Quinoa Pizza Balls with Ranch Sauce - 3 Guiding Stars
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This is the kind of dish you’ll need to file under “peculiar but fun.” And flavorful. The hands-on messiness of forming the quinoa balls and the reliable kid-pleaser that is ranch dressing make these a great recipe to try with your kids.

Ingredients

Pizza Balls:

  • ½ cup quinoa
  • 1 (15.5 oz.) can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  • 10 fresh basil leaves, chopped
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
  • ⅓ cup tomato paste
  • 1 tsp. minced garlic

Ranch Sauce:

  • ¾ cup plain, low-fat yogurt
  • ½ tsp. dill
  • ¼ tsp. garlic powder
  • ¼ tsp. onion powder
  • ¼ tsp. salt

Directions

  1. Mix all ranch sauce ingredients together and store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
  2. Cook quinoa according to package directions.
  3. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  4. When the quinoa is finished cooking, transfer it to a medium bowl. Add the rest of the pizza ball ingredients and mash together to form a mixture that will stick to itself.
  5. Roll the mixture into 1″ balls and place on the baking sheet. Bake until lightly brown, turning once (20-25 minutes).
  6. Serve warm with chilled ranch sauce.
Nutritional analysis per serving: Calories 85; Total Fat 1g (1% Daily Value); Saturated Fat 0.5g (0% DV); Trans Fat 0g; Cholesterol 1mg (0% DV); Sodium 135mg (6% DV); Total Carbohydrate 15g (5% DV); Dietary Fiber 2.5g (11% DV); Total Sugars 3g; Includes 0g Added Sugars (0% DV); Protein 5g; Vitamin D 0% DV; Calcium 4% DV; Iron 6% DV; Potassium 6% DV; Vitamin K 25% DV; Copper 20% DV; Manganese 15% DV.
Recipe by Guiding Stars at https://guidingstars.com/recipes/quinoa-pizza-balls-with-ranch-sauce/
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