Happy Meatless Monday folks! How was the lasagna recipe we shared last week? Good?
Well, this week we’re sticking with the easy-as-pie theme for those of you new to going meatless. This time we’ve got an easy quesadilla that would be dynamite with some corn or maybe a taco salad. And don’t forget, KU is taking on Valparaiso at 7 tonight, so consider adding some corn chips and dip and making this a great game night meal.
Chipotle Black Bean Grilled Quesadilla
3/4 pound black beans — cooked; half mashed - half whole
2 chipotle chiles in adobo — minced
1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
Chipotle adobo sauce only (from the can), to taste
12 large tortillas
Mixture of mozzarella and cheddar flavor cheese or soy cheese
Heat your grill or grill pan. In a bowl, mix the beans and chipotle chiles together. In another bowl, mix the mayonnaise and chipotle sauce together. Spread the mayo mixture over one half of a tortilla. Top with the cheese and the beans. Fold over the tortilla. Carefully transfer to grill and cook until crisp and the cheese is melted. Serve immediately.
— Recipe from www.melissas.com.
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flux (anonymous) says…
I think I'll take meat over 1 1/2 cups of mayonnaise
KRichards (anonymous) replies…
No kidding!
At the very least this recipe should have used fat-free sour cream.
somedude20 (anonymous) says…
"In general 1 tablespoon of regular mayo is between 57 to 114 calories. It depends on the brand. Fat free, light, or canola-based mayonnaise has fewer calories: Kraft fat free mayo has 10 calories per tablespoon and Hellman's canola mayo has 45 calories per tablespoon"
1 cup = 16 tablespoons and mayo ranges from 57-114 cals a tablespoon. Wow, think I just found out how (why) so many vegetarians are overweight and chubby (fat)
Instead of the point being to not eat meat, why don't you make the point to eat healthly (using an average of 90 cals per tablespoon 1 1/2 cups of mayo is 2160 calories, that is just the mayo not even the cheese)
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (anonymous) replies…
"(using an average of 90 cals per tablespoon 1 1/2 cups of mayo is 2160 calories, that is just the mayo not even the cheese)"
This looks like a recipe that's nominally intended to serve six (two quesadillas per person) which would get at least the mayo portion of the recipe down to about 350 calories per person. By the time you add other stuff in, it's probably not much over 600 calories per person. That's kinda high, but not as high as your description tends to imply.
rodentgirl16 (anonymous) says…
I love mayo, but the thought of a cup and a half of it even makes me sick. I looked up the recipe on the website and it's supposed to be 1 1/2 c of adobo sauce with mayonnaise added in to taste. Little typo= big heart attack, angioplasty, and clogged veins :)
rodentgirl16 (anonymous) replies…
To be fair, it's not very clear on the website either. Without the mayonnaise it sounds good though.
bangaranggerg (anonymous) says…
Mayonaise: The other white meat.
stargazer66025 (anonymous) says…
Oh my, I think that I will skip this one. Looking forward to next weeks meatless monday recipe.