Description
Quinoa bites stuffed with goat cheese, greens, and herbs. They're a protein-packed filling meal and they make great leftovers.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups of cooked quinoa
- 2 eggs [whisked]
- 1 c. chopped greens [spinach or baby chard work well]
- 2 tsp. sea salt
- 2 tsp. fresh black pepper
- 1/2 Tbsp. dried thyme
- 2 Tbsp. brown rice flour
- 1/3 c. gluten-free breadcrumbs
- 3 cloves of garlic [minced]
- 2 oz. goat cheese
Instructions
- Cook quinoa – you'll need two cups for the recipe. After it is cooked, set it aside to cool in a large bowl.
- Preheat oven to 350º. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, whisk eggs then add salt, pepper, and thyme. Add eggs, greens, and minced garlic to the bowl of quinoa and mix together.
- In a separate bowl, mix together brown rice flour and breadcrumbs.
- Form the quinoa mixture into balls, about 1/4 c. in size.
- Stuff with small chunks of goat cheese, about the size of of a grape.
- Rolls quinoa balls in the breadcrumb/rice flour mixture to lightly coat.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes, until golden brown.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Category: Appetizer
Nutrition
- Calories: 1801
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 5359mg
- Fat: 45g
- Saturated Fat: 14g
- Unsaturated Fat: 26g
- Carbohydrates: 270g
- Fiber: 29g
- Protein: 79g
- Cholesterol: 398mg