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Two Cheese Red Pepper Quesadillas

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Quesadillas have been a long time love of mine. When I was little, it seemed like the most logical choice to order quesadillas every time I saw them on the menu considering my name is Casey. Casey, quesadilla, they’re basically the same.

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I have somewhat recently begun a vegetarian, plant-based and cookie dough based diet, so I have been trying to come up with new meal plans to fit my new lifestyle. The whole decision to try the vegetarian life is kind of a long story that I’ll save for another time. For now, let’s just stick to quesadillas.

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Anyways, quesadillas are not only a great vegetarian option, but they are great for those of us who participate in the whole no meat on Fridays during Lent thing.

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I have made BBQ chicken quesadillas that I’ve posted the recipe for on here before (delicious, by the way) but I do think that this is my new favorite quesadilla flavor combination. I don’t know what it is about this one, but it is just SO good.

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The combination kind of just came out of a moment where I was starving and threw what we had in the fridge in a tortilla and called it dinner. Turned out to be a dinner I have made 3 times since, so I figured I would share the tasty goodness with you all.

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And if the green tortillas freak you out, by all means, use a regular tortilla. I won’t tell the tortilla police. I, however, love them because whenever I eat something green it makes me feel like I earned a gold star in the health department.

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Two Cheese Red Pepper Quesadillas

(Serves one, easy to multiply for more)

1/2 Tablespoon butter, margarine, or oil

1 tortilla

2-3** Tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese (yes, parmesan in a quesadilla)

1** Tablespoon cut up American cheese

1/4 of a red bell pepper, sliced into small strips

1 Tablespoon salsa

**I do not like my quesadillas super cheesy, so this may not be enough cheese for some people. Feel free to up the amounts of cheese, most people would probably like a little more.

  1.  Place a skillet over medium-high heat and melt butter. Once pan is greased, place a tortilla in the pan and flip every minute or so with the pan on medium high.
  2. Once bubbles start to form on the tortilla, sprinkle the cheeses on the tortilla, then the sliced peppers, then the salsa. Turn the heat down to low and place a lid on top of the pan to allow cheeses to melt completely for about 1-2 minutes or until completely melted. Fold tortilla once cheese is melted, let sit about 30 more seconds on low heat. Then enjoy! 

Random Fact of the Day: Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades – King David; Clubs – Alexander the Great; Hearts – Charlemagne; and Diamonds – Julius Caesar.

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BBQ Chicken Quesadillas

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Remember that BBQ chicken grilled cheese sandwich that I made before? I pretty much wanted to marry that baby. It was a miraculous creation, if I do say so myself.

Anyhow, I made almost the same thing except quesadilla style! I LOVE quesadillas, just about as much as I love grilled cheese. If you think about it, I guess quesadillas are pretty much the tortilla version of a grilled cheese. Enough of this thinking nonsense, though!

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Let’s make quesadillas! Super, super easy! I love making quesadillas and this was super simple, pretty much the same steps to make the bbq grilled cheese sandwich, except with a tortilla.

Oh, and did you see that up there!?! A slideshow! I’m feeling pretty fancy and techie right now :D Those pictures basically show you the steps to making these quesadillas, but as usual, I will give you all the directions below!

BBQ Chicken Quesadillas

(for one quesadilla, makes 3 small triangles-serves one!)

1/4 cup caramelized onions

1/2 cup chicken, cooked

1/4 cup BBQ sauce, separate

2 Tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated

1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, grated

2 Tablespoons bacon bits (optional)

butter or oil

tortilla

  1. In a small bowl, combine caramelized onions, cooked chicken, and 2 Tablespoons of BBQ sauce until thoroughly mixed and combined. Set aside.
  2. Heat pan with about a tablespoon of oil over medium-high heat. When hot and butter is melted, place tortilla in pan. Flip tortilla every 30-45 seconds, until large bubbles start to form.
  3. Turn down the heat to low. Spread remaining BBQ sauce on tortilla in thin layer across entire tortilla. Sprinkle parmesan cheese over BBQ sauce. Drop caramelized onions and chicken on ONE HALF of the tortilla (this is important that you just put this on one half, or else you will have chicken and onions everywhere). Sprinkle mozzarella cheese and bacon bits (if using) over entire tortilla.
  4. With the heat on as low as possible, place a lid over on top for about 1 1/2 – 2 minutes, or until mozzarella is melty.
  5. Fold the tortilla, flipping the side that doesn’t have chicken on it over the side that does have the chicken and onions on it. Place on a plate, cut into triangles, and ENJOY! :D
NOTES:
  • this recipe is super flexible, use your own judgement on the amounts of stuff you like on here. I’m not a huge BBQ sauce person so I like to go light on mine-do as YOU like!
  • this would be super awesome with black beans, too! (for some reason I feel like baked beans could be kind of good on here, too weird??)
Random Fact of the Day: With the invention of the light bulb, Americans averaged 1.5 hours less sleep per night.
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