Quesadillas Chicken And Black Beans
Friday, 9. April 2010
(Family Features) – Stretching food dollars on eating healthy food, tasty on the table can be tricky. dietitian, nutritionist and author Elizabeth Somer has created these recipes and tips for the budget to help you add a health to your taste great food without a big price for your budget.
Compare unit. Often, buying in bulk or larger sizes are cheaper, but not always.
Plan meals in advance and keep a copy on the refrigerator and when you go to the store so we are not trying to understand what is for dinner while shopping.
Make an afternoon on a weekday evening, “uncooked”, where the whole family can participate to make coats, turnstiles or its cold.
Take inventory of what you have on hand. Keep track of basic foods you keep buying food is not necessary.
Check the circulars. Seeing what is available to help you see what to store and help plan your meals.
These revenues worth centered, designed to serve five to about $ 10 or less, are easy to make and use simple ingredients for family meals quickly and successfully.
Visit missionmenus.com find recipes and tips.
Quesadillas Chicken and Black Beans
Ingredients
2 cups shredded cooked chicken breast (grilled chicken works well)
1 15 ounces black beans, rinsed and drained
1 cup salsa Mission
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro
1 / 2 to 1 teaspoon chipotle pepper
2 teaspoons honey
Mission 8 medium tortillas for soft tacos
1 cup Monterey Jack
2 cups lettuce
1 tomato, diced
2 teaspoons chopped fresh cilantro
Reduced-fat sour cream
Mission sauce
Preparation
Combine chicken, black beans, salsa, cilantro, chile chipotle and honey in a large skillet. Heat over medium heat until hot. Remove from heat.
Heat a large skillet over medium heat and spray with cooking spray vegetables. Place a tortilla in the skillet. After one minute, flip the tortilla.
Carefully spread about 1 / 2 cup chicken mixture on top of the tortilla edges. Sprinkle cup of cheese 1 / 4. Place another tortilla on top, press down with spatula. Cover with the lid quesadilla. After 1 minute of cover quesadilla Brown. Once the cheese has melted remove quesadillas, a cutting board and cut into 8 wedges. Repeat for remaining quesadillas.
Place quesadillas on a platter to serve, sprinkle with lettuce, diced tomatoes and chopped cilantro. Serve with sour cream and salsa.
