Quinoa Patties

• Patties
• 1/2 cup quinoa - uncooked (cook as directed on the box. Usually 1/2 c uncooked quinoa is cooked in 1 c salted water)
• 3/4 cup Cannellini beans (or chickpeas)- canned
• 1/2 potato - boiled (instead of using egg)
• 1/4 small red onion
• 1/4 cup cilantro
• 1 Serrano peppers (depending on your spice level tolerance)
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
• Salt, to taste
• Yogurt Sauce
• 1 cup plain non-far Greek yogurt
• 1 teaspoon Lime zest (optional)
• A drizzle of honey if the yogurt is too tart
• Salt, to taste
• Pepper, to taste

1. Pulse onions, garlic, green chillies.
2. Add Cannellini beans, cilantro, lemon juice, salt, ground cumin, and pulse for 30-45 seconds (until the beans have just broken down).
3. Add boiled potato, cooked quinoa, and pulse until everything is mixed. Don't over-pulse the mixture or it will get too mushy.
4. Make 1 inch balls and flatten them.
5. Heat a non-stick or a ceramic pan on medium heat.
6. Drizzle vegetable or extra virgin olive oil on the pan and carefully place the patties on the pan.
7. Cook the patties for ~5 minutes on each side or until they reach a beautiful brown toasted color.
8. These patties can be served at room temperature so let the patties cool off on a wire rack while you make the yogurt sauce.
9. Mix everything in a bowl and refrigerate until ready to serve.
10. Slice ~10 cherry tomatoes in halves or thin slices, whatever you prefer.
11. Assemble
12. Place patties on a serving platter.
13. You can either dollop a small amount of yogurt on each patty (this could get messy) or use the sandwich bag technique. Transfer the yogurt mixture in a sandwich bag and cut a small piece at one of the corners and pipe the yogurt onto each patty. This made the dish mess-free and pretty at the same time.
14. Place sliced cherry tomatoes on each patty.

quinoa, beans, egg, red onion, cilantro, serrano peppers, garlic, lemon juice, ground cumin, salt, yogurt sauce, yogurt, lime zest, drizzle of honey, salt, pepper

Taken from food52.com/recipes/26453-quinoa-patties (may not work)