Mini Black Bean Turkey Burgers

Ingredients

• 15 oz can black beans
• 3 green onions
• 1/2 Tbsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 19 oz package lean ground turkey
• 1 ripe avocado
• 1/2 lime
• 1/8 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 5 pita halves
• 2 Roma tomatoes, sliced

Directions

1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees. After draining the black beans, rinse them well and move them to a large bowl. Crush them lightly, using your hands or a potato masher. Add the sliced green onions, then sprinkle in the salt, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, cumin, and chili powder. Stir until the seasoning is worked evenly through the beans.
2. Put the ground turkey into the seasoned beans and use your hands to combine everything thoroughly. Shape the mixture into 10 small patties, about 2-2.5 inches across and 1/2 inch thick. Set the patties on a roasting pan, or place them on wire cooling racks set over a foil-covered baking sheet.
3. Bake for 20 minutes in the heated oven, until the outsides are browned and the centers are no longer pink. If you prefer, the patties can also be cooked in a skillet, on a grill, or on an indoor countertop grill.
4. As the patties cook, make the avocado sauce. Put the diced avocado in a blender, then squeeze in half a lime, about 2 Tbsp of juice. Add the sour cream, sugar, salt, and garlic powder. Blend, gradually adding 2-4 Tbsp of water, until the sauce is thick and smooth.
5. Spread some sauce inside each pita half, then add a couple tomato slices and two turkey patties.