus and salsa, and construct your burgers with the cooked meat patties, lettuce and tomato.