I frequently enjoy replacing ordinary meals with vegan or vegetarian deliciousness. I actually eat more vegan food now than anything else. Why? Because it tastes amazing and is so good for my health.
The other day I had made both, so the family could choose what they wanted – to my surprise ALL, even the teenagers helped themselves to the vegan dishes! And there I was, stuck with the meat which I had to chuck……… imagine!
I thought, really? But yes!
This is one of the dishes that win over meat in our family.
Mushroom Quinoa Steak made with sweet potatoes and served on thick slices of aubergine, fresh pesto and a green salad.
500g Mushrooms – I use the brown mushrooms or Portobello
3 shallots
2 medium size sweet potatoes
2 cups of cooked quinoa
2 teaspoons of paprika
3 tablespoons of flax-seed meal
2 cloves of garlic
Sea salt and pepper
Flour
Chop the mushrooms, chop the shallots, add some olive oil to the frying pan and brown the mushrooms, garlic and onions. Add sea salt and freshly ground pepper.
Bake the sweet potatoes till they are soft, e.g. for about an hour in the oven. Scoop out the sweet potato from the skin and put them into the blender, blend till smooth and put it into a big bowl. Add the mushrooms, onions and garlic into the blender. Blend into a soft mixture. Put the mixture into a bowl with the quinoa and mix in the flax-seed meal and the paprika. Mix it well and then let it cool. Make the patties and gently turn them on a plate with a bit of flour/sea salt/pepper on all sides. Fry the quinoa burgers in olive oil till they are golden brown on both sides.
I served them on a thick slice of baked aubergine, topped with a big scoop of freshly made pesto, slices of tomatoes and red onion – a drizzle of that delicious balsamic vinegar reduction on top and a green salad!
Mushroom Quinoa Steak
You could also serve these as burger on a warm homemade bun, with slices of red onions, homemade guacamole, slices of tomatoes, and lots of fresh crisp arugula.
Enjoy!
Anne Sture Tucker 
MMMMMmmmmmmmm!!!!
Mmmmmmmmm – thank you 🙂
This sounds delicious.
Thank you Angeline!
Your family is SO lucky!
Lise-Lotte
Thank you Lise-Lotte! I am so lucky they are open to try all my experiments 🙂
🙂 thank you for this recipe Anne 🙂
Your are welcome dear Paula – Thanks for visiting 🙂
They sound delicious and your plating presentation is excellent! I haven’t yet made a vegan burger and these sound so tempting, that they may be the first. Thank you for posting the recipe!
You are so welcome! I hope you will enjoy them! They taste great with the fresh pesto on top 🙂
Agree with the plating. Gorgeous!
Thank you so much!
I know I’ll love this dish. Thank you so much, Anne!!
You are so welcome Amy! I hope you will enjoy them as much as I did 🙂
Thank you, Anne – looks delicious. I can’t wait to try this out.
Thank you Mette – I hope you will enjoy them!
Classy and tasty 🙂
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thank you dear Uru!!!
Didn’t know what to expect when I read the recipe title – of course, it sounded delicious, but you really got creatively delicious with this!
Ahh yes I can see how that is confusing – steak! But not steak 🙂
Thank you Annie!!
That looks amazing and very beautiful Anne!!
Thank you dear Brandi!!!
This is officially on the menu for next week. I’m pinning it. I’m also cooking for a vegan/vegetarian household and it can be tricky. Looking forward to this beautiful dish.
Thank you!!! I hope you will really enjoy it 😉 and thanks for pinning!
What a delicious sounding dish.
Thank you Karen – it’s really tasty. We have made it several times and love it 🙂
Can I come over for dinner?! You get me Anne!
Any time – would LOVE having you for dinner 🙂
In your house, you all think the same & it is the same in our house too! What a lovely plate of fine & powerful foods! yummy too! x
Thank you Sophie 🙂