Sunday, June 6, 2010

Friday, June 4th, 2010 - Vegetarian Quesadillas

Recipe: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Farmers-Market-Vegetarian-Quesadillas/Detail.aspx?prop31=3



INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
1/2 cup chopped zucchini
1/2 cup chopped yellow squash
1/2 cup chopped red onion
1/2 cup chopped mushrooms
1 tablespoon olive oil
cooking spray
6 (9 inch) whole wheat tortillas
1 1/4 cups shredded reduced-fat sharp
Cheddar cheese
DIRECTIONS:
1.In a large nonstick pan, cook red pepper, zucchini, yellow squash, onion, and mushrooms in olive oil over medium to medium-high heat for about 7 minutes, or until just tender. Remove vegetables from pan.
2.Coat the same pan with cooking spray, and place one tortilla in pan. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of cheese evenly over tortilla, and layer 3/4 cup of the vegetable mixture over the cheese. Sprinkle another 1/8 cup of cheese on the vegetables, and top with a second tortilla. Cook until golden on both sides, for approximately 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove quesadilla from pan, and repeat with remaining ingredients. Cut each quesadilla into 8 triangles with a pizza cutter. Serve hot.



Changes: I sautéed mushrooms, yellow bell pepper and yellow squash, then added black beans the last second to warm them up. I moved that to a bowl, cleaned the pan, and put one tortilla in with cooking spray underneath. I added cheese, the vegetable mixture, and lots of cilantro, then more cheese, put another tortilla on top and cooked both sides.

Taste: Served them with salsa and sour cream and they were delicious. So happy I'm finding some vegetarian meals.

Thoughts: Could have added onions. The tortillas were not browning or stiffening, so should probably use butter next time.




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