Quinoa Black Bean and Yam Burgers
The absolute last thing i’m going to do – is claim that these were easy to create. With 2 epic fails and 1 “not good enough”, I finally went head to head with the mighty Quinoa Burger. Taste was never the issue – rather getting these buggers to hold together and look pretty for the camera.
Three years ago I finally caved and tried a burger wrapped in lettuce. What rock was I hiding under all this time? Since then I’ve been trying to create ANYTHING that I can wrap in lettuce. This recipe is definitely one of them. Although perfectly fine on their own, on a salad or cold for that matter – nothing beats fried mushrooms and a slice of tomato on top of these patties, wrapped in a blanket of crisp lettuce. Packed with protein, flavour and useful calories…..I promise these will happy punch you….literally.
Behold! I give you the guilt-free burger that won’t go straight to your ass!!!
- 2 cups of cooked quinoa
- 3/4 cup of baked yam (softer the better and previously cooked)
- 1 cup of smashed black beans
- 1 medium onion (red or yellow)
- 1/2 cup parsley (chopped super fine)
- 1/2 cup kale (chopped super fine)
- 1 cup of gluten free or organic/sprouted bread crumbs (i made my own out of organic tortilla chips in my blender)
- 2 cloves of garlic (minced fine)
- 1 tbs of Bragg's Soy Sauce/Tamari (or reduced sodium soy sauce)
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbs of Dijon Mustard
- 1 tsp of garlic powder/salt free spice
For The Sauce:
- 3/4 cup of organic plain 0% greek yoghurt
- 1 tbs of Dijon Mustard
- 1/2 tbs of melted honey
- MIX!
- Preheat oven to 375 Degrees. Quinoa Burgers are dainty little buggers. You can fry them, but i don't recommend it as they will NOT hold like they do in the oven - plus it's a way healthier option to bake them.
- Place all of your ingredients in a bowl. Mix well.
- Let stand for 10 min so the crumbs get a chance to bathe in the love.
- Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup scoop some out into your (CLEAN) hands. Form a nice little patty and place onto a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Bake for approx 20 min (until firm)
- Wrap these bad boys into iceberg lettuce and stuff them with tomato's, fried mushrooms, onion and pickles - and don't forget a TBS of that Sauce!
- Makes approx 8-10 burgers. I prefer to eat 1 patty over top of a green salad, or just dip them in the amazing sauce.....but you can also opt to wrap it in some iceberg and eat it like a Big Mac ;)
- TIP: I always make a large portion of Quinoa at the beginning of the week (or when i run out), and bake 6 or so yams. They both keep in the fridge all week and come in VERY handy. There is always something you can do with Quinoa and yams. Always.
