Sometimes I get worried.
The other day I dropped a grape and it rolled under the fridge. It’s in Narnia for all I know. I’m a little worried about it. I just can’t find it.
I’m a little worried about Christmas cookies. Should I have started making them already? Should I have dozens in my freezer?!
But I’m not worried about these cakes. They are super-fun little individual cheesy patties. And let’s be honest, you can’t go wrong where goat cheese and guacamole are concerned. Quinoa is super-healthy, so you can eat these and be worry-free. Whew!
Come over! I’ll make them and we can toast the first bites.
Cheesy Quinoa Cakes + Guacamole + Goat Cheese {makes 9-ish}
Quinoa cake recipe adapted from Spoon Fork Bacon
Ingredients:
quinoa cakes –
- 2 cups cooked quinoa
- heaping 2/3 cup Monterey jack cheese
- 3 T all purpose flour
- 2 fresh chives, thinly sliced
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 t black pepper
- salt to taste
- 1/2 – 1 cup panko crumbs
- 2 1/2 T extra virgin olive oil
guacamole –
- 2 avocados
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 roma tomato, chopped
- salt and pepper, to taste
- juice from half of a lime, or to taste
- 2 T sour cream, optional
garnish –
- 4 oz. crumbled goat cheese
- more chives for sprinkling
Directions:
- Make the cakes. Stir together quinoa, Monterey jack, flour, chives, eggs, black pepper, and salt. Add 1/2 cup of the panko crumbs crushing them as you drop them in. Mix in up to 1/2 cup more crumbs until the mixture is sticky and holds together. Allow the mixture to sit for 5 minutes.
- Heat olive oil in a large saute pan over medium heat.
- Form 1/4 cup patties with the quinoa mixture and place in the heated saute pan. Cook on each side for 5 minutes. Repeat until all of the cakes have been cooked.
- Make the guacamole by mashing the avocados roughly with a fork. Stir in the garlic, chopped tomatoes, salt, pepper, and lime juice. Taste and add more salt or lime juice to taste. Mix in sour cream, if using.
- Serve the quinoa cakes with guacamole, crumbled goat cheese, and chives.
Three (of these) is not a crowd. They are the perfect ladylike lunch.
These are looking good…and I would like some!
Thanks! I bet you’d like them for real.
I worry when things roll under the fridge too…I’m afraid they’ll grown into a moldy-monster! but, I bet that grape will just dry up into a raisin.
these cakes look so tasty and all things are good with cheese!
I know! I don’t want that moldy grape monster to grab my ankle one of these days!
And yeah man. Cheese is where it’s at.
I love goat cheese…and guacamole…and I really want to like quinoa but the texture is so weird! Maybe these will change my mind.
I hear ya. These are still quinoa textured, but the crispy edges and cheese could maybe win you over! Or just eat a bunch of goat cheese and guacamole?
I worry a lot too! I will make sure I get that grape… If it really disappeared, I’ll report for possibility of Narnia and worry about that. Really! I could so understand what you’re feeling! A worry-free cake like this one is always welcomed!
Ha! We worry alike! <3
Oooo…ladylike lunch! I bet these would be great little holiday appetizers, too. Don’t worry about the grape monster. If you can’t get to him, he can’t get to you 🙂
Oh these would be an awesome appetizer! Good thinkin’.
Tried these out. Maybe I did something wrong, but they were a tad greasy. I’m thinking next time I’ll “fake fry” them in the oven.