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Vegetable Quesadillas with Fresh Salsa

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Vegetable Quesadillas with Fresh SalsaTravis Rathbone

Packing these puppies full of veggies gives them a wallop of low-cal flavor, leaving plenty of room for queso.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

4 medium plum tomatoes, diced
1/4 cup chopped red onion
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 can (15 ounces) low-sodium red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 tablespoon chopped chipotle chiles in adobo
4 fat-free 8-inch flour (or whole-wheat) tortillas
1 avocado, thinly sliced
4 cups baby spinach
1 cup reduced-fat shredded cheddar

Preparation

  1. In a bowl, combine tomatoes, onion, cilantro, juice, cumin and salt. In a second bowl, mash beans; stir in chipotle. Working one at a time, top half of each tortilla with 1/4 avocado slices, 1/4 bean mixture, 1 cup spinach and 4 tablespoons cheese; fold in half. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; add 1 quesadilla and cook, flipping once, until both sides are brown and crispy, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining quesadillas. Let cool slightly; cut each quesadilla into 3 wedges; serve with tomato salsa.

Nutrition Per Serving

Per 2 wedges: 277 calories
8 g fat
3 g saturated fat
35 g carbohydrate
7 g fiber
13 g protein
#### Nutritional analysis provided by Self
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