Que Sera Quesadilla with Express Lane Guac 🌮🌯

Fine, those are taco and burrito emojis but it's close enough. You have to use the cards you're dealt with🃏.  I looooove making quesadillas for my kids! It's essentially a Mexican version of grilled cheese, so it feels cooler. This is a lovely meal that works for a super fast brunch, lunch, or dinner. Heck, even breakfast if you wake up hungry and are in the mood for some international love. This meal is legit five minutes total. I really enjoy using my griddle, as I've said many times. I must have been a short order cook in a diner in a past life. If you're making these for a few peeps they can assemble their own from different toppings and cheeses, like make your own pizza. You just have to grill and flip. Or you can just make a couple variations without asking your guests (better), and they can all share.

The quesadillas are cut into wedges with a pizza cutter, another fun kitchen tool. A sharp, serrated knife works well too. The wedges serve beautifully and look really professional layered gently on a rustic or white platter. If you're having a casual brunch, two or three quesadilla variations with a soup and a green salad is all you need to both impress and enjoy (you're important too❤️). Hosting should not equate indentured servitude.

Ingredients:

Flour or whole wheat tortillas

Shredded cheddar and mozzarella cheese

Can of black/red beans rinsed and drained

Tbsp olive oil, and a pastry brush to brush the oil

Chopped tomatoes,

Sliced, black olives,

Thinly sliced peppers any color

Diced and seeded jalapeño.

These are just topping suggestions, but use whichever you like. For these here I used mozzarella, red peppers, and black beans.

Brush the griddle or large frying pan with a tbsp of oil. Heat well over medium high heat. Place one tortilla down and top with a handful of cheese, spreading out but leaving a two inch border with none. This prevents the cheese oozing out and running away from your meal. 

When the cheese is semi melted add other toppings. Put some more cheese on top, followed my the second tortilla. Brush more oil on top. Let cook until contents are fairly melted together and bottom tortilla is golden brown. Flip and cool another minute or two until both sides are crispy with the insides all melded together. Slide off griddle onto a cutting board. Let cheese set a couple minutes before slicing into wedges.

Now for the fastest guac ever. I've started making this for my girls nightly, and God forbid they like chopped vegetables, so I made this easy, no frills version for them. Double this for more than two people.

One ripe avocado

Half a lime

Half a teaspoon each kosher salt and cumin

Quarter tsp pepper

Slice avocado in half and scoop flesh (so Silence of the Lambs!) into a bowl. Mash. Very thoroughly squeeze the half a lime, getting the max amount of juice. Add seasonings. Mix well. Adjust seasonings to taste. Can add chopped cilantro, flat leaf parsley, tomatoes, and red onion. Squeeze in a siesta at some point and tell Dora the Explorer to go F herself🖕🏼.

Te' Amo, Senorita Blaga