Buffalo White Bean Quinoa Bites(Gluten Free with a Vegan Option)

I hope you like spicy food! I don’t know why, but I go through phases where I just need something spicy. Of course with little kids and a hubby that doesn’t really do spicy food I don’t make anything too spicy on a regular basis, but sometimes I just need a little something spicy. I even put a little sriracha into some homemade veggie (baked!) spring rolls the other day and while I thought it wasn’t enough to really notice, my 5 year old sure let me know it wasn’t OK. Oops. On a side note, my 5 year old that will eat anything complained while my sometimes picky 3 year old scarfed them down. I’m not sure what that means.

Moving on! These are so much fun. Come on, who doesn’t love a bite sized appetizer? Or you know, a whole bunch of bite sized things for a meal or snack. And the fact that they’re buffalo flavored just makes me swoon. But I always see buffalo paired with chicken so I thought I’d do a vegetarian twist on that and use white beans instead. Yummy!

I dipped these lovelies in some Greek yogurt ranch dressing(which I will share the recipe for soon now that I have fresh herbs!) but I think something with blue cheese would be great too, obviously. On the other hand, I did make some of these vegan so a different dipping sauce may be in order if that’s the route you’re going to go.

Wanna know the best thing about baking quinoa? Crispy edges! Even the white beans in these get a little crispy if they’re near the edges. Yum!

So… even though I feel like I should, I’m not even going to attempt to say anything about the little break I went on. Again. After I said I was back. Sorry! Instead I’m just going to get back to regular posting and pretend like it never happened.

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