Tonight's meal was inspired by life. Didn't want to eat out and I had made a batch of lentil soup a few nights ago. I froze the lentil burgers last  night, added oats, whole wheat flour with lentils, carrots, onions, and celery. Spiced a little bit with fresh garlic and onions. When I got home I boiled some pearl barley, no seasonings or salt, then added a few strips of orange bell pepper. The only thing I didn't make was the Callaloo. I bought a can  of Grace brand. It wasn't too salty. What I didn't expect was the burger was so tender and moist and there was no meat!!!! This is a meatless meal and I'm glad I experimented tonight. I will make this one again. 

Lentil Burger with Pearl Barley & Callaloo

1/2 cup of dry lentils 

bay leaves 

1 garlic clove 

1/2 onions chopped

1/2 cup of carrots (or 2-3 medium carrots chopped) 

1 tsp of black pepper 

1 tsp of garlic powder

1 tsp of turmeric 

1/3 cup of orange bell peppers, slivered 

1/2 cup of Callaloo 

1/3 cup of dry pearl barley 

1/3 cup of rolled oats 

1/3 cup of whole wheat flour 

Preparing Your Lentil Burger: 

Cook all ingredients as a soup the night before -- dry lentils, bay leaves, garlic clove, onions, carrots, black pepper, garlic powder, turmeric and celery (if desired). You can cook in a crockpot for 5 hours over night. The next day, you should strain the lentils,carrots, celery, onions and garlic. Place in a dish and set aside `1/3 cup of rolled oats and 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour to bind the burgers. Freeze over night. Cook on fat free butter oil spray (or olive oil version). You can also use canola or Extra Virgin Olive Oil. 

Preparing Your Barley: 

Cook over medium heat until  you see they are cooked appropriately, then drain, set aside on a plate. Set as the base of the dish. 

Preparing the Callaloo: 

Rinse out the callaloo from the can (this drains sodium content), and then boil or microwave. If you microwave only microwave less than 2 minutes, then set on top of the barley. 

Finishing the dish: 

Add the Lentil burger on top of the callaloo, and serve. 

I served mines with fresh beet juice (beets, oranges, carrots, celery &yellow squash). 

Enjoy!!!

Pam