This recipe started out as an attempt to creatively use up leftovers (extra stuffing from a stuffed zucchini recipe to be exact). But it has been honed down, both because of my laziness when I cook lunches and because I haven't always had the ingredients on hand. What we have now is a quesadilla that is easy and cheesy (without the cheese) and upon presenting it to nat at lunch today he proclaimed it to be his most favourite dish for lunch. High praise from someone who is really only learning the many textures and flavours of vegan cooking.
And the best thing is... it is SO damn easy... it takes a max of 20mins to prepare and most of that is sitting and waiting for the zucchini to cook (and that can be left to its own devices really - I only give it maybe one stir during cooking).
Zucchini-beany quesadillas.
serves 4 - prep time 20mins
1 medium-large zucchini diced (optional - peeled - it will give the filling a smoother texture, but I am lazy and leave the skin on).
1 onion - diced
1 clove of garlic - minced
2 tomatoes diced (or equivalent canned)
1 cup cooked kidney beans
1/4 cup nutritional yeast (the more you use the more cheesy it becomes)
dash of hot sauce
salt to taste
4 tortillas
- Sauté onion and garlic in oil or water until browned.
- Add tomatoes and zucchini and simmer (on low-medium) until they are soft and most of the liquid has evaporated.
- In a bowl, mash the kidney beans. Add the zucchini mixture, nutritional yeast, salt and hot sauce. Mash until it forms a paste (peeled zucchini will make a lot smoother mixture).
- Heat tortilla in a non-stick frypan. Once it is soft spoon about 1/4 of bean mixture onto the tortilla and fold in half.
- Cook on both sides until the mixture is heated through and the tortilla is a little crispy.
- Serve on its own or with a salad (I usually eat serve them with chopped avocado and tomato).
1 comment:
I know what quesadilla's are, but we(my daughter and I) have never even attempted to make them. Well I follow one blogger and knew she had a recipe(not vegan) so my daughter made them. Granted, we had to tweak them, but ohhhh so good and so dang easy(as someone once quoted).
We will make these again and again and again, for sure.
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