Black Bean & Quinoa Patties

Ingredients

1 540ml tin of black beans ( or approx 1 cups of dried, soaked & cooked )

1 cup roasted green chick peas ( or store bought dried chick peas )

1 cup cooked quinoa

1 roasted red pepper ( jarred or homemade )

1 flax egg ( see below )

2 garlic cloves

1 tsp salt

1 tsp onion powder

2 tsp Cajun spice 

**use organic when possible 

Yield approx 8-10 portions

Method 

Make flax egg. 1 tbsp flax meal + 3 tbsp warm water. Mix together and let it sit to allow the mix to gel up while you combine all the other ingredients.

Mince garlic or slice. I do this so the garlic is more evenly distributed through out the mix. Otherwise I find it just chops into large chunks.

Add all ingredients to your mixer/processor except for 1/2 of the black beans.

Pulse untill it's mixed to your consistency. Add the rest of the black beans and pulse only a few times.

Let the mix sit for about an hour or even overnight. I let mine set for an hour then shaped them into patties and then froze them.

When you are ready to cook them, heat a pan on medium low. Once it's heated add a little oil and cook about 4-5 minutes per side.

Serve them how ever you wish.

I served mine on a little oil & mustard vinegarette, topped with homemade vegan cheese and homemade marinated veggies. Both the cheese & veggie recipes were abdapted by Cookingwithplants.com and my version is also on the blog. 

Gotta say this was so good. 

Hope you enjoy!