Vegetarian Quesadillas

Like Mexican Pizza!

Well quesadillas are something I like to enjoy for a light lunch and I use you leftovers of any veg I have or the previous night from making another Mexican dish. This time I made it into a dinner but still used the veg I had laying around, any veg or beans will work in the recipe and the mushing of the beans was my way of making everything stick because it of its starch content.

Quesadilla can be a messy eat so I tried the mushy bean method and it worked well so I am happy to stick with that, get it stick!!! Cheese is also the glue that keeps it all together, there is two main methods to making quesadillas, one is to fill half and fold it like a calzone or use two tortilla one on top and one on the bottom and sandwich the filling in between but the flip is difficult and messy. One more version I thought of is make it double decker with three tortillas and two lots of filling however I would not attempt to flip this, so I think a good idea would be pan that goes in the oven so the top of the tortilla can be grilled.

Ingredients

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For the filling:

2/3 red onions, thinly sliced

2 peppers (any colour), sliced

2 large carrots, finely sliced

A tin of mixed bean

A tin of sweet corn

A jar of jalapenos

A handful of spring onion, chopped

Spices (measurement to taste):

Salt

Pepper

Garlic paste

Chilli powder

Cumin powder

Paprika

For the quesadillas:

A pack of tortilla wraps of your choice

Red Leicester Cheese

Oil

Method

1) Chop all the veg, and in a large pan begin to sauté the carrots with a little bit of salt for a few minutes then add in the onions a peppers with all the spices to taste and cook on a low/medium heat.

2) Drain the beans and mush them up a little, add to the pan and let all the flavours and veggies cook and combine, if it sticking at the bottom of the pan a then a few drops of water will help it bring it together. Once the veggies are tender remove of the gas and allow to cook for a while.

3) To prepare making the quesadillas, have the filing, cold ingredients and cheese laid out and a frying pan on a really slow heat. A small drizzle of oil and place one tortilla on the pan, add the filling on half of the tortilla and sprinkle on the jalapenos, sweetcorn, spring onion and cheese or whichever ingredients you would like to add.

4) Wait until one side has lightly browned, fold in half and flip over to brown a little more and help it stick down by pressing it down slightly. Remove within a minute, allow to cool slightly and cut in half to serve with homemade guacamole and maybe a corn on a cob and lovely light salad.