Quinoa artichoke burgers

I made this attempting to duplicate a burger I had at Westville.  Obviously it turned out to be very different from that, but still delicious, and really healthy.  These ingredients may not be exact...I kind of winged it, but the proportions are about right, and this made 8 burgers.  We ate 4 last night (I accidentally made them double the size they should be...I was hungry), and I froze the remaining 4 to eat later. We ate with bread as a sandwich, with tomato and avocado slices.

Ingredients:
2 cans artichoke hearts (I used one can and 6 fresh small artichokes, and it was a huge pain to peel the artichokes, plus you're mashing them up eventually, so next time I will just use two cans)
Olive oil
1 yellow onion, sliced
3 cloves garlic, roughly sliced or chopped
Half a bunch of collard or other greens (spinach or kale would work too, or anything really)
1 1/4 cup quinoa
2 1/2 cups water or chicken broth to cook the quinoa (follow the package instructions)
2 eggs
Chia seeds (I used about a quarter to a third of a cup)
Tb or so of flour
Salt and pepper

Directions:
Get the quinoa going.  Mine cooked for about 15 min but just follow the instructions for whatever you have.  I used about half broth half water to cook mine.

Cook the onions (you can caramelize or just sweat) in a little olive oil, adding the garlic when they are almost done.  Cook the greens in a little olive oil.  Cook the artichoke hearts if you are using fresh.

Puree the onions,  garlic, greens and artichoke hearts in a food processor.  In a bowl, combine this mixture with the cooked quinoa, the eggs, chia seeds, flour, and s&p.  Form into patties.  Cook the patties in a little oil so that the sides are nice and brown/crispy, then finish off in the oven to make sure the raw egg gets cooked through.


(Notes: I didn't get the outside as crispy as I wanted to, partly because I made the burgers way too big, partly because I was hungry so we threw them in the oven quickly to finish cooking a bit faster.  Flouring the outside might help make them crispy too.)