clean eating burger-like dinner

Turns out there about a bajillion different versions of veggie burgers out there. From fresh to frozen, its a hard world to navigate! But when a trusted #cleaneating twitter "friend" of mine tweeted this little gem, I had to go for it! 


Sweet Potato Quinoa Burgers

Recipe courtesy of The Joy of Clean Eating blog 

Find her on Twitter at @joycleaneat 

I have to tell you, mine didn't exactly stay in that burger form...but they were amazingly delicious! They have tex-mex flare to them.

Begin by cooking one cup of quinoa and 2 sweet potatoes. 

{Whole Foods calls those white potatoes up there Sweet Potatoes...I have my doubts} 

I opted for roasted Sweet Potatoes {touch of evoo and Mrs Dash} due to my insane obsession for roasting any and every vegetable possible. However...my patties were more like hashbrowns than patties because of this poor awesome decision.

{I had to practically wrestle Josh out of the kitchen- he couldn't stop eating these when they came out of the oven!}

Next, mix together all of the ingredients:

1 steam bag of whole kernal corn

1/2 diced red onion

1 can black beans, drained

lots of minced garlic

cooked cup of quinoa

sweet potatoes

dashes of sea salt, cumin, oregeno, black pepper, cayenne and hot sauce {siracha!}

Now do you very best to form them into patties. My batch made 12 patties!!! 2 per person makes for a satisfying serving. Then bake them at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. 

{this picture freaks me out...looks like my burgers are going into the tanning bed}

Top with more hot sauce {if you're crazy} or organic ketchup

Enjoy! 

They also make amazing leftovers

:) amc