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Quinoa-Black Bean Burger. In a skillet, sauté the onion and carrot in the olive oil over medium heat until softened, about 8 minutes. Then remove from heat. In a small bowl, mix the ketchup, paprika, ground cumin, cinnamon, sea salt and cayenne together. Set aside. Pour the black beans, onions and carrots into a large bowl. Fold in the cooked quinoa and the panko. Heat 2 teaspoons olive oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat. Mix the aioli ingredients together in a small bowl. Blast from the past…with a new twist « You remember this dish… from every church pot luck, community cookbook, and Gramma’s table. Yes, THAT broccoli-rice casserole. Bubbly, cheesy, rich, and so very good. Old-fashioned comfort food, personified. Since I love using quinoa in everything calling for rice (less starchy, more protein) I thought I’d give it a try in this one. And it worked just as well. As you can see in the second photo, it’s the same creamy-dreamy texture and flavor we loved before – only this time it’s not full of rice-carbs that can wreck havoc with blood surgar.

I can’t believe how great this turned out! One 10 oz can condensed Cream of Broccoli soup (or mushroom), low-sodium if you prefer (*see note for gluten free) 1/3 cup reduced fat mayonnaise (original called for 1 full cup. 2 tablespoons milk 1 1/4 cups reduced fat shredded cheese (cheddar, colby-jack, etc) 1/2 teaspoon Splenda/sugar 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Dash freshly grated nutmeg . 2 cups cooked broccoli 1 1/2 cups COOKED quinoa (see note) . . Like this: CREAMY QUINOA PRIMAVERA. Cheesy Quinoa Cake recipe. I have been having a Wonder Years marathon. Its pretty awesome. Did you know netflix now has all the seasons on instant? Did you know that Winnie Cooper grew up to be some brilliant math person who tweets palindromes? Did you know that Travis from Clueless (Breckin Myer) pretty much plays the same exact character on the early episodes of The Wonder Years also? Its weird. I love that show.

Anyway, on the blog we have been posting a lot of Thanksgiving and party food recipes to gear up for December. Cheesy Quinoa Cakes with a Roasted Garlic and Lemon Aioli Makes 10 to 12 Ingredients:2 cups cooked quinoa2/3 cup grated fontina cheese3 tablespoons all purpose flour2 green onions, thinly sliced1 egg, lightly beaten2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper2 ½ tablespoons extra virgin olive oilsalt to tasteaioli:½ cup light mayonnaise1 head of garlic, roasted1 lemon, zested and juiced¼ teaspoon cayenne peppersalt and pepper to taste Directions: 1.