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Friday, March 31, 2006

Quesadillas and black bean enchiladas with mango salsa
















Mmmm... Dang tasty. The quesadillas are just some store bought black bean and white corn tomato salsa with ranchero and soy cheese, garnished with cilantro, and baked in the oven til the ranchero melted.
Black beans:
This recipe courtesy of Taste of Home magazine
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons chicken broth
  • 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained, divided
  • 1 1/2 cups picante sauce, divided
  • 12 (6 inch) flour tortillas
  • 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
  • 1/2 cup shredded reduced-fat Cheddar cheese
  • 1/2 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
  • 3 cups shredded lettuce
  • 6 tablespoons fat free sour cream
  1. In a nonstick skillet, cook and stir onion and green pepper in broth for 2-3 minutes or until tender. Mash one can of black beans. Add to the skillet with 3/4 cup of picante sauce and remaining beans; heat through.
  2. Spoon 1/4 cup mixture down the center of each tortilla. Roll up and place, seam side down, in a 13-inch x 9-inch x 2-inch baking dish coated with nonstick cooking spray. Combine tomatoes and remaining picante sauce; spoon over enchiladas.
  3. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with cheeses. Bake 5 minutes longer. To serve, place 1/2 cup lettuce on each plate and top with two enchiladas. Garnish each serving with 1 tablespoon sour cream.
My modifications: I used dried black beans (soaked then simmered), a red pepper too, and used ranchero cheese.

Mango salsa, my recipe

1 mango, chopped
1 serrano pepper, finely diced
1/2 small onion, diced
1/2 cucumber, chopped
1/4 red pepper, diced
1/4 C cilantro, chopped

Combine and enjoy.

The enchiladas were good but a bit dry. Mixing the mango salsa in with each bite made it delicious!

My drink was ice water.

WW pts on core: I couldn't find ranchero cheese listed, but it's similar to ricotta (except it melts), so I calculated 1 tsp of that to be 0 pts. The tortillas are half a point each, and I had three, so 1.5 pts. Not bad for an amazing dinner.

2 Comments:

At 11:48 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Beautiful presentation!

Was a serving size two of the mini quesidillas and two enchiladas?

 
At 12:29 PM, Blogger Ana said...

just one of the quesadillas, and 2 enchiladas.

 

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