Happy Friday everyone! I’m super excited to be co-hosting Fiesta Friday today along with Selma and Jhuls and of course the lovely Angie! I hope many of you have a long weekend coming up and can kick it off with today’s Fiesta! For anyone who doesn’t know or who hasn’t joined yet Fiesta Friday is a weekly blog party. Please join us, it’s tons of fun to see what everyone is making and bringing to the party! You can check out all the details here. I hope you join us!
Today I’m bringing quinoa burgers to the party. Yes, I’ll be that person that’s bringing the healthy dish, but I’m pretty sure you’ll enjoy it! I really like these burgers because you can change them up however you like. Add different vegetables or spices to either use up what you have in the fridge or put your own spin on them!
You can of course eat these with a bun like a regular burger, but I prefer them with just lettuce, tomato and a little chipotle ketchup. Add a side of sweet potato fries and you’ll feel like you’re eating at your favorite burger joint!
Quinoa Burgers
Yield: 10 Burgers
3 cups water
1 1/2 quinoa
3 carrots
1/4 cup fresh parsley
1/4 cup green onions, chopped
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon paprika
1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
1. Preheat oven to 350. Add the water and the quinoa to a pot and bring to a boil. Once it begins to boil lower to a simmer and continue to cook until all the liquid has evaporated. Add the cooked quinoa to a bowl and let it cool off a bit.
2. Chop the carrots and parsley in a food process, or by hand if you don’t have one. Add the carrots, parsley and chopped green onions to the bowl with the quinoa.
3. Add the eggs and spices to the bowl with the quinoa and combine them all together.
4. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper. Form the mixture into 10 good sized burgers and place them on the baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes, until the top starts to brown. Enjoy!
Dinner Daydreams 
Happy to have you as co host and love the burgers. They are super healthy, baked so cutting down on oil. YUM!
I’m happy to be co-hosting! I used to do these in a pan on the stove but I could never get them to hold their shape that way, hence now baking them! And it does reduce the oil
Healthy and tasty! That’s should be everybody’s cooking philosophy. I’ve been trying out quinoa myself, but haven’t ventured much beyond adding it to salads or using it as rice substitute, so this one is appreciated. 🙂
Oh yay I think quinoa is so great! Next I want to try making a granola or breakfast bar with it.
I just bought 2 packages. I’m ready, Alex. Bring on the recipes! 🙂
I just bought some red quinoa but haven’t figure out how I want to use it. This might be the recipe! Thanks for sharing:)
Glad you like it, let me know if you try it!
Yum!
Thanks!
Looks fantastic!
Thank you 🙂
Hi, Alex! We are super excited to co-host with you, too! You are in good hands with us! 😀
Healthy and delicious are the best foods! These won’t last for long, I tell you! You better make sure that you brought enough. These look so good!
Anyway, have fun in co-hosting and happy FF! ❤
Yay I’m excited to be hosting with you as well! Happy friday!
Thanks for co-hosting! I love Fiesta Fridays!! I’ve used quinoa to make crab cakes before, and this looks like another great use. And, sweet potato fries have been my favorite side as of late. Thanks for bringing them to the fiesta! 🙂
Quinoa crab cakes!? What an excellent idea! Do you have a recipe for them? Definitely something I want to try
Of course! Here’s the recipe I used http://glutenfreelife247.com/2014/01/18/red-quinoa-crab-cakes/. However, there’s a link to NerdSteak’s original quinoa crab cake recipe, which I bet is delicious if you can have eggs. Happy (almost) Weekend!
Oh I have to make these! Thanks so much!
Did you say quinoa?! And quinoa burgers….wow! I love me some quinoa any day and never ever thought about cooking it like this! Bookmarking!! 🙂 Wonderful idea Alex, and thanks for co-hosting, triple-hosting (whatever you call it 🙂 ) for Fiesta Friday! Yay!
Thanks Lori, I love quinoa also!
I could eat in morning, noon, and night! 😉
Yummy Alex! I mean the burgers not you…. oh that’s rude…. ok, you too! Yikes, back to the burgers, a really clever idea!
Haha either way thanks!
Your quinoa burgers looks so scrumptious! Perfect thing to bring to a party!
Thanks so much! I love that you can add lots of different stuff to them to really make them your own.
Hi Alex – so lovely to be co-hosting with you and Jhuls! Your burgers look and sound great – brilliant use of quinoa too xx
I’m delighted to be co-hosting with you! Glad you like the burgers 🙂
yummy! i love Quinoa!
Simi
Awesome burgers, so healthy too! thanks for hosting FF this week!
Happy to host! Thank YOU!
This looks GREAT! Thanks for sharing and for co-hosting Fiesta Fridayyyyy, it’s great to meet you! 🙂
Great to meet you also, that’s one of the best things about these Fiesta Fridays is meeting great new bloggers!
Thanks for the recipe Alex; I make my own turkey burgers, buy my black bean burgers and now I will add you healthy burger to my list. I have been using quinoa a lot more lately and what a great way to eat it as a burger :P)
Black bean burgers sound great, how do make those? I love a healthy burger!
Ooooo, I’ve been looking for a way to try quinoa… This looks perfect. Wheat free has been a challenge and it’s nice to find a festive recipe to expand my food choices. Happy Fiesta Friday!
I hope you like it! I love quinoa and it cane be great substitute for other starches.
What a great looking burger patty! Never seen one with those kinds of ingredients before. I love the healthy aspect too!
Thank you for co-hosting this week.
Yes I like that it has so much healthy stuff in it too!
I have yet to try cooking quinoa – I love the idea of healthy burgers. Thanks for hosting. I’ve had a busy week, so was not able to come to the party. But I am enjoying reading everyone’s posts.
Thanks Loretta! No worries if you can’t join the party – gives you more recipes to look at and catch up on during the week!
🙂 That’s a healthy dish I can get behind! 🙂
Glad to hear it!
I really want to like quinoa, but it’s so light and airy . . . so I think binding them with egg an veggies into a patty might be the answer to get this nutritious grain into our household! We love burgers, so why not quinoa??? Thanks also for co-hosting Alex!
I hope this helps you enjoy quinoa! You can also mix the spices up to if that makes it more appealing to you You could make this really spicy if you like.
They look fresh and healthy 🙂 Thank you for co-hosting FF !
I’m happy to host, thanks!
Thanks for co-hosting!!! Oh my quinoa I have yet to learn how t cook this properly. My first attempt was doable and then second attempt complete fail. I have yet to try again! Any tips?
Oh no! I always cook it with a little more water than the package suggests. and turn the heat down right when it starts to boil. You should also rinse it before cooking it (I have to admit sometimes I forget to do this). Hope that helps!
Will try this! Thanks.
Needed something healthy and tasty. I have come to the right place. Yummm 🙂
Perfect, hope you enjoy!
These burgers look divine! Love the fact you’ve used quinoa!
Love those burges Alex!
This looks so delicious – I will have to try this!
Oh yum! Love this recipe – what a great way to use quinoa! Really love the recipe ideas you have on your blog!! hugs, Sylvia
Thank you so much! I’ve been trying to cut out red meat as often as possible and quinoa is a great option when I’m sick of chicken!
I’m collecting quinoa recipes. This one looks promising not to mention yummy.