When I think of Quesadillas, I first think of the movie Napoleon Dynamite and the infamous quote "Make yourself a dang quesadilla (pronounced in Napolean's way: k-sa-dill-a)". After a little self giggle, I think about my childhood quesadillas. Many times, they were just cheese and tortillas, which is fine when you are 5 years old... but is sooo boring and sooo not as healthy for you as an adult. Time to give the quesadilla a face lift! I decided to think about it as if it were a fajita, but take the healthier side, and go VEGGIE!!!!! My husband was very surprised on how delicious this was and it totally hit the spot! Yum in your tum!
Ingredients:
olive oil
1 onion (sweet or red)
1 green bell pepper
1 red bell pepper
paprika
Small tortillas (we like flour tortillas, but you could use corn)
1 can of refried beans
1 bag of shredded mozzarella cheese (or any flavor you desire for cheese. I went low moisture, part skim mozzarella for a low fat mild cheese)
Directions:
Put olive oil in large pan, and heat.
Add sliced onion (chunky is good!). Add sliced green and red bell peppers (again, chunky is good!).
Add paprika to taste and cook veggies till only slightly firm.
While waiting for the veggies, put oil in another pan. Heat up on low, then add a tortilla with smeared refriend beans on it.
Once heated, add the veggies from other pan onto the refried bean covered tortilla.
Sprinkle cheese on top.
Top with another tortilla.
Once ready to flip, carefully flip to other side! (It's hard, not going to lie!)
Cut quesadilla in triangles with a pizza cutter and serve hot with guacamole... salsa... low fat sour cream... whatever you love!
Makes about 3 to 4 full quesadillas.
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