Vegan Quinoa Burgers!

Hey! I hope the three readers I have are doing well! Hi Mom, lol.

     I eat a predominantly raw diet, but I know most/all of my friends eat a "standard American diet"(SAD), so I'm going to be posting recipes meat eaters can feel comfortable trying.
Yesterday I made a Quinoa Burger. I used spices I like, and added things that are totally optional, so feel free to omit or substitute spices to make it palatable for you!
Oh! and I don't follow recipes...so this is all a guesstimation.

Here it is:

• 1/2 cup of quinoa (this measurement is uncooked, so I'm not sure what it yield after, around 1 1/2-2 cups)
• Half a medium butternut squash (you could probably use any squash with the same sweetness and texture)

These are all optional

• 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
• 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley
• 1 tbsp. honey(if you don't have local honey, please buy some and support local bee keepers!)
• 1 tbsp. dried basil
• 1 tbsp. ground flax (Adds as a bit of an extra binder)
• 2 tbsp. ground sesame (I added this for calcium, totally optional! just put raw sesame seeds in a coffee grinder or magic bullet)
• 1 tbsp. Nutritional yeast (for B vitamins)

Cut squash in half and de-seed, poke a couple wholes in the skin, and lay flat down in a lightly greased baking sheet with a little water. Cover with tin foil, bake for about 30 minutes or until your squash is tender.

Mix all ingredients except half the quinoa and mix thoroughly. Fold/gently mix in the rest of the quinoa.

 

Press into patties, put on lightly greased sheet again, and bake at 350 for about 20 minutes or until it has a bit of a crust! no need to flip...

 

I made a few little ones to put on my salad for the next couple days!

 

I scraped the gills and a bit of the flesh out of a portabella mushroom to use as a bun! You could fry those scrap bits up with some onions and that would be good! I sliced up some apples and it was perfect! I recommend that!

 

I also made a garlic basil aioli

1/2 cup raw cashews, soaked for a couple hours  

2?..tbsp fresh lemon juice

1 clove of garlic

blended

and cut up some fresh basil to mix in.

 

Hope everyone likes this! Super easy!

 

Any requests for recipes or posts, just let me know!

 

Peace Love and Be Vegan Ya'll!!