Creole Red Bean Patties

Ingredients

 * 4 cup cooked red or pink beans
 * drained
 * 1/4 tbsp cayenne
 * 4 green onions, sliced thin
 * x tabasco to taste
 * 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
 * 1/2 tbsp thyme
 * 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
 * 1/4 tbsp garlic powder
 * 1/2 cup (approx.) apple fiber

Directions
From the _8-week cholesterol cure cookbook_ by robert e. Kowalski. In a food processor or blender, combine beans, onions, red pepper, parsley, cayenne, tabasco, thyme, garlic powder, and ¼ cup of the apple fiber. Process until smooth. Place remaining apple fiber in a shallow bowl. Dipping your hands in the apple fiber, shape the bean puree into patties about 2 ½ inches in diameter and ¾ inch thick. Spray a skillet with pam or baker"s joy and heat. Cook patties for 5 minutes on each side. Serving size: 1 pattychoelesterol: 0 calories: 83.6sodium: 101.79 mg fat: .38 grams notes: i find that my blender doesn"t work very well on stuff like this, maybe cuz it is cheap, and my food processor isn"t out here, so i just mashed it all with a potato masher. It wasn"t smooth, but i liked the texture and it was yummy. I put it on a whole wheat roll with ff mayo, ketchup (sp?), lettuce, tomato, and onion. It was quite filling. Oh, and i made a much bigger patty than this serving size, it was a little bigger than a typical hamburger bun. With this size patty, i would say this recipe makes about 3 patties