It’s National Grilled Cheese Month so we thought we would give the grilled cheese some international flair ; ) Mixing delicious Latin and Italian flavors with ooey, gooey vegan cheese makes for a delicious snack or meal. Quick to make and packed with nutritional punch with the avocado pesto, it will be eaten down to the crumbs faster than you can say Quesadilla!
Avocado Pesto
- 1 avocado, pitted and scooped
- 1 cup fresh basil
- 2 cloves fresh garlic
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Zest of 1 lemon
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon nutritional yeast (optional)
- 2-3 tablespoon water
All all ingredients, except the water, into a food processor or blender. Puree’ until smooth, adding water if you want to thin out the mixture, little by little.
Quesadilla
- 4 flour or brown rice tortillas
- Avocado Pesto
- 1 cup vegan shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup finely chopped tomatoes (optional)
- 1/2 cup sliced cooked vegan chicken or marinated baked tofu (optional)
- vegan sour cream, for serving
Heat a vegan butter or high heat coated griddle or large pan to medium heat.
Spread avocado pesto generously on 1 side of each of the tortillas. Place 2 tortillas, pesto side up, onto pan or griddle. Depending on the size of your griddle or pan, you may have to make 1 at a time.
Spread 1/4 cup of cheese evenly, in a single layer, over the pesto. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of the tomatoes and vegan chicken over the cheese, covering with another half cup of cheese. Top with a tortilla, pesto side down onto the cheese, pressing down to flatten. Flip after 2-3 minutes with a large spatula, making sure not to lose the filling. Using 2 spatulas is a good method!
Cook for an additional 2-3 minutes, making sure the tortilla is golden brown and crispy but not burned. remove from heat.
Repeat if needed to make a second quesadilla.
Place quesadillas on a plate and slice into triangle wedges, like a pizza. Serve with extra pesto or a dollop of vegan sour cream on each wedge and enjoy!
9 comments
This recipe for the quesadilla looks delicious and easy to make, however, it is not printer friendly, which defeats the purpose of it being available for easy access in regards to actually cooking it.
@ Gill:
Yes… Where’s the Printable option?
You’re so awesome! I don’t believe I’ve read anything like this before.
So good to find someone with original thoughts on this subject matter.
Really.. many thanks for starting this up. This web site is something
that is required on the internet, someone with a little originality!
An interesting discussion is worth comment. I do believe that you should publish more on this topic, it may not be a taboo matter but usually folks
don’t talk about these subjects. To the next! Many thanks!!
Gill wrote:
Nice it lovely as the ladies say be great if you can make it printable easer to quicker to do love to cook these ,the pads do turn of are frustrating as print outs era easer would be spoiling &great hope it’s a go?
Ops pressed a button sorry wrong spot as ladies said l hoping printables are possible be so much easer to do as pads keep closing down etc rather frustrating etc reciepies look great love to ifs ok with you and easy wough spoiling gift hope this happens very hope full ???