Crispy Quesadillas

In continuing "Good Daniel Fast Recipes" from the January 21 blog entry:

Crispy Quesadillas

Serves 4

4 medium whole wheat tortillas

1 1/2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Guacamole

1 small red onion, sliced

1 large poblano pepper, seeded, sliced into thin strips

salt and black pepper to taste

1/2 tbsp olive oil

4 0z sliced mushrooms

4 oz chorizo, casing removed (soyrizo in the vegetarian section of the produce area)

Shredded chicken would be great instead of the chorizo as another option.

Heat a large skillet or sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the oil and chorizo; cook until browned, using a wooden spoon to break up the meat into smaller pieces. If using soyrizo, it never browns. You just have to keep stirring it around until you think it's cooked, about 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and drain all but a thin film of the fat. Return to the heat and add the onion, mushrooms, and pepper; sauté, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are brown - 5-7 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Divide the cheese between two tortillas and top each with half of the vegetable mixture. Top with the remaining tortillas.

Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Spray the pan with nonstick cooking spray and cook each quesadilla individually, until the tortillas are brown and crispy and the cheese is fully melted. Cut into 4-6 wedges and serve with the guacamole.

For the Daniel Fast: As I said above, I found "soyrizo" in the vegetarian section of the produce area at Walmart. Cook all of the vegetables. Cut the tortillas in half to make them smaller and easier to flip since you won't have to cheese to hold it together. Heat the skillet with olive oil. Lay down half of a tortilla. Top it with the soyrizo and vegetable mixture. Put the other half of the tortilla on top. Let it sit for about one minute and carefully flip. Cook the other side for another minute and serve immediately. You can also put black beans and salsa from the "Huevos Ranchos" recipe (see the January 21 post) as a side or on top.