What happens when you mix quinoa with veggies and use hummus to bind everything into precious little patties? Magic, my friends– delicious, vegetarian, protein-packed magic. Of course, you could very easily eat the mixture as-is but once the quinoa hits the pan heated with a little olive oil and starts to crisp up, the entire kitchen begins to smell like heaven.
We eat a lot of hummus in our house – my 13 month old can’t get enough of it. We love it with veggies, spread on pita or as a dipper for grilled meat. Store bought is perfectly fine but if you’ve never made your own, I highly urge you to give it a try. Click here for a video of me demonstrating just how easy it is to make!
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Hummus Quinoa Cakes
Author: Liz DellaCroce | The Lemon Bowl
Nutrition Information
- Serves: 4
- Serving size: 2 cakes
- Calories: 333
- Fat: 13.5 g
- Saturated fat: 1.6 g
- Unsaturated fat: 11.9 g
- Trans fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 42.9 g
- Sugar: 2.6 g
- Sodium: 336 mg
- Fiber: 6.6 g
- Protein: 11.2 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Recipe type: Appetizer
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Hummus and quinoa come together with bright veggies to form a protein-packed appetizer, side or vegetarian main.
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine quinoa with hummus, red pepper, celery and scallions. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Heat a non-stick pan over medium high heat and add olive oil once heated.
- Form quinoa mixture into palm-sized patties and brown in pan, working in batches, about 3-4 minutes per side. Be careful not to overcrowd the pan.
- Serve with additional hummus and tomato slices.
Notes
If the quinoa cakes fall apart while cooking, simply use a spoon or spatula to re-shape and press together. It’s not a beauty contest – they will taste delish regardless of what they look like. 
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I finally made hummus for the first time last year-you’re right…it’s so easy to make! Although our friends own a Greek/Persian restaurant right down the street from us, so we often get gifts of free {delicious!} hummus. Love your paring with quinoa to make patties. It doesn’t matter what they look like…I bet they taste delicious
I’m so jealous of your local hummus connection!!!! We have a few places local and it always amazes me how much they are able to charge for a tiny hummus appetizer.
Let me know what you think of the patties!!
I’ve been loving quinoa lately, and the hummus binder in these cakes is genius!
Thank you so much!! It was like a light bulb went off when we made them!!!
I hope you enjoy!
We eat A LOT of hummus here too – my 2.5 year old loves it! I love this protein rich combo and your nutrition stats – what program do you use? P.S. Thanks for stopping by my blog
I use a website called MyFoodDiary.com – I love it and use it to track calories, exercise, etc. It has helped me lose 60 lbs this past year.
Wow – congrats on that! I may sign up and use it for my recipes as well. So many readers keep emailing and asking me post this info as well. P.S. I really like your site
Wow, these look fabulous, Liz. We LOVE quinoa in our family!
These are great for leftover quinoa and really any veggies you have around! Let me know what you think!
Liz,
Wow, what a great idea. My little Sophie would love these. And I love how packed with protein they are. Thanks for the recipe!
This looks so good! Thanks for an idea I never would have thought of on my own
Thank you so much! The idea was very spur-of-the-moment as I had a hungry baby and leftover quinoa – haha!
Nice idea! Bookmarking this one!
Let me know if you give it a try, Tracy!
I would have never thought to combine the two ingredients. I love it! Must give these a try soon.
It was a total whim and as I was eating it I thought “why did I wait so long to try this?” Haha Enjoy!
These look great! I am definitely trying these this week! You already know how much I love your home made hummus.
I’m planning on making this recipe and am just wondering if you mean 1 cup of cooked quinoa (after cooking) or 1 cup of uncooked quinoa. Thank you!
Sorry for the confusion- one cup cooked! I will edit the recipe to make it more clear.
Let me know how they turn out!
Thanks! I really appreciate your taking the time to clarify that.
These were so good! I made them tonight and even though they fell apart a little, they were so tasty and satisfying.
I’m so glad you liked them!! They do fall apart a bit (like I said, they aren’t the prettiest) but they are tasty!!
These were delicious! However, mine completely fell apart, even after browned. In fact after attempting the first two patties, I just dumped the rest in to brown a bit and ate as a hot dish.
Still, delicious!
Oh no – I’m so sorry they didn’t hold together for you. A few things that worked for me: when they were cooking, I didn’t move them around or mess with them – I wanted them to form a nice crust to help hold the shape. Also, I used homemade hummus which might have a different texture than storebought. That being said, I definitely had to “re-shape” them while cooking a few times so you certainly aren’t alone. I’m sorry if the recipe disappointed you but they were too delicious not to share!!
This are delicious, especially using a hummus with a flavor. I used a spicy hummus and it was really good! My cakes did not turn out to look anything like cakes though! They were really crumbly, but my guests loved them anyway.
Oooo I love that you used spicy hummus! As I mentioned in the recipe, my cakes definitely fell apart a little but but I was able to “re-shape” them throughout the cooking process. They weren’t pretty but they were delicious.
One thing that I think could have made a difference is that I used homemade hummus which might have been a different texture than store-bought. Either way – I’m glad your guests loved them regardless!!!
Thanks for posting this recipe and I like the idea to make patty using hummus as a binding agent! In fact, we bought two boxes of hummus from Costco at a road show and I did not know how to finish it. I will definitely try this and let you know. I have incorporated quinoa a lot in my diet now a days, made kidney bean burger too, but I have never tried with hummus as a base.. It sounds very interesting though. Thanks
Neela
I’m so glad Neela – enjoy!
Hi Liz,
I made these last night. I used hummus with caramelized onions (that I bought from costco). I slightly changed the recipe a bit by adding some (in addition to whatever was there) grated baby carrots, chopped cilantro and I added a pinch of ancho chillie powder, which gave it some heat, color and the smoky flavor. The whole house was filled with a very nice aroma; smelled like heaven!
It was extremely difficult to flip them and they do fall apart easily. Have you tried adding bread crumbs, (regular or even panko works), or even corn starch? This makes it retain its shape and makes the patty crispier as well.
It tasted good. Thanks for this recipe and you helped me add one more to my collection
Neela
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