Maddy suggested this recipe. I was feeling creative, I twisted the recipe a bit. Had dinner with Karina and she loved them!
Great side for a salad or roasted/grilled veggies.
SWEET POTATO QUINOA PATTIES
makes 8 patties
INGREDIENTS:
- 1cups baked sweet potato, skins removed & mashed (approximately 2 medium sweet potatoes)
- 1 cups cooked quinoa
- half sweet onion, chopped
-1 tsp of brown sugar
- 1 tbsp of sun dried tomatoes
- 2 cloves of crushed garlic
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- kosher salt
- fresh cracked pepper
COOKING:
- Prepare quinoa according to package instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees, pierce sweet potatoes with fork and bake for 45 minutes or until soft. Remove skins, mash with a fork to remove all chunks and place in large mixing bowl.
- In a sauté pan combine onions, olive oil, a hearty pinch of sea salt and cook over medium-low heat until onions are translucent. Add the brown sugar, and then add garlic and cook an additional minute, stirring continually to prevent the garlic from burning.
- Add onions, quinoa, 1/4 teaspoon salt (more to taste), a bit of fresh cracked pepper to large mixing bowl with sweet potatoes and stir until well combined.
- Form mixture into golf ball size ball, flatten into a patty, and cook in the greasy pan from onions for approximately 2 minutes on each side (you want them to brown up and crisp!). Enjoy with a generous sprinkling of asiago or parmensa cheese.
Original recipe from A house in the hills.
