You might say that I love non-meat burgers. Hence my posts on Mediterranean veggie burgers, curried chickpea burgers, pesto portobello burgers. Why stop there? I saw this great recipe for quinoa burgers on Pinterest and made them as quickly as my griddle could pre-heat. I love quinoa and have been making it for years, but I’m always looking for more ways to use it. So I made up a double batch and had some for dinners during the week and froze the rest for a fabulous salad topper for work lunches.
2 cups cooked quinoa (follow package directions)
3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup low-fat cottage cheese
1 medium carrot, finely grated
3 eggs
3 tablespoons all purpose flour
2 green onions, including white parts
1 /2 t sugar
S&P
1/4 t ground cumin
1/8 t garlic powder
In a large bowl combine the cooked quinoa, cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, carrot, eggs, flour, green onions, sugar, pepper, cumin, salt, and garlic powder.
Heat a frying pan and a couple teaspoons olive oil over medium-low heat. Mixture will be slightly sticky, so using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, drop mixture into pan and lightly flatten to 1/2 inch thick.
Fry until golden-brown, about 4 minutes on each side.
I served these in a whole wheat pita with lettuce, tomato and spicy hummus…seriously spicy hummus. It rocked my world.
So not digging beef burgers? Jump on the veggie/grain burger bandwagon!
- Jackie
