Quesadillas for lunch/dinner

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Quesadillas are so easy. It astonishes me when people think these silly little tortilla
'sandwiches' are hard to make. They charge upwards of $8 for the things in some local restaurants,
made with flour tortillas.

Fill them however you like. I enjoy the cheese and spinach ones; some people like to add sliced
mushrooms, others like chicken or beef. Those are the upscale ones. I prefer the ones made with
corn tortillas, chorizo, beans and Monterey Jack cheese.

At any rate, take a large skillet and a large tortilla. Heat a little oil in the skillet and add
one tortilla. Top with fillings of choice (do not overfill - that's over-kill!). Place another
tortilla on the top. Cook it over medium heat until the tortilla is lightly browned. Now carefully
flip it over (a large, wide spatula comes in handy) and lightly brown the other side.

Slide it out of the skillet and use a chef's knife to score it into 8 pieces, sort of like a
pizza. I have a quesadilla baker (it's at the office, for pot lucks) that does the cutting.

This is a simple, quick, tasty meal. Even kids like these!

Jill

I found a pretty cool quesadilla maker. I know it sounds trite but its even easier. I think I paid
like $10 for it.

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"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

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Quesadillas are so easy. Slide it out of the skillet and use a chef's knife to score it into 8
pieces, sort of like a pizza. I have a quesadilla baker (it's at the office, for pot lucks) Jill

I found a pretty cool quesadilla maker. I know it sounds trite but its even easier. I think I paid
like $10 for it.

I did say I have one of those 🙂

Jill

jmcquown said:

This is a simple, quick, tasty meal. Even kids like these!

Great minds think alike -- I just got done making a quesadilla for lunch. I used beef and cheddar,
and topped with sour cream after I cooked it. I was lazy so rather than dirtying a pan, I baked it
at 325 for about 5 minutes per side directly on the rack, no sheet. It does not have the fried look
and taste but it is still cripsy and delicious.

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John Gaughan said:

jmcquown said:

This is a simple, quick, tasty meal. Even kids like these!

Great minds think alike -- I just got done making a quesadilla for lunch. I used beef and cheddar,
and topped with sour cream after I cooked it. I was lazy so rather than dirtying a pan, I baked it
at 325 for about 5 minutes per side directly on the rack, no sheet. It does not have the fried
look and taste but it is still cripsy and delicious.

Sometimes I bake them on my cast iron griddle; just brushed with a little oil.

Jill

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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John Gaughan said:

jmcquown said:

This is a simple, quick, tasty meal. Even kids like these!

Great minds think alike -- I just got done making a quesadilla for lunch. I used beef and
cheddar, and topped with sour cream after I cooked it. I was lazy so rather than dirtying a pan,
I baked it at 325 for about 5 minutes per side directly on the rack, no sheet. It does not have
the fried look and taste but it is still cripsy and delicious.

Sometimes I bake them on my cast iron griddle; just brushed with a little oil.

Jill

I love quesadillas stuffed with garlic shrimp, spinach and monterey Jack cheese! Yummy! kili

I usually do them in a non-stick skillet w/o oil. In summer we do them (carefully!) on the grill to
make appetizers for cookouts. One of my favorite kinds is gruyere cheese with leftover
crabmeat...but then again, how often does one have leftover crabmeat??

When we moved into our house 10 years ago, we were so busy unpacking and cleaning, etc. that we ate
quesadillas for just about every meal. We ate them so often that we named our cat Quesadilla (Casey
for short).

They are pretty darn easy when we're desperate for a quick meal...you wouldn't believe the mish-mosh
of cheese scraps I put together sometimes when the fridge is bare....still tastes good!

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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I prefer the ones made with corn tortillas, chorizo, beans and Monterey Jack cheese.

Known as tortillas con quesillo here in Honduras. A staple snack food or light dinner at 10Lempira
each - that's less than $1.00 Cooked on the plancha (griddle) until golden and the cheese is nice
and gooey.

In WA, I used flour tortillas, smoked salmon, a little bit of jack cheese and some dill weed.

Sandi