Garden Vegetable and Feta Quinoa Cake
03/30/21
Make these delicious garden vegetable and feta quinoa cakes as a meat substitute, top your salad or just eat as a healthy snack!
Check out the video below for a step by step!
Ingredients
2 cups Quinoa
4 cups water
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/2 cup carrots, peeled and grated
1/2 cup zucchini, grated
1/2 white onion, diced
1/2 red bell pepper, diced
1/4 cup parsley, chopped
1-1/2 cups Panko bread crumbs
6 large eggs, beaten
1 cups Feta cheese, crumbled
3 teaspoons Kosher salt
1-1/2 teaspoons black pepper
2 teaspoons paprika
1/4 cup olive oil
Recipe
- In a medium sauce pan add quinoa, water and 1 teaspoon of salt and bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Transfer to a mixing bowl and let cool.
- In a sautee pan, heat half of the olive oil over medium – high heat, then add diced onion and bell pepper, grated carrot and zucchini, remaining salt, pepper and paprika. Cook until vegetables are tender, 3 – 5 minutes approximately. Then let cool.
- In the mixing bowl with the cooled quinoa. Add sauteed vegetables, Feta cheese, Panko bread crumbs, parsley and beaten eggs. Mix together thoroughly, then form cakes to desired size.
- Using a non-stick sautee pan heat remaining olive oil over medium-low heat, then carefully place cakes into oil and cook over medium-low heat until cakes are lightly browned, flip and finish over low heat until an internal temperature of 165 degrees is reached.