Poached eggs & quinoa cakes

Waking up to the sunshine on Sunday and a day of little plans ahead (delightful!), we decided to get creative in the kitchen.

After scrolling through a few ideas online and flipping through well-thumbed cookery books, we settled on an inventive way to have eggs - swapping the somewhat tiresome companion of toasted muffins for home-made and healthy quinoa cakes.

Here's how we made them...

Ingredients, makes 3-4 cakes:

1 cup of cooked quinoa

1/2 cup bread crumbs

1 egg

2 egg whites

1 onion (make sure it's finely chopped)

A good handful of mature cheddar

Salt and pepper

Spinach, wilted (or other leaves if you prefer)

3 poached eggs

Method:

1. Mix together the quinoa, egg yolks and whites, onion, cheese, salt and pepper.

2. Add in the bread crumbs and leave to stand for two minutes.

3. Pat mixture into 3-4 rounds, squashing them together with your hands.

4. Fry each cake in a large pan for about 7-10 minutes either side.

5. Top each cake with the leaves of your choice and a drippy poached egg.

Enjoy!