Quinoa Sneaky Fishies

1st. I make my quinoa weekly in the rice cooker, add a good stock for some flavor and some "FRESH" herbs these are very good for your health so I add whatever I have fresh that week from the farmers market. Then store it in the fridge for easy access during the week in a glad container or whatever you have. You can make alot with it. It's full of protein so I try to shove it in everything. You can even make amazing cookies with it!

2nd. I usually make these ahead of time and then keep them in the fridge for lunches. Think of it as your easy microwavable bad foods replacements like corn dogs, easy mac, hot dogs, chicken nuggets. =They freeze wonderfully! Especially in the ziploc individual vacuum bags!

3rd. The recipe. 

In a bowl I prefer metal so it doesn't stick. I combine Quinoa with a veggie puree of whatever I have on hand or left over. It all depends on how much veggies you have for this but I do a 1/3 veggie to quinoa ratio. This is what I use instead of eggs since we are vegan + shoves more veggies in there for amazing flavor! Blend them up with a little chicken stock or some whatever that's it! Sorry my measurements are really not there. I just use whatever I have on hand so sometimes I add more quinoa more pureed it just needs to be the consistency to roll them into a ball pretty much without being wet feeling. 

2 cups Quinoa

1/2 cup pureed veggies or mashed potatoes-

1/8 cup of minced onions or scallions or leeks

1 tsp of fresh garlic minced 

This is my basic recipe now to make it good! 

FLAVORS- 

Pizza bites-

-basil

-oregano

-some mozzarella cheese or some daiya-mozzarella(vegan)-

-meat just like you would a pizza if you aren't vegan so you could use bacon bites or pepperoni left over sausage or hamburger

Veggie's Minced

-mushrooms

-olives

-peppers

Some emeril's essence spice just a dash! 

Dip in some marinara

Mediterranean Yumminess

-chopped spinach 

-minced mushrooms 

-artichoke hearts 

-oregano-thyme-marjoram-basil-sea salt

If you want to get fancy add some ground lamb precooked of course.

I love adding a hint of emeril's essence. 

Dip in some Tzakiki sauce- I love making my own vegan style Yum! 

Jambalaya

3/4 cup black beans-drained and cleaned-I precook mine but if you use canned you don't have to

1/2 cup for the pureed veggies I use celery, carrots, tomatoes. 

-minced green peppers

Meat-1/4 cup add whatever you like if your not vegan-Vegan leave it out.

-baby shrimps

-kielbasa sausage-chopped into teeny pieces 

-chicken-chopped or shredded works 

-parsley-thyme-old bay seasoning or whatever cajun style seasoning you like I just used some chipotle chili powder

-Instead of Quinoa you can use rice here as well just make it healthy by using brown rice, not the minute, rice real rice it's nutritional! :D

Sweet Potato/no pureed veggies for this one

1/2 cup grated or mashed sweet potatoes

Potatoes/broccoli and cheese

1/2 cup mashed potatoes

1/4 cup broccoli bits cut the tips off no stems

1/4 cup shredded cheese or daiya chedder

-no pureed veggies for this one

dip in vegan sour cream or normal

These are just the ones I've made regularly. Feel free to make your own! 

*If your vegan you can add Tempeh or tofu or Seitan to these and they would be delicious!

Now after your done mixing them all up into a bowl take out a cooking pan and spray it with oil and turn your broiler on high.

You can roll them into balls and stick them into a muffin pan or you can make shapes for kids. 

Starting from a corner put a cookie cutter down make sure you spray that so that it will come up easy and then take a spoonful and smash the mix in the cookie cutter until it's flat on the top then take the cookie cutter away. You can also make like a big ball and then take the cookie cutter and put that over it and smash it down. Depends on the kind of cookie cutter and size you have. Just wipe the excess away and leave them about an inch apart. 

When your done you spray them with oil or brush them with butter whichever you want to do. 

Add Ons-

+Add some cracker crumbs so they turn out crunchy by patting them down with some crunched up crackers. I use like a pretzel crumb to get that crunchiness my son likes.

+Add some Parmesan cheese crumbles too just sprinkle it over and pat them in with a spatula. 

Broil

I put mine in the middle rack so they don't burn if they aren't crispy put them up higher. 

With my oven I do 10 minutes on one side them flip them over with a spatula and crumble on the rest the same way or cheese and oil or butter them. Put them in for another 10. They should be like a hashbrown texture when done.