Mexican Food Recipes
Cooking with Kids - Easy Quesadillas Recipe
This recipe for easy quesadillas is written with kids in mind. Obviously, they will need to be supervised since this is a cooked recipe and knives are involved! Depending on the age of your child, he can chop the vegetables, sprinkle the ingredients over the tortilla in the pan, and maybe cut the quesadillas into wedges with a pizza cutter. An easy quesadilla recipe like this makes a good lunch and quesadillas make a change from sandwiches. The cheese, tomato, onion, and bell pepper make a nice, simple filling, which is crunchy and colorful and will appeal to children as well as adults.
If your kids want to help you in the kitchen, choosing a recipe like easy quesadillas is perfect because they have fun eating their culinary creations and this is a simple recipe to make. It is also healthier letting them help to make a lunch recipe than making a cookie or cake recipe, for example.
Kids also like this recipe because they can choose the ingredients. You can use other vegetables in this easy quesadilla recipe, such as spinach, corn, chopped olives, or mushrooms. When it comes to making quesadillas, they do not get much easier than this.
Easy Quesadillas
Ingredients -
2 small flour tortillas
½ cup grated mozzarella, Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese
Knob of butter
1 sliced tomato
½ sliced onion
½ sliced green bell pepper
Salt and pepper
Mild salsa or sour cream
Preparation:
Place a nonstick skillet over a medium heat and add the butter.
Put the tortilla flat in the skillet.
Sprinkle over the cheese, tomato, onion and bell pepper.
Put a second tortilla over the top.
Fry each side until the cheese melts.
Use the salsa or sour cream for dipping.
(Serves 1 Adult or 2 Small Kids)
Photo Description:
These delicious and easy quesadillas are filled with tomato, cheese, bell pepper, and onion and then they are cut into wedges and dipped into tasty guacamole or sour cream. This makes a delicious lunch for adults or kids and the quesadillas are hot, flavorful, and crunchy. Kids can be fussy about food but letting them help to make their own lunch inspires them to taste it and of course, they will say they love their own creations! This makes a healthy snack and letting the children help also teaches them about cooking and Mexican cuisine in particular. Who does not love crunchy quesadillas?
