Tasty quinoa quesadilla with yummy sour cream and avocado.
Try these easy to make Quinoa Quesadillas for easy Wednesday night dinner. Quinoa Quesadillas taste fantastic, you can’t go wrong with this combination wholesome quinoa, cooked chicken, melted cheese, and yummy sour cream. The key to having this great meal is you strategically plan your leftovers. For example, you have baked chicken on Monday and save back chicken, then make quinoa as a side dish on Tuesday and you save back quinoa for qusadillas. Aha la on Wednesday you eat quinoa quesadillas, yum.
Layer quinoa quesadilla with cheese, chicken and cooked quinoa.
They are so simple to make. You heat up a skillet with a little cooking oil and lay a flour taco shell in the skillet. Build your quesadilla in the skillet, you pile on the fillings on one flour taco shell. Start with the cheese, then top with salsa, taco meat and quinoa, top with second flour taco shell. Cook a few minutes on each side until cheese is melted and the taco shell is crispy. Garnish top with sour cream, more salsa, cheddar cheese, avocado, and cilantro. It might take all of ten minutes to make and less time to clean up, enjoy.
Top quinoa and chicken with your favorite salsa and cheese.
Quinoa Quesadilla
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 Ingredients 6 large white or whole wheat taco shells 1 cup cooked taco meat 1 cup cooked quinoa 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese 1 1/2 cups salsa 1 Tablespoon cooking oil 1 avocado diced 1 tomato diced Sour Cream to garnish Fresh Cilantro to garnish Instructions Heat up a skillet with a little cooking oil and lay a flour taco shell in the skillet. Build your quesadilla in the skillet, you pile on the fillings on one-flour taco shell. Start with about 1/4 cup each of cheese, layer over a few tablespoons of salsa, 1/4 cup each of the cooked chicken and quinoa, cover with a second flour taco shell. Depending on the size of your taco shell you may want to add a little less on the ingredients or a little more. Cook a few minutes on each side until cheese is melted and the taco shell is crispy. Garnish top with sour cream, more salsa, cheddar cheese, avocado, tomato and cilantro. It might take all of 20 minutes to make and less time to clean up, enjoy. | |
