Here is a recipe by Jill Dupliex.  I got it from Love Food Hate Waste.  If you haven’t heard of it, Love Food Hate Waste is a campaign to help all of us reduce our waste.  I absolutely love it!  They have got a fantastic website with tons more recipes, tips, and ideas to help you reduce your waste, which in turn helps the environment.

This recipe aims to use up “leftover cheeses.”  Quick point: If you are on a weight loss plan, just increase the vegetable portion and reduce the amount of cheese you use.

Anything-goes Quesadilla

Ingredients:

8 wheat flour tortillas

500g cooked sweet potato or butternut squash, lightly crushed

100g leftover cheeses, grated

200g fresh mozzarella

Sea salt, pepper, and basil leaves to season

Preparation:

1. Place a flour tortilla in a dry, non-stick frying pan and lavishly spread with the crushed vegetables, right to the edges.

2. Season with salt and pepper and scatter the cheese and basil over the top of the vegetables. Place another tortilla on top and cook over a medium heath until lightly browned, about 3 minutes.

3. Turn once, and cook the other side until lightly browned and the cheese has melted.

4. Transfer to a board, and keep warm, while you make the others.  Cut into halves or quarters to serve.

This is so simple!  A slight variation on this might be using 100% corn tortillas, which is great for those who have gluten/wheat allergies.  And you can use different vegetables if you’ve got things you need to use up.  Spinach is delicious in quesadillas.

For this and other recipes, visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.com.   It is a great site with a great purpose.

To your health,

Kimberly