Recipe: Cheesey Quinoa Bites

[BabsV]

I can't remember where I found this recipe...it was via a link on twitter to someone's blog that linked to another blog...you know how it is sometimes.

Anyway, I made them yesterday -- they are seriously good and it didn't take much time to throw them together. I didn't have green onion so left it out and I had to use dried cilantro because I wasn't going out to hunt for fresh (it was hovering around 0 degrees F not including windchill...!) I substituted gluten-free flour. I think I'd up the season salt a bit since we like things with a little more 'kick'...or maybe having the onions would make up for it.

Cheesy Quinoa Bites

Makes ~24 bites

2 cups cooked quinoa

2 large eggs

1 cup shredded carrot

2 stalks green onion, diced

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

2 Tbs all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp seasoning salt

1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Mix together all ingredients.

3. Distribute mixture into a greased mini muffin tin, filling each cup to the top (about 1 heaping Tbs each).

4. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

[sora]

I can't remember where I found this recipe...it was via a link on twitter to someone's blog that linked to another blog...you know how it is sometimes.

Anyway, I made them yesterday -- they are seriously good and it didn't take much time to throw them together. I didn't have green onion so left it out and I had to use dried cilantro because I wasn't going out to hunt for fresh (it was hovering around 0 degrees F not including windchill...!) I substituted gluten-free flour. I think I'd up the season salt a bit since we like things with a little more 'kick'...or maybe having the onions would make up for it.

Cheesy Quinoa Bites

Makes ~24 bites

2 cups cooked quinoa

2 large eggs

1 cup shredded carrot

2 stalks green onion, diced

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

2 Tbs all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp seasoning salt

1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Mix together all ingredients.

3. Distribute mixture into a greased mini muffin tin, filling each cup to the top (about 1 heaping Tbs each).

4. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

This sounds very good, need to go shopping...

[thefreespirit]

This sounds seriously good and will definitely be trying it. I don't like Cilantro but would put in some spices like ground chilli, cumin etc. Yummy. xx

[Roda]

I'm so gonna try these!

[Roda]

I made these last night. They were really good. I didn't have cilantro so I subbed fresh parsley out of my herb garden and used Betty Crocker gluten free bisquik for the flour. I made my quinoa up in my pressure cooker. Wow so easy and I didn't have to worry about it burning to the bottom. I had enough quinoa to make a batch and a half. The half batch I put in a little cumin and corriander. That was good too. They taste better the next day after the flavors meld togeter more.

[OrangeBeacher]

Sounds really good. But there's flour in the recipe. Do you mean wheat flour?

[kareng]

Sounds really good. But there's flour in the recipe. Do you mean wheat flour?

Of course not! SHe even says she subbed out for a gluten-free flour . This is a Celiac website, after all !

When you have a recipe like this that just needs a couple of spoonfuls of flour to help it stick together, you can sub any all purpose gluten-free mix or probably rice or potato flour.

[thefreespirit]

How much uncooked quinoa would that be?