LOADED VEGGIE QUESADILLAS
Quesadillas have to be one of the meals that I make most often, as regularly as once a week because they are not only soooo tasty (anything with cheese is good in my book), but they are also pretty quick and simple to make and are infinitely adaptable.
I use roasted sweet potatoes and peppers flavoured with spices, I’ve listed individual spices below, but sometimes to cut a corner I will use pre-mixed jerk seasoning (the powdered kind) or all-purpose seasoning instead. Both versions taste great, it just depends how lazy I am feeling!
Loaded Veggie Quesadillas
Loaded veggie quesadillas - healthy, filling quesadillas stuffed with spiced roasted sweet potatoes, peppers, black beans, avocado, cream cheese & cheddar.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 2 people
Ingredients
Roasted Vegetables:
- 1 large red bell pepper
- 1 large yellow bell pepper
- 2 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1/4 tsp ground allspice
- 1/2 tsp chilli powder
- drizzle olive oil
- salt and pepper
Black Beans:
- 1 400g tin black beans
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp ground coriander
- salt and pepper
- Guacamole:
- 1 large ripe avocado
- squeeze fresh lemon juice (to taste)
- salt and pepper
To Serve:
- 2 large tortilla wraps
- 50 g cream cheese
- 75 g extra mature cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/gas mark 7. Chop the peppers into thin slices. Peel the sweet potatoes and chop into thin rounds. Place the veg in a large roasting tray, sprinkle over the cumin, coriander, allspice and chilli powder, season with salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil. Toss everything together to coat then roast for about half an hour until the vegetables are tender.
- Rinse and drain the black beans and place in a small pan with the cumin, coriander, salt and pepper. Mash with a potato masher until roughly mashed then heat until warmed through.
- Place the avocado flesh in a bowl and mash with the back of a fork, add lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste.
- Spread the cream cheese over one side of each tortilla wrap. Spread the black beans over the other half. Spread the guacamole on top of the beans, layer the vegetables on top then sprinkle with the cheddar cheese. Fold in half.
- Lightly grease a large frying pan with vegetable oil over a medium heat. Place the folded tortillas in the pan and heat for about 5 minutes until lightly browned then carefully flip them over and repeat on the other side. Carefully remove to a plate and serve.