Quinoa Garden Cakes with Lemony Yogurt

Makes 8 cakes
Time 1 hr
Quinoa Garden Cakes with Lemony Yogurt

These vegetable-packed baked quinoa cakes are excellent served hot or at room temperature. Make smaller cakes and serve them as appetizers at your next party, if you like.

Special Diets:

VegetarianVegetarian
Low FatLow Fat
Sugar ConsciousSugar Conscious

Ingredients

    1 cupquinoa, rinsed and drained
    1 1/2 tablespoonsfinely chopped red onion
    1/2 teaspoonfinely chopped garlic
    2/3 cupgrated carrots
    2/3 cupseeded and grated yellow squash
    1/2 package (10-ounce)frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
    1large lemon, zest of
    1/4 cupall-purpose flour
    1 teaspoonbaking powder
    1egg
    1/2 teaspoonfine sea salt
    1/2 teaspoonground black pepper
    Cooking spray
    1 1/2 tablespoonschopped fresh dill
    1 1/2 cupsplain nonfat yogurt
    2 teaspoonslemon juice

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Method

Bring quinoa and 2 cups water to a boil in a medium pot.


Reduce heat to medium low, cover and simmer until liquid is absorbed, 20 to 30 minutes.


Set aside off of the heat for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork and set aside to let cool.


Preheat oven to 400°F.


In a large bowl, combine cooked quinoa with onion, garlic, carrots, squash, spinach, zest, flour, baking powder, egg, salt and pepper.


Form mixture into eight (4- to 5-inch) patties and arrange on an oiled baking sheet.


Bake, flipping halfway through, until lightly browned and just crisp, about 25 minutes.


Stir together dill, yogurt and lemon juice in small bowl, then spoon over warm quinoa cakes.

Nutritional Info

Serving Size

1 cake

Calories

130

Total Fat

2g

Saturated Fat

0g

Cholesterol

25mg

Sodium

280mg

Total Carbohydrate

23g

Dietary Fiber

2g

Total Sugars

3g

Protein

7g

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