Sweet Potato and Avocado Salsa Burgers

Call your friends over for this delicious sweet potato burger complete with black beans, millet and corn and gift-wrapped with the creamy avocado sauce to add the perfect finishing touch.

This simple, tasty dinner is only 367 calories, miles away from the 520-calorie regular burger, and with much more vitamins.

Preparation and cooking: Over 1 hour

Nutritional facts (per serving)

• Calories: 367
• Fat: 13.9 g
• Cholesterol: 0 mg
• Sodium: 574 mg
• Carbohydrates: 54.4 g
• Protein: 12.6 g
• Vitamin A: 75%
• Vitamin C: 28%
• Calcium: 11%
• Iron: 23%

Ingredients

Sweet potato burgers

• 1 medium-size sweet potato
• 1/2 cup dried millet
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 2 tablespoons coriander
• 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 can (465 grams) black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 cup corn
• 8 whole wheat hamburger buns
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Avocado sauce

• 1 ripe avocado
• 85 g non-fat Greek yogurt
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tomato, diced

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 205 degrees and roast the sweet potatoes for 50-60 minutes until tender.
• In the meantime, cook the millet for 20-30 minutes until tender.
• When the potato is done roasting, cool down then, in a food processor, mix with the oats, 1 cup black beans, coriander, garlic powder, cumin, pepper and 1 tablespoon oil and blend until soft in texture.
• In a separate bowl, mix the sweet potato mix with the remaining beans, corn and millet.
• In a large skillet, heat the remaining tablespoon oil then scoop 1 tablespoon size patties and put them in the skillet. Use the back of the spoon to flatten the patties into 10 centimeter-diameter patties. Cook until brown on both sides.
• As the patties cook, use a fork to mash the avocados then mix with the Greek yogurt, lemon juice and salt. Add the tomato, mix and set aside.
• Serve in a burger with the creamy avocado sauce.

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