Quinoa Veggie Burger

While I still love burgers and eat meat, sometimes it is refreshing to eat vegetarian every once in a while! These are a great burger substitute. I like to eat mine as a lettuce wrap! 

​Servings: 4
Prep/Total Time: 45 minutes 

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup uncooked quinoa
• 1 carrot, diced
• 4 scallions, sliced
• 2 cloves garlic
• 15 ounces can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1/2 cup oat flour
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• dash of salt
• ½ tsp pepper
• 4 oz cheese if so desired (I use goat cheese or almond milk cheese)

Directions:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 F.
2. Cook quinoa according to the package; set aside.
3. In a food processor, pulse carrot until finely chopped. Add cooked quinoa, carrot, scallions, garlic, beans, oat flour, egg, salt, and pepper; pulse until combined but still slightly chunky.
4. Form mixture into four patties and place on ungreased baking sheet.
5. Bake for about 8 minutes on each side.
6. I grilled mine after that just because I had prepared them earlier in the day and had to do that to heat them up, plus it made it seem like a real burger!