Grilled Lemon Basil Tofu Burger

Ingredients

• Basil

  Fresh

  6 tbsp, chopped or 16g

• Dijon mustard

  Grey poupon

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Honey

  2 tbsp or 42g

• Lemon zest

  2 tsp or 4g

• Lemon juice

  Raw

  ¼ cup or 61g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Garlic

  Raw

  4 cloves, minced or 12g

• Tofu

  Silken, firm, Mori-nu, soy

  1 lb or 454g

• Pam cooking spray

  Oil, original

  1 spray , about 1/3 second or 0.3g

• Olives

  Ripe, canned (small-extra large)

  ⅓ cup or 45g

• Sour cream

  Reduced fat, cultured

  3 tbsp or 45g

• Light mayonnaise

  Salad dressing, light

  3 tbsp or 45g

• Hamburger bun

  Mixed-grain

  6 roll or 258g

• Tomatoes

  Red, ripe, raw, year round average

  6 slice, medium or 120g

• Watercress

  Raw

  1 cup, chopped or 34g

Directions

1. Combine first 8 ingredients and 3 of the garlic cloves in a small bowl.
2. Cut tofu crosswise into 6 slices. Pat each square dry with paper towels. Place tofu slices on a jelly-roll pan. Brush both sides of tofu slices with lemon juice mixture; reserve remaining juice mixture. Let tofu stand 1 hour.
3. Prepare grill to medium. Place tofu slices on grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill for 3 minutes on each side. Brush tofu with the reserved juice mixture.
4. Combine remaining 1 minced garlic clove, chopped olives, sour cream, and mayonnaise in a small bowl; stir well. Spread about 1 1/2 tablespoons mayonnaise mixture over bottom half of each hamburger bun; top each serving with 1 tofu slice, 1 tomato slice, about 2 tablespoons watercress, and top half of bun. Enjoy!

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