Red Quinoa, chickpeas and kale patty:

1       onion

½ bell pepper green

1 large carrot grated

2      garlic cloves

¼ cup organic quinoa red

Cilantro

Salt

Chili powder according to taste

1 can organic chickpeas

Breadcrumbs/baked potato

Canola oil spray

Cook the red quinoa in 1 cup boiling water for about 15 minutes. Drain the water and keep it aside to cool. Chop the white onion finely and add some chopped garlic cloves to the onion. Add finely chopped green bell pepper and grated carrot to this and cook all this on medium heat in a pan with 1 tsp of oil.

cooked red quinoa

Mash the organic chickpeas after straining the preservative water from the can. Add these while you are cooking the onion mixture. Don’t forget to add salt and chili powder according to taste. Chop some kale leaves roughly and keep aside. Once the onion mixture is cooked, add the cooled and cooked red quinoa and then add the kale leaves too. I added a baked potato for binding, but you can always add breadcrumbs while making the patty. Form the patty using hands.

Take a frying pan and use the cooking spray and put the patty on the pan. Cook it till you see the brown color on the patty. Please note that you have already cooked all the ingredients and so you won’t need to cook these for a long time. You can also bake these patties if you wish.

Enjoy these with hummus or artichoke spread on whole grain bread with lots of veggies. My favorites are tomatoes, cucumbers, baby spinach leaves and raw onion slices.