After we had these for dinner tonight, it was agreed that the recipe had to go on my blog for safe keeping so I can make it again! (I have a bad habit of creating new recipes and then forgetting what I did!) These burgers are super tasty and full off goodness.

Ingredients

• 1 cup tricolour quinoa
• 2 cups sparkling mineral water
• 1/2 cup oats
• 1/4 cup mixed pepitas, sunflower kernels and sesame seeds
• 1/2 cup pine nuts
• 2 cubes miso stock
• 1 tablespoon garlic granules
• 4 tablespoons teriyaki sauce
• 1 cup sourdough breadcrumbs
• a pinch chilli flakes
• The juice and zest of one lime
• 6 mushrooms, diced
• 3 shallots, diced
• 3 tablespoons sunflower oil
• Trocomare seasoning
• 1 tin pineapple
• 1 punnet cherry tomatoes
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon coconut sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika

Method

1. Rinse quinoa and then place it in a saucepan with the mineral water. Cook, sitrring occasionally until all the water has evaporated.
2. Place oats, seed mix and pine nuts in a blender and process in short bursts until chopped into smaller pieces. Place in a large bowl.
3. Add in crumbled miso stock cubes, garlic granules,teriyaki sauce, breadcrumbs, chilli flakes, lime juice and zest, sunflower oil and a sprinkle of Trocomare and then stir to combine.
4. Lightly fry the mushrooms and shallots with a little olive or sunflower oil and then add into the mix. Stir to combine.
5. Once quinoa is cooked, add it into the mixture and stir to combine. Shape the mix into 8 patties and lay them on brown paper on a tray. Place them in the freezer for one hour or the fridge until you need to cook them. This is important as it helps the mix to stick together.
6. While your patties are in the freezer, start making your salsa.
7. Drain the pineapple and then place pineapple, tomatoes, garlic powder, tomato paste, olive oil, coconut sugar, liquid smoke and paprika in a blender and process till smooth.
8. Place salsa mix in a saucepan over a very low heat and let it bubble away, stirring occasionally. It is ready once it has thickened up nicely.
9. To cook quinoa patties, shallow fry in olive oil in a fry pan or cook them up on the BBQ. Serve topped with salsa.