I love flour tortillas. They are so versatile you can make practically anything a handheld mobile feast. While the corn and 'flavored' tortillas (spinach, tomato...) are also tasty and have their place, I like that my peanut butter cheese and banana roll-up is not adulterated with additional tastes. If you haven't tried peanut butter cheese and banana I highly suggest it and I think I'll do the next post on the many uses of peanut butter. All that said today's topic is an easy breezy dish most folks call a quesadilla.
The folded tortilla is loaded with good melting cheese and vegetables and meats are grilled in to taste for a handy meal that goes in your hand. It is the grilled cheese sandwich from south of the border. As such it pairs well with tomato salsas, sauces and soups. From my vast landscape of experience I have a couple tips to relate.
Most people expect a soft mild cheese as the base. Make it stand out with shard cheeses like a strong Cheddar or Parmesan with ham or try Blue or Stilton with bacon. Go dessert style with a thin layer of Cream or Neuchatel with thin apple slices or peaches but be careful as these will want to leak and get mushy really fast.
For a vegetarian version cook up some wheat berries in taco seasoning as a ground beef substitute. Whole wheat can be cook pretty much just like rice and readily accepts external flavors.
Instead of making a bunch and serving, set out ingredients Mongolian BBQ style with a big griddle and let people complain about their own cooking for a change. It's hard to go wrong when there are so many ways to make them.
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