Sunburgers

Ingredients

• Sunflower seed kernels

  Seeds, dry roasted, without salt

  1 cup, hulled or 128g

• Wheat germ

  Crude

  2 tbsp or 14g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Carrots

  Raw

  ½ cup grated or 55g

• Celery

  Raw

  ½ cup chopped or 51g

• Onions

  Raw

  2 tbsp chopped or 20g

• Red bell pepper

  Sweet, raw

  1 tbsp or 9g

• Parsley

  Raw

  1 tbsp or 4g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  1 extra large or 56g

• Canola oil

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Ketchup

  2 tbsp or 30g

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Grind sunflower seeds to medium-fine in a food processor. Mix in wheat germ and salt, and set aside.
3. Without washing the food processor, chop the celery, onion, and red bell pepper, then grate in the carrot. Add the remaining ingredients, including the sunflower seed mixture, and pulse a few times just until combined.
4. Shape the mixture into patties and place on an oiled baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes per side, or until brown.
5. Alternatively, the mixture can be shaped into meatballs or used to make a shallow meatloaf.