Packed with melted cheese, veggies and spicy jalapenos, you won’t miss the meat in these vegetarian quesadillas.
I hope you’re hungry for quesadillas, because I can’t get enough of these!
It’s meals like this where I could easily be a vegetarian. Quesadillas are one of my many favorite Mexican meals, but I’ll never let any of my kids order them at a restaurant. They are far too easy to make at home!
You will love these!
They are easy to customize– add your favorite veggies, heat or no heat and grill them up.
Kid-friendly– of course mine are comping at the bit over veggie quesadillas, but you can easily make bean and cheese quesadallas for them or plain cheese and make them pick out the veggies they will eat.
Meatless- did you know there are benefits to our environment, our health and budget when eating meatless? Try it at least once a week!
I love the tortillas you can cook fresh yourself. If you do find those, it adds an extra step, but gives you a tasty end result.
You can saute the veggies ahead of time and cook the quesadillas when you ready!
This is truly one of my favorite go-to quick-fix meals- betweens beans, vegetables and/or chicken, I could live off quesadillas. Enjoy this version!
- 8 tortillas (corn or flour)
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1⅓ cup onion slices (1 small onion)
- 1⅓ cup red bell pepper slices (1 red bell pepper)
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 2 heaping cup swiss chard (kale or spinach would work too)
- 1 fresh jalapeno sliced (seeds removed if you don't like it too spicy or omit pepper altogether)
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 1⅓ cup shredded Monterrey jack cheese (Monterrey Pepper Jack would be good too)
- In a large skillet on medium heat, add olive oil. Next add onion, bell peppers, mushrooms and cook for ~6 minutes. Add swiss chard and jalapeno. Season with dried oregano, salt and pepper and cook for ~3 more minutes.
- Divide vegetable mixture among 4 tortillas, top each with ⅓ cup Monterrey jack cheese. Place another tortilla on top.
- Add a drizzle of oil or some cooking spray on a griddle. Cook for two minutes per side or until lightly browned and cheese is melted. Serve with salsa and guacamole.
Tortilla Land sent me tortillas to sample, as they do from time to time, but no other compensation was provided and all opinions are 100% my own. I am truly in love with their tortillas.
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LOOKS AMAZING! The guac (or avocado) is mandatory.
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Thank you! I agree, I am a very sad girl when I am out of avocados. 😉
Quesadillas are made weekly in our house. Breakfast, lunch, dinner – the combinations are endless. I especially love to go the spicy Mexican route. Yum!
Angela @ Happy Fit Mama recently posted..Butternut Squash Apple Soup
I know, they are just too simple and make everyone happy. 🙂
i could pretty much live on quesdillas! love
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Me tooooo!
YUM! spicy is a MUST for me and mexican food! 🙂
Linz @ Itz Linz recently posted..no cooking for me
Yes! I always love spicy food but even more so when I am pregnant! I take it you don’t have morning sickness/food aversions right now?
Those look amazing! I love the variety of veggies you through in there. I need to experiment with more than cheese for L, I bet she’d eat it with peppers and mushrooms. Yum!!
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These are so good that I didn’t even want to share with my kids ;). They prefer just plain cheese or beans/cheese too.
Guac is the key ingredient! I love guac. Yum.
Recipe looks fresh and delish!
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Thanks Kierston! 🙂
Ohhh yes please! Yum! We can’t have guac in the house because of the Macaw. It’s toxic to birds. Such a SAD SAD thing. But look at those veggies….ahhhh
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Oh that’s so unfortunate but it’s fabulous with some good salsa- heck it’s fabulous with nothing on it!
Yum! Yum! Love all the veggies here!
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I was introduced to those tortillas a few years ago and now I have the hardest time enjoying tortillas that aren’t theirs! The problem is I can’t find them where I live – I actually won a giveaway earlier this year & was sooo happy to get my shipment. I have to see if my Costco has them.
I’m a sucker for quesadillas, these look so good!
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Tried this veggie mix for quesadillas last night. As always Very good! We had left over veggies Greg had some scrambled in eggs and I am eating them just plain in a corn tortilla. Thanks for a great recipe once again.