Need an alternative to bread/flour

127ismygoal
127ismygoal Posts: 40 Member
edited February 8 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm making squash burgers and every recipe asks for flour, bread, oats or beans to bind. I'm not a strict no bread/flour/oats/pasta carbs basically (apart from of course the carbs in vegetables). I haven't got any beans lol, plus I want to keep them as low cal as possible.

If I just just egg white do you think these will turn out ok? Anyone tried this before?

Thanks for your help :)

P.S. If you're here to insult, just mutter it under your breath rather than post it on here ;) thank you.

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  • mamma_nee
    mamma_nee Posts: 809 Member
    Using egg white may feel a bit to soft when mixing but once it cooks up it should be just fine.
  • uconnwinsnc
    uconnwinsnc Posts: 1,054 Member
    Try it and find out.
  • 127ismygoal
    127ismygoal Posts: 40 Member
    Try it and find out.

    Lol I'm going to, I just didn't want to waste my eggs!
  • mamma_nee
    mamma_nee Posts: 809 Member
    eggs wasted? scoop it with a spoon if u have to !!! LOLOL
  • Flab2fitfi
    Flab2fitfi Posts: 1,349 Member
    The egg should work fine. I'm on a gluten free diet and lots of the gluten free burger recipes use egg to bind the burgers ( not sure how well as I cant have egg either).

    Good luck.
  • fruttibiscotti
    fruttibiscotti Posts: 986 Member
    When I make a similar thing, like meatballs, I incorporate a bit of almond meal as well as whole eggs, and it works very well.

    You don't have to wast money buying almond meal, just grind some almonds in the food processor.

    Good luck.
  • 0somuchbetter0
    0somuchbetter0 Posts: 1,335 Member
    I don't know what squash burgers are but what about rice or chick peas? I remember a meatless dolma recipe I used to make and squishing chick peas into the mix was great for keeping them from falling apart.
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