Crispy quesadillas filled with beans, sautéed onions, bell pepper, avocado and lots of cheese. These avocado black bean quesadillas are filling and make a great vegetarian meal too!
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I have many more healthy, creative, and delicious recipes in store for 2017 and I can NOT wait to share every recipe with you all! I wish you and your family a safe and happy new year, filled with plenty of delicious healthy home cooking, and lots of happy tummies! 🙂
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2017 kicks off with delicious avocado, veggie and bean packed quesadillas that are crispy on the outside, and cheesy on the inside. They make a great lunch and are also very filling too! I don’t know if it’s just me but there’s just something magical about avocado and melted cheese 😀
Serve with your favorite salsa or low-fat sour-cream and enjoy! 😀
Avocado Black Bean Quesadillas
Ingredients
- 1/2 onion, sliced
- 1/2 bell pepper, sliced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup black beans, drained
- 1 tablespoon taco seasoning
- 4 medium soft flour tortillas
- 2 avocados, peeled, halved, seeded and sliced
- 1/4 cup minced cilantro
- 1 lime, cut in half
- 1 cup light Mexican, Cheddar or mozzarella cheese
- oil or cooking spray for grilling
Instructions
- In a medium pan over medium-high heat, saute onion and bell pepper in 1 tablespoon oil for 2-3 minutes or until tender. Add the black beans and taco seasoning. Cook for another minute. Transfer mixture into a small bowl and set aside.
- Rinse and wipe down pan and return to heat. Drizzle with a light layer of oil or spray with cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, lightly mash the avocados with a fork. Stir in cilantro and juice of 1/2 lime, season with salt and pepper to taste. Spread a quarter of mashed avocado onto half of a tortilla. Top with bean mixture and 1/4th cup of cheese. Fold the tortilla closed over the veggies. Repeat until all tortillas are filled and all fillings are used.
- Cook on medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes per side or until the outside is crispy and cheese has fully melted. Serve with your favorite salsa or sour-cream, Enjoy!
Soooooo delicious. I’m obsessed!
Made these last Saturday and the family loved them so much I had to make them again 6 days later. These were delicious and easy enough to make that my 8-year old budding chef did all of the prep work.
So easy to make and super tasty. You can use store bought guacamole as well if you can’t source ripe avocadoes.
Absolutely amazing!!! Very easy to make and cooked up quickly. The flavors from the veggies themselves were amazing I didn’t need to even add cheese.
This recipe has become an essential of our dinner rotation. And it’s so handy when you have vegetarian friends coming over for a casual dinner! The flavors are just perfect and it’s so quick and easy to make. I strongly recommend fresh homemade salsa to go with it.
Does anyone know if these would freeze well?
The filling freezes great. There’s only two of us, so I made the whole recipe and froze the rest.
This was a hit!! Great vegetarian dish, easy to make and super delicious! Into the regular rotation of recipes it goes! Thank you so much!!!
Tried these today for my meat free Monday dinner and I loved them! Super filling and delicious as well!! Definitely will be making again 👍🏼
this recipe is amazing! low prep, healthy, easy to make. will definitely be making again! thank you
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If I try to make this dish to keep it plant base what cheese should I use
Sooo delicious! Next time will add more beans. The recipe made 3 good size quesadillas which we paired with Knorr Tomato Fideo and fresh muddled berry margaritas!
A firm favourite! i Added some salsa the second time i made them for some extra kick and replaced the black beans with kidney beans because it was what i had to hand. a great way to get some extra veggies into the diet.
if you’re not worried about calories a good dollop of sour cream on top is also nice.
Happy this recipe is a favorite! <3
These are so good! i love the addition Of thE avocado mash with the veggies.
Delicious. I used low carb toRtillas. Just used 2 tsp Homemade taco seasoning.
LOOKS GREAT! Can’t wait to try it. Thanks for sharing.
Great recipe! Even my carnivore husband LOVEd it and went back for seconds. Thanks!