Black Bean-Quinoa Burgers

1/2 cup dry quinoa

1 small onion finely chopped (1 cup)

6 oil packed sun dried tomatoes, chopped

1 can black beans, drained and rinsed

2 cloves garlic

2 tsp dried steak seasoning (I used McCormick)

Buns

Mix quinoa and 1.25 cups water in a small pot and bring to a boil. Add a bit of salt, cover and reduce heat to medium for about 20 minutes or until water is absorbed.

Meanwhile, cook onion and tomatoes in a skillet. Once onion is soft, 3-4 mins, add 3/4 cup of black beans, garlic, steak seasoning, and 1.5 cups of water. Summer until liquid has almost evaporated.

Transfer the bean/onion mixture to food processor and add 3/4 cup cooked quinoa. Blend until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and mix with remaining beans and quinoa.

Preheat oven to 350.

Take 1/2 cup of the mixture and form patties. Place on a well greased cookie sheet and bake 20 minutes. Flip patties and bake another 10.

My experience: This soo did not make 8 patties. I only got 6 from each batch. I used a burger maker from Tupperware and that was so much easier than forming by hand. This is very STICKY so rinse your hands or burger maker as you go. It took longer for them to cook enough to hold together to flip.

For CC: Everything is cooked and ready to go. Defrost burgers on baking sheet to rewarm or rewarm frozen burgers in the microwave.