My immature adult woman is that phase of growing where she wants to endeavour dissimilar kinds of cuisine in addition to food. She besides tells me that she does non desire to consume babe nutrient anymore. She wants to consume "grown up" food. So for dinner the other twenty-four hr menstruation I decided to brand some thing that she could eat. She prefers vegetarian fare. I know she likes rotis/ chapatis which are basically Indian apartment breadstuff that is similar a whole wheat tortilla. She besides likes cheese in addition to sour cream. I decided to brand a edible bean quesadilla using close of the ingredients that she likes or volition eat. I swapped the sour cream alongside Greek yogurt. The beans stuffing was slow to brand in addition to she liked it.
I added some picked jalapeños to one-half it for my married adult man in addition to I to spice it upward a bit. I served it alongside fresh salsa alongside avocado in addition to Greek yogurt. The destination upshot was thus adept that my married adult man asked me where I had gotten the quesadilla from!!
Do endeavour it. It is keen because you lot don't accept to slave inwards front end of the stove inwards this warm weather.The recipe is besides inwards fourth dimension for Cinco de mayo in addition to Mother's Day which is unopen to the corner! Serve the quesadilla with guacamole , whatever form of salsa, pico de gallo or salsa verde, or all of them if you lot wish!
Servings: 3-4
Prep time: 10 minsCook time: xv minsTotal time: 25 mins
Ingredients:
Whole wheat tortillas/ roti/ Chapati: 2, large.
Mexican shredded cheese mix: 1 cup
Greek yogurt: 1/2 cup
For the edible bean stuffing:
Cooked & drained cherry-red kidney beans : 2 cups ( or 1 tin laissez passer on the axe (8oz).
Cooking oil: 1 tsp ( I used kokosnoot oil)
Onion: 1 small, diced fine
Cumin powder: 1/4 tsp
Bell pepper/ capsicum, diced fine: 1/4 cup
Black pepper, freshly ground: 1/2 tsp
Salt: to taste
Cilantro, chopped fine: 1 tbsp ( optional)
Pickled jalapeños, chopped: 1 tsp ( optional)
Method:
Heat the crude oil inwards a sauce pan or sauté pan on medium heat.
Add the die onion. Sauté until the onion begins to sweat.
Add the diced bell peppers. Sauté for a minute.
Add the cumin powder. Sauté for 10-20 seconds.
Add the cooked in addition to drained cherry-red kidney beans, salt, dark pepper in addition to mix good until it all comes together.
Using a spud masher, lightly squeeze this mixture.
Add finely chopped cilantro. Mix.
Turn off the open fire in addition to maintain aside.
Heat a griddle/ tawa on medium flame. Place 1 roti/ chapati/tortilla on it. Reduce the open fire to low.
Spread the edible bean mixture on piece of occupation past times of the tortilla evenly.
Sprinkle the pickled jalapeño pieces if you lot desire it spicy.
Sprinkle the shredded cheese on top.
Place the 2nd roti/chapati/ tortilla on top. Let it create for a infinitesimal or two.
If possible, flip the quesadilla in addition to create for a infinitesimal on the other side. If you lot cannot flip, it is ok. Just proceed cooking for duad to a greater extent than minutes until the cheese melts.
Turn off the flame. Using a pizza cutter or serrated knife , cutting it into 6 pieces/ wedges.
Top it alongside a dollop of Greek yogurt.
Serve it with guacamole , whatever form of salsa, pico de gallo or salsa verde if you lot wish.!
Enjoy!
I am bringing this to all my friends at Angie's Fiesta Friday for the Cinco de Mayo celebrations!! Monika @ Everyday Healthy Recipes and Sue @ Birgerbird are the co-hosts this weekend!
Cooking made easy:
If you lot are gluten free, you lot tin laissez passer on the axe role corn tortillas. If the tortilla is actually small, merely cutting it into 2 or 4 pieces.
Alternatively, you lot tin laissez passer on the axe role merely 1 tortilla, pose the filling on 1 one-half of the tortilla, piece of occupation past times it alongside cheese in addition to crease the other one-half of the tortilla on top. You tin laissez passer on the axe in addition to then guide to cutting it into iii pieces/wedges or merely 2 halves.
Tip for salubrious living:
You tin laissez passer on the axe relish whatever of your regular nutrient past times switching high calorie, high fatty ingredients alongside depression calorie, low-fat, salubrious ingredients. For eg, inwards the to a higher house recipe, I accept switched the sour cream alongside healthier Greek yogurt.
Food for Thought:
The hole-and-corner of our success is determined past times our daily agenda. John Maxwell.