Chicken Burgers- garlic quinao and spinach

Recipe Time!!!!!!

There is SO much you can do with ground chicken. It's pretty much going to take on the flavors you are adding in. I always LOVE to have veggies in my homemade burgers, but never tried adding a complex carb like quinoa....came out pretty good, and definitely not dry!

Recipe:
1 package organic low fat ground chicken
1 egg
1 handful (or more or less if you want) of fresh spinach
1 TB crushed garlic
1/2 small onion
1/2 cup garlic flavored quinoa (it's what I had at home but you can use regular quinoa or any other natural flavor as long as there's no added artificial ingredients)

I cooked the quinoa on the stove-top first. 1 1/2 cups boiling water and added the quinoa until liquid was dissolved. Then I put all the other ingredients in a big bowl and mixed it up with my hands- folded in the quinoa last (that's why you don't see it in the bowl!).

Refrigerate the mixture for a few hours and then cook the burgers stove top using some organic virgin coconut oil- it's just a nice change from the extra virgin olive oil I usually use, but you can use either. I made 1/2 cup sized burgers using a measuring cup and just plopped them into the hot pan and pressed them down flat with a spatula.

Cook on one side until "flippable" and brown and then again on the other side until fully cooked through. I served mine with some guacamole on top and veggies on the side (no bun needed!) but I did add some Beanito chips (a bean-base chip with no flour or wheat or corn. You can buy in organic isle at Stop and Shop) for a nice crunch! ENJOY