Quinoa yum in burger ‘buns’

Imagine a burger where the patties themselves become the bun. That’s how True Foods does its Inside Out quinoa burger, and reader Wayne Slavitt of Long Beach can’t stop thinking about it. “It is amazing,” he wrote us when he requested the recipe. The burger consists of red quinoa flavored with chile flakes and cumin along with fresh mint and oregano, then formed into patties and baked. Sandwich some lightly dressed vegetables and feta cheese, along with a touch of hummus and tzatziki sauce, between the patties and you’ve got a burger. Did we mention it’s vegetarian? You might never guess — even the meat lovers were clamoring for seconds when we tested it in our Test Kitchen. True Foods was happy to share the recipe.