I have been having a Wonder Years marathon. Its pretty awesome. Did you know netflix now has all the seasons on instant? Did you know that Winnie Cooper grew up to be some brilliant math person who tweets palindromes? Did you know that Travis from Clueless (Breckin Myer) pretty much plays the same exact character on the early episodes of The Wonder Years also? Its weird. I love that show.
Anyway, on the blog we have been posting a lot of Thanksgiving and party food recipes to gear up for December. Parties are fun. It’s a bit stressful to figure out what to bring sometimes. I just happen to have some thoughts on what to bring to holiday parties. Our Bacon Jam. is always a hit. It’s easy to use as a dip, or a spread on a cheese board, or on a crostini. Chocolate Covered Potato Chip are also always a big hit!
These cheesy quinoa cakes are delicious, and they keep really well. You can make them ahead and serve them warm, or just serve them room temp. I love simple, but they are really good with just a little aoili.
♥ Teri
Some other appetizer recipes you might like that are similar:
Cheesy Quinoa Cakes with a Roasted Garlic and Lemon Aioli
INGREDIENTS
- 2 cups cooked quinoa
- ⅔ cup grated fontina cheese
- 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- 2 ½ tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- salt to taste
aioli
- ½ cup light mayonnaise
- 1 head of garlic, roasted
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- salt and pepper to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
- For the cakes: Place all ingredients, except for the oil, into a mixing bowl and stir together until well combined. Season with salt and allow the mixture to sit for 5 minutes.
- Pour oil into a large sauté pan and place over medium heat.
- Form ¼ cup patties with the quinoa mixture and place in the heated sauté pan. (this will have to be done in batches)
- Cook quinoa cakes for about 5 minutes on each side. Repeat with the remaining patties until all of the cakes have been cooked. Set aside.
- For the aioli: Place all ingredients into a food processor, season with salt and pepper and blend until smooth. Pour into a small bowl and serve alongside the warm quinoa cakes.
NOTES
- *Makes 10 to 12 Quinoa Cakes
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I did bake these in a mini-muffin pan and they turned out very nicely, crispy and delicious. Everyone in the family loved them.
I just made those for a quick lunch and it was pretty yummy! I made 2 different mayo : a wasabi and soy sauce one, and a garlic, curry and sriracha one… Wasn’t bad but next time i will put more cheese in the bites and eat it with a marinara, because the mayo makes the cakes a little heavy imo!
Cant wait to make these for my husband. He is a vegetarian, so I am always looking for new recipes for him to try!!!
making these tonight!
Looking forward to making these tonight. I’ll probably use cheddar cheese as another reviewer did as that is what I have on hand. Always looking for new and tasty quinoa recipes. :)
Can you bake these in oven.?
Oh my goodness. I have had this recipe printed for so long and finally had everything to make it and it’s my new favorite recipe!!!!! Seriously sooooo good. I did everything just as written except added a bit of grated carrot and zucchini with the excess water squeezed out, and added an extra egg. It was absolutely divine!!!!! And the sauce was perfect too although I might not have used enough cayenne, next time I will dig out my measuring spoons. But it was so good I will probably make these weekly!!
Delicious!!
I have made these many times and they are delicious! Sometimes I need more than one egg to keep everything together. Also, you can use greek yogurt instead of mayonaise for a healthier recipe. Enjoy!
These quinoa cakes look really fantastic – one of my favorite grains, and this looks like a fantastic way to fix it!
Made these tonight and they turned out perfectly and they were delicious!! Thanks so much for the recipe! They were a big hit. I will definitely be making these again. Quick question though.. I had a hard time shredding the fontina since it was so soft so I ended up putting it in the food processor but it got a bit clumpy. Do they sell shredded fontina? If not, what is the next best cheese you would suggest for this?
So delicious!
I actually havent used fontina and instead use a mixture of old cheddar and fresh parmesan.
I use a 2 year old white cheddar and it’s fabulous. Sometimes I use normal onions, sometimes shallots.
Ive made a sundried tomato aioli too. But surprising enough, ranch dressing is delicious with these!
Freezing cheese for about 10-30 minutes before shredding helps. I typically freeze the harder cheeses for 10 mins and the softer cheeses up to 30 mins.
Thank you so much! These were delicious. I made them for my 27-month old toddlers to have as a snack. They loved them (and they are pretty tough critics).
Has anyone tried to bake them?
Looks DELISH! if you didn’t ave fontina cheese though what could you substitute it for?
Hi, I have to eat gluten-free, so no flour allowed. Would subbing an egg work to keep the cakes together? Thanks!
I have used a little bit of almond flour with an egg white and its worked just fine. Good luck!
Has anyone yet tried to adjust this recipe for a GF diet? Looking for something tasty to take for part of a meal to a celiac family who just had a baby. Thanks!
we have made these twice this week. They are AMAZING! Thanks for the recipe..we found it via pinterest :)
Don’t take it personally. It was meant to be light hearted.
these look really delicious!
SUCH a yummy recipe! TO make them passover-friendly I subbed matzoh meal for the flour, and my mixture seemed dry so I added an extra egg. I love the idea of serving them alongside soup, I will definitely be trying that soon as well!
Yes, please!
Just made these are the were delish! These will be a new family favorite!!! I lvoe Quinoa but was getting bored with it and wanted a new way to make it! so YUMMY!
Wow, these sound amazing! I’m always looking for new ways to cook quinoa! Thanks for hte great recipe!
Made these tonight and they were delicious, thank you for the recipe! Though like someone else, I don’t know how they could serve 10-12. I used 1 cup of dry quinoa and then measured out 2 cups after the quinoa was cooked so that wasn’t the problem. I made intentionally small patties (about 1.5″) and only got 12 and there was way more aioli than seemed proportional for the quinoa cakes. The rest of the ingredients were fine for me, I had no trouble getting them to form properly with just one egg and no sticking to the pan (used a cast iron skillet). Next time I will probably double the recipe for the cakes and that should be perfect.
Hi Kathy, just to clarify the recipe doesn’t say that it serves 10-12, but that they make 10-12 (total). Glad you like the recipe!
Hi I just made these and they are delicious and so easy! Thanks for posting the recipe, I jazzed mine up with some chopped, cooked bacon and fresh chives.