Thursday, March 18, 2010

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Quesadillas


These are delicious in the summer, winter, anytime really. If you want to serve them all together you can put the others in the oven until the rest are fried.

Serves 4
Ingredients
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 4 green onions, sliced with white and green sections separated
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 2 large sweet potatoes
• 1 can black beans rinsed and drained
• 1/2 tsp each salt, pepper and ground cumin
• 1/4 tsp chili powder
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 jalapeno, seeded and minced
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (use scissors it works much better then a knife)
• 4 whole grain tortillas, 10 inches
• 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese

Directions
1. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Cook white sections of green onion, celery, sweet potato, beans, salt, pepper, cumin and chili powder until onions become soft and sweet potatoes start to brown
2. Stir in red pepper and jalapeno, cook stiring often until sweet potatoes are tender (around 10-15 minutes)
3. Remove from heat and stir in the rest of the green onion and cilantro
4. Arrange some sweet potato mixture on one half of the tortilla, sprinkle with feta and fold in half
5. Fry on medium heat in oil, turning once, until it is golden and crispy on both sides

Serve it…serve with low-fat sour cream, salsa and a lime wedge

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