Sweet Potato Quesadillas
"An easy recipe for a great appetizer or dinner. This recipe lets you walk away while potatoes are baking and keeps your hands free for other tasks!"
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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8 large quesadillas
ingredients
- 3 lbs sweet potatoes
- 2 (14 ounce) cans black beans
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 16 flour tortillas
- 24 ounces colby-monterey jack cheese
directions
- Bake the sweet potatoes in a 400 degree oven for about 45 minutes to an hour (until soft).
- Allow sweet potatoes to cool thouroughly.
- Shred the cheese and set aside.
- Skin the sweet potatoes and mash together with the black beans, cumin and garlic powder.
- Spread approximately 3/4 cup of potato/bean mixture onto a flour tortilla.
- Cover mixture with cheese and place another tortilla on top.
- Repeat until all mixture is used.
- Place quesadillas on greased cookie sheets.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven until cheese has melted and tortilla is crispy (about 10-15 minutes).
- Serve with salsa or your favorite condiment.
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Reviews
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Super easy and super fantastic! What a great recipe. I peeled and cooked the sweet potatoes in the microwave, mashed them, and then stirred in the beans and spices. It was a perfect balance of flavors. I actually used muenster cheese because that's what I had on hand -- also good. They toasted nicely in the oven, and were a wonderful, tasty, filling meal. -
Loved it! A nice spin on a classic tex-mex dish.
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I tried this recipe originally to lighten up my take to work lunches and now it is a staple! I usually freeze 2 serving to have on hand and keep 2 in the fridge. Paired with a nice green salad using salsa as dressing, I always look forward to my lunch break.
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I live in Washington, DC with five other recent college graduates. I just love adapting new recipes for the crew to try out. I consider any recipe a success if the girls fight over who gets to take it for lunch the next day!
I also have celiac disease which means I must maintain a gluten-free diet, free of wheat, barley, and oats. I am also a budding vegetarian. My favorite cookbook is a toss-up between Bette Hagman's "Gluten-Free Gourmet" (because it so easy!) and Mollie Katzen's "The Enchanted Broccoli Forest"
