These healthy, low fat Caribbean Inspired Turkey Quinoa Patties and Peach Zucchini Slaw are the perfect party food – easy to make, delicious and great for sharing!
CARIBBEAN INSPIRED TURKEY QUINOA PATTIES AND PEACH ZUCCHINI SLAE
This post featuring Caribbean Inspired Turkey Quinoa Patties and Peach Zucchini Slaw is my contribution to Caribbean Food Week, #CFW2017 (August 21-28) organised by Grace Foods, who have kindly sent me a hamper of goodies, including delicious Caribbean sauces, spices and drinks.  Enough to feed a crowd and have plenty leftover to use later. Thank you Grace Foods!
When preparing this post I considered making popular Caribbean recipes, but there are so many versions of these online that in the end I decided to create something a little different, something that would be perfect for Everyday Healthy Recipes, using delicious Caribbean flavours.
The ingredients (included in the hamper I received from Grace Foods) I chose to use in my recipe are marked with ‘*’.
Both the patties as well as the slaw are very easy to make and do not require too many ingredients. For the patties, if you cook the quinoa ahead (once it’s cooled pop it in the fridge until you are ready to use it) it literally takes minutes to combine all the ingredients and form the patties (here are some tips for making Homemade Breadcrumbs).
Making the slaw is a breeze – not only is spiralizing quicker than chopping (that’s always been my experience) but it also makes this simple slaw look gorgeous! I’ve added a mixture of peas and beans (I used Dunn’s River Peas & Beans*, see the Ingredients below) to my slaw to give it more substance as well as more of a Caribbean character.
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I hope you enjoy my healthy Caribbean Inspired Turkey Quinoa Patties and Peach Zucchini Slaw. Any comments, questions, let me know:)
If you would like more information about Grace Foods or Caribbean Food Week here are some useful links:
Website: www.gracefoods.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/caribbeanfoodweek
Twitter: @caribbeanfoodwk
Instagram: caribbeanfoodweek
Hashtag: #CFW2017
This recipe was shared with Recipe of the Week, Fiesta Friday, co-hosted this week by Colleen @ Faith, Hope, Love & Luck and Alex @ Turks Who Eat.
- For the Patties:
- 450 g turkey mince
- 1 cup cooked quinoa chilled
- 3 teaspoons Dunn's River Hot Curry Powder*
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- Sea salt to taste
- 2-3 tablespoons breadcrumbs for coating
- Olive oil for frying
- For the Slaw:
- 1 x400g Dunn's River Peas & Beans* drained, rinsed under cold water
- 2 large peaches ripe but firm, halved, deseeded, spiralized
- 1 medium zucchini spiralized
- 2 green onions finely chopped
- For the Salad Dressing:
- 1 and 1/3 tablespoon Encona Hot Pepper Sauce*
- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil I used cold pressed rapeseed oil
- 1 small garlic clove crushed
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 teaspoon honey
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Combine all the Salad Dressing ingredients, add half of the dressing to the peas/beans and mix together well. Set aside.
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Combine all the Patties ingredients, mix well (use the back of a spoon to do this) and form small patties approx. 2 cm thick (the mixture won't stick to your hands if you sprinkle a little water on them) . Coat the patties in the breadcrumbs. Set aside.
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To make the Slaw, combine the peach and zucchini, add the bean mixture, drizzle with the rest of the dressing and scatter the onion over the top. Set aside.
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Heat up 2 tablespoons of oil and fry the patties over a medium/low heat for about 4 minutes on each side (add a little more oil if necessary after you've turned them over). Serve hot with a good helping of the slaw.
**This is not a sponsored post. All opinions are my own.
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These sound delicious! What a treat to receive a basket of ingredients and get to create something with everything in it, sounds like fun 🙂
Thank you! It really was fun:)
I can honestly admit that I don’t know much about Caribbean food, however, after seeing this recipe, I sure do have an urge to start experimenting with it! Happy Fiesta Friday! – Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck – Colleen
I find Caribbean spices quite versatile, definitely worth experimenting with:)
Yum! Now I just need a beach!! (Caribbean, of course!). 😀
They taste pretty good without the beach too:)
I love your turkey patties Monika and adding some beans to the coldslaw is a great idea to bulk it out a little. I’m loving all the Grace Foods items in the hamper too! They’ll definitely last for a while.
Thank you Corina! Glad you are enjoying your hamper too:)
This seriously looks good. Have never tried any of Caribbean spices.
Thank you Balvinder! These are pretty new flavours for me too, definitely worth trying:)
I could eat this for breakfast, lunch and dinner! Turkey and quinoa, peach and zucchini, what a flavor explosion! Yum!
Thank you for stopping by and your kind words:)
That’s a great combination of healthy ingredients. Pinning and tweeting.
Tracey
Thank you Tracey, glad you like it:)
Sounds like a wonderful, healthy meal! 🙂
Thank you! It was:)