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     Title: Greek Burgers
Categories: Diabetic, Main dish, Meats, Sandwiches, Low-fat/cal
     Yield: 4 Servings

     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
     1 sm Red onion

 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 adds 17 calories and
 2 g 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: 26 g; FAT: 15 g; (CALORIES FROM FAT 39%)
 FIR: 2 g; CHO: 54 mg; SODIUM: 285 mg; POTASSIUM: 441 mg;

 Source: The Joslin Diabetes Groumet Cookbook
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