Description
Delicious and healthy Vegetarian Quesadillas filled with fresh vegetables and spices, perfect for lunch or dinner.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 medium flour tortillas
- 1 large sweet potato
- 2 avocados
- 1/2 cup black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1/4 cup corn, rinsed and drained
- 1 mini red pepper
- 1 mini orange pepper
- 1 teaspoon jalapeno, diced (optional)
- 1 tablespoon easy homemade taco seasoning or store-bought mix
- 1 cup cheddar or pepper jack cheese
- 1 tablespoon butter (for pan frying)
- 2 teaspoons olive oil (divided)
- Fresh cilantro
- Lime juice
- Your favorite salsa
- Sour cream
Instructions
- Poke several holes in the sweet potato. Drizzle with 1 teaspoon olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Wrap in paper towels and microwave for 8 minutes or until tender. Dice the jalapeno and peppers.
- Cook the jalapeno and peppers in a pan for 5-7 minutes until tender. Add black beans, corn, and taco seasoning, cooking for another 3 minutes. Set this filling aside.
- Spread butter on one side of one tortilla. On the other side, add 3 tablespoons of the sweet potato and mash half an avocado on top. Add 1/4 cup of the veggie bean filling and sprinkle with cheese.
- Heat a pan and cook the quesadilla until the tortilla is browned and the cheese is melted. Carefully fold the tortilla in half. Repeat with remaining tortillas until all are filled and cooked.
- Slice the quesadillas and serve warm with fresh cilantro, lime juice, salsa, and sour cream.
Notes
Feel free to customize fillings with other vegetables. Cook thoroughly for crispy quesadillas.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Pan frying
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 quesadilla
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 450mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 42g
- Fiber: 8g
- Protein: 12g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
Keywords: quesadillas, vegetarian, healthy, easy, lunch, dinner