Quinoa burgers with tuna and mixed lettuce salad with a $10 budget
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Ingredients:
• 100 gr of cooked quinoa $1.00
• breadcrumbs $0.75
• 2 eggs $0.30
• 2 cans of tuna in water $2.00
• 1 lemon $0.10
• ginger, parsley, oregano, salt and pepper $0.50
• olive oil $0.70
• Mixed lettuce salad $1.00
• 1 avocado to accompany $1.00
Homemade vinaigrette dressing:
• 3 tablespoons of olive oil $0.75
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar $0.45
• 1 tablespoon of mustard $0.20
• Salt and pepper
Lemon water
• 5 lemons $0.50
• sugar to taste $0.75
• Water
PREPARATION:
- Mix cooked warm quinoa with breadcrumbs until an homogeneous mass is obtained, add salt and set aside.
- Grind the fish with egg yolks, herbs and grated ginger juice, add salt and pepper.
- Form croquettes with the quinoa mixture.
- Make a hole in the center of each one, filling with the fish and closing the ball with the quinoa mixture.
- Fry the croquettes, gently turning them so that they don’t fall apart.