Best 7 Vegetarian Quesadillas Recipes

FARMER'S MARKET VEGETARIAN QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• In a large nonstick pan, cook red pepper, zucchini, yellow squash, onion, and mushrooms in olive oil over medium to medium-high heat for about 7 minutes, or until just tender. Remove vegetables from pan.
• Coat the same pan with cooking spray, and place one tortilla in pan. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of cheese evenly over tortilla, and layer 3/4 cup of the vegetable mixture over the cheese. Sprinkle another 1/8 cup of cheese on the vegetables, and top with a second tortilla. Cook until golden on both sides, for approximately 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove quesadilla from pan, and repeat with remaining ingredients. Cut each quesadilla into 8 triangles with a pizza cutter. Serve hot.

VEGETARIAN QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Spray a nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Add zucchini, squash, and onion; cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add garlic. Continue cooking until vegetables are tender, about 2 minutes more.
• Spread a scant 1/4 cup refried beans over each tortilla. Set 4 tortillas aside to be the tops of the quesadillas. Spoon 1/4 of the vegetable mixture over the remaining 4 tortillas. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons Cheddar cheese over the vegetables. Cover with the reserved tortillas, bean-side down.
• Wipe skillet out with a paper towel. Heat oil in the skillet over low heat. Add 1 quesadilla. Cook until browned and heated through, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining quesadillas. Serve each quesadilla with 1/4 cup salsa.

VEGETARIAN BREAKFAST QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Mist a light coat of olive oil on a frying pan and saute green onions until slightly softened.
• Beat eggs with lime juice and add to the pan. Season with salt, pepper and cumin. Scramble as usual, adding chopped cilantro when eggs are soft-set.
• Set scambled eggs aside on a warmed plate, wipe pan with a paper towel, and remist it with the olive oil atomizer.
• Spread 2 of the tortillas with mashed avocado. Season with more salt, pepper or cumin, if desired.
• Add 1 tortilla, avocado side up to the pan, top with one half of the scambled eggs, a 1/2 cup of the shredded cheddar and finally, one plain tortilla.
• Allow quesadilla to heat through, until the bottom tortilla has begun to crisp (but not burn!). Mist olive oil on the top tortilla and flip quesadilla over in the pan, allowing the top to crisp, as well.
• When finished, remove to a warm plate and follow directions 5 and 6 with second quesadilla.
• When both are finished, slice and serve with fruit salsa.

HEALTHY STUFFED VEGETARIAN QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Place oven on the broil setting.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Mix flour and water well, and cook like a pancake in the skillet until cooked through--about 2-3 minutes each side.
• Place tortillas on a baking sheet. On one side of the tortillas, spread salsa. Top with green bell pepper, onion, and cheese. Fold the tortillas in half, and place in the oven. Broil for 2-3 minutes, until the edges are browned. Flip them over, and broil another 2-3 minutes on the other side.
• Remove from oven, and spread fat free sour cream on top. Serve warm.

VEGETARIAN QUESADILLAS WITH MOZZARELLA AND AVOCADO

Steps:

• Combine avocado, tomato, mozzarella cheese, corn, cilantro, green onions, salt, and pepper in a bowl and mix well.
• Spread avocado mixture evenly over one side of each tortilla. Fold tortillas in half and press gently together.
• Cook each quesadilla in an ungreased frying pan over medium heat for about 45 seconds. Flip and continue cooking until cheese is melted, about 45 seconds more.

CORN, BLACK BEAN AND RED ONION QUESADILLAS FROM SIMPLE VEGETARIAN PLEASURES

Steps:

• See Simple Vegetarian Pleasures P. 148

GARDEN FRESH VEGETARIAN QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook veggies in olive oil until just soft, about 7 minutes over medium heat. Remove from pan.
• Coat same pan with cooking spray and put in one tortilla. Spread with a sprinkle of cheese and a layer of veggies, then another sprinkle of cheese. Top with another tortilla. Cook until golden brown on each side and cheese is melted. About 2-3 minutes each side.
• Remove and continue with remaining tortillas.