Easiest Way to Cook Tasty Sweet Potato Quinoa Balls

Sweet Potato Quinoa Balls. Combine mashed sweet potato, cooked quinoa, oats and cheese to a bowl and stir till combined. Add two beaten eggs and stir till you reach a smooth consistency. Now add EVOO, lemon, and juice and stir them in.

Quinoa & Sweet Potato Meatless Meatballs. I have been trying out various veggie meatball recipes since I quit eating meat. Months ago, I pinned a quinoa and sweet potato meatball recipe that I found over at Peachy Nutrition.. You can cook Sweet Potato Quinoa Balls using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Sweet Potato Quinoa Balls

1. Prepare of sweet potato.
2. Prepare of Paprika.
3. You need of Dried cayenne.
4. It's of Coconut oil (or any cooking oil).
5. Prepare of Salt and pepper.
6. You need of Quinoa.
7. It's of Water.
8. You need of onion.
9. It's of Egg (maybe 2).

Roll into balls and place on a cooking sheet. Protein Packed Quinoa Bites with Sweet Potato and Black Beans. Leave to cool down for a while. Begin by boiling the quinoa and baking the sweet potato - either in the oven or in the microwave.

Sweet Potato Quinoa Balls instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F Fahrenheit..
2. Cut sweet potato into small cubes and spread out on baking sheet. Drizzle with coconut oil, paprika, cayenne, and salt and pepper..
3. Bake potatoes for about 20 minutes or until potatoes are fairly soft..
4. While potatoes are baking, cook the quinoa in water. Bring to a boil and then summer until all of the water is absorbed (10-20 minutes).
5. Chop onions into small pieces. Once quinoa and potatoes are done, sauté the onions in a large frying pan. Stir in the sweet potatoes. Cover and cook over medium heat for about 5-10 minutes until the sweet potatoes begin to break down. Then, stir in the quinoa and mash together while cooking. Once everything begins to stick together, place mixture in a bowl and refrigerate until it is cool enough to handle..
6. Once cool, roll mixture into balls (whatever size you like). You can either eat these now, or freeze them. I think they are easier to fry once they are frozen..
7. When you are ready to serve them, roll the balls in an egg wash and cover cook over medium heat. Be sure to cook each side..
8. Serve alone or with a sauce of your choice. I like a roasted vegetable tomato sauce, but BBQ sauce or mustard would be really good..

These Healthy Sweet Potato Quinoa Bites were an absolute hit with my little boy! He ate them served warm, cold, with hummus, with chopped up veggies on the side… pretty much anyway I served them up, he gobbled them down. If mixture still falls apart, add more baby cereal of flour. More recipes with sweet potatoes or kale: Fluffy Sweet Potato and Pear Pancakes. Kale and Quinoa Salad with Fresh Blueberry Vinaigrette.