Monday, June 25, 2012

Zucchini & Vegetable Quesadilla

Looking for a good dish to use up some fresh veggies from your garden? I sure was and this is the recipe I decided to try. I had some fresh zucchini that needed cooked and I wanted to try something a little different with the green veggie.

Chicken, Zucchini, & Vegetable Quesadilla
Serves: 4
Adapted by: http://www.onelovelylife.com/?p=881

Ingredients
2 cans of black beans, drained and rinsed
1 cup frozen corn, thawed
1 zucchini, shredded (use a cheese shredder to do this)
1 cup shredded chicken, cooked (we used some leftover rotisserie chicken breast shredded up)
1/4 cup minced red onion
1 can diced green chiles
salt and pepper, to taste
Reduced-Fat Mexican Cheese blend, shredded
Whole wheat or Low Carb flour tortillas

Directions
-In a large mixing bowl, combine beans, corn, zucchini, chicken, red onion and green chiles. Season dish with salt and pepper.
-Heat a medium saucepan over medium heat on the stove.
-Take a tortilla and spread some of the mixture on one half of the tortilla. Top with some shredded cheese and fold over.
-Cook quesadilla over medium heat until golden brown and then flip over and cook until golden brown on the other side and cheese is melted and warm.
-Cut quesadilla into wedges and serve
-Serve with salsa or sour cream on the side

Enjoy! :)

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