Quinoa pizza bites

Friday night is never a healthy night in our house.  We order a pizza, or do "snack night" with motz sticks, veggies, and other finger foods.  

I convinced my husband that I was taking away his pizza last week to try what one Pinterest pinner said was "the ultimate comfort food- made skinny!"

I'm pretty sure some people on Pinterest are just trolls who make up ridiculous recipes and then sit back and laugh as other people try to copy them.  This may very well be one of those recipes.  

INGREDIENT

1/2 C uncooked quinoa
1 egg
1/2 C fat free mozzarella cheese
1 small onion chopped
1 tsp minced garlic 
1 tsp dried oregano 
1 tbsp dried basil

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 and spray a non-stick muffin tin with cooking spray.

Combine quinoa with 1 cup of water.  Bring to a boil and reduce heat and cook for 15 – 20 minutes (until quinoa is tender or water is gone). Fluff with fork. Leave covered on turned off burner for 5 – 10 min to soak up any extra water.  

Combine all ingredients into a mixing bowl until well mixed.

Using a spoon or ice cream scoop, divide mixture between the muffin tin and press the mixture flat into the pan.

Cook for 15 min or until golden on the top.

Let cool and serve warm with pizza sauce for dipping 

NUTRTION

Calories: 285 • Fat: 4.7 g • Protein: 19.5 g • Carb: 39.6 g • Fiber: 6.2 g

VERDICT

Do they taste like pizza?  Umm... kind of.  But I'm pretty sure that has more to do with the fact that I smothered these things in pizza sauce to kill the blech taste of the quinoa pizza bites on their own.

They weren't terrible.  But they didn't do anything to replace my craving for real pizza either.  

My husband assured me later that he tried each and every sauce in the refrigerator to try and make these palatable without success.

Cauliflower Buffalo Wings... healthy swap and Pinterest win.

Quinoa Pizza Bites... epic Pinterest fail.

And tonight's dinner... REAL pizza.