Quinoa Burger Recipe Review

Today's Monday, and it's a day that I use to set a focus and get motivated for the week. Since it's President's Day, I have a day off from work so I thought I'd give you a two-fer. 


Motivation Monday + Recipe Review = Awesomeness. 

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One reason I love this picture so much is because I find that as we get older, we get comfortable and we like to do what we already know. It makes us confident. 


Since I work with kids, I am reminded daily (often every hour) of how we ask kids to do lots of things that are new to them. It helps them grow. It helps us grow. No matter what our age. This week I will make sure I do something for the first time.



Let me share with you something that I recently did for the first time. It, too, was inspired by Pinterest. 


A while ago, I found these beauties on Pinterest:

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Don't they look yummy?


Hubs and I love quinoa, so I thought I would give them a try and give you my review. Here's how mine turned out:

You can find the recipe here. It's a pretty easy recipe (my favorite kind), and I made only a couple of changes. I used the zucchini instead of carrots, I omitted the sweetener altogether, and I used coconut oil for cooking. 

Did your mom ever make salmon croquettes when you were a kid? The appearance of my quinoa burgers reminded me of these. I never could get the full burger appearance like in Linda's pictures!

Although the burgers were tasty, I thought there was not enough "bang" for the work. I thought about trying this mixture in a pie plate and baking it. Kind of like a quinoa pie. If you try this recipe, let me know how yours turns out -  Croquettes or burgers?

Have a great week!

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