- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup quinoa
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
- 1 small sweet yellow onion, chopped
- 1 sweet potato, chopped
- 1 cup chopped kale, or more to taste
- 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped, or more to taste
- 1 pound ground buffalo meat
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic, or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon ketchup, or more to taste
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 pinch dried oregano, or more to taste
- 1 pinch dried basil, or more to taste
- 1 pinch dried thyme, or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon barbeque sauce, or to taste
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
- Bring water and quinoa to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until quinoa is tender and water has been absorbed, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion, sweet potato, kale, and red bell pepper until tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Combine buffalo meat, eggs, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, ketchup, salt, black pepper, oregano, basil, and thyme together in a bowl. Add vegetable mixture and quinoa to buffalo mixture and mix well. Transfer mixture to the prepared loaf pan; top with a thin layer of barbeque sauce.
- Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).