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Quinoa Cakes
These Quinoa Cakes are a great side dish or as a light lunch with a piece of fruit. Make the optional Yogurt Dill sauce to kick it up even more.
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 12
Calories: 131 kcal
Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups cooked quinoa and cooled
- 1 cup Panko bread crumbs or gluten free choice
- 4 large eggs beaten
- ⅓ cup yellow onion or scallions finely chopped
- ⅓ cup Parmesan Cheese or feta
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil or coconut oil for cooking
Yogurt Dill Sauce,optional
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
- 1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
- 1 teaspoons lemon juice
Instructions
- Cook quinoa per package instructions.
- Make dill yogurt sauce and set aside.
- Then, combine 2 ½ cups cooked quinoa with all other ingredients
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Scoop out ⅓ cup of mixture and form into a ball then press into about a 1 inch patty.
- Cook for 5 minutes until the underside is golden brown.
- Flip and cook for an additional 5 minutes until this underside is also golden brown.
- Serve warm or cold.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1cake
Calories
131kcal
(7%)
Carbohydrates
14g
(5%)
Protein
6g
(12%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Cholesterol
56mg
(19%)
Sodium
120mg
(5%)
Potassium
157mg
(4%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
100IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
0.9mg
(1%)
Calcium
100mg
(10%)
Iron
1.1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 131
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cake | |
| Calories | 131kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 14g | 5% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 56mg | 19% |
| Sodium | 120mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 157mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 100IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 0.9mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 100mg | 10% |
| Iron | 1.1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.