Quinoa Kale Cakes, say that three times fast! Growing up my best friend was Polish. Her mom was thick accent, moved from the motherland only a few yeas ago Polish. She was a stern but wonderful woman that was always trying to feed me. Always. She made these delicious morsels called potato pancakes I adore. She made them for me sometimes when I wasn't getting her daughter into trouble. Hehe. I have never been able to perfect the potato pancake quite like her, but I like to think these quinoa cakes are a healthier version that do hers a tiny bit of justice.

These cakes are not very stable or hold together until they are cooking ( a lot like potato pancakes), but once the cheese crisps up and the eggs cook they firm up a bit. So do not fret!

Ingredients:

2 cups of cooked quinoa (I like to precook more then this and additional quinoa can be used in salads for lunch throughout the week.)
1 cup egg whites OR 3 large eggs.
1 cup fine chopped kale. Removing the hard stem first.
1.5 cups cheese. I used Mozzarella, but I've also used Parmesan or Cheddar.
1 tsp garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste

How to:

Preheat eh pan to a medium high heat.
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl really well.
Scoop up about 2 tbsp of mixture and place in the pan, spreading it out a bit.
Flip when the edges start to brown a bit.
Press down to cook the other side flattening and remove from heat when done.
Enjoy alone or I like Thai chili sauce or any condiment to you hearts desire!