Quesadillas
This very simple course is quite tasty as goes well with just about any mexican menu that you can come up with. Originally served as part of: Quesadillas.
Ingredients
- 3 flour, ,organic red chile tortillas (Whole Foods)
- 4 ounces chopped mushrooms
- 1/4 cup queso blanco, shredded cheese
- 1 teaspoon chopped cilantro
- sprinkle cumin
- vegetable oil
Instructions
In a frying pan, we saute the mushrooms in a little vegetable oil with a sprinkle of cumin until tender. We then remove them from the pan and park them in a bowl.
We wipe out the pan and heat it to cook the quesadillas. We place a third of the ingredients on one half of a tortilla - mushrooms, cheese, cilantro - and fold over. We place in the heated pan with a tablespoon of vegetable oil and cook for a few minutes until browned on one side. Then we flip and continue cooking until cheese is melted and both sides are crispy. We were able to fit two quesadillas in the pan at a time, keeping them warm in a 250 degree oven while we finished the third quesadilla.
Ingredients
- 4 oz mushrooms (chopped)
- vegetable oil
- cumin (a sprinkle)
- 3 flour tortillas (Whole Foods)
- ¼ cup queso blanco (shredded)
- 1 tsp cilantro (chopped)
Instructions
What's a kid job?
A Kid job is a step kids can help with, with a grown-up nearby, not one they do on their own. Every kid is different, so go by what your child can do rather than by age. Roughly:
- Little ones (about 2 to 4) can stir, pour in ingredients a grown-up has measured, tear lettuce, wash vegetables and sprinkle toppings.
- Older kids (about 5 to 8) can also measure and level, crack eggs, whisk, roll and cut out dough, and put things together.
- Bigger kids can read the recipe aloud, keep track of the timer, and take on more of the cooking as they're ready.
Steps with a knife, microplane, skewers, stove, oven, grill or hot oil, or with raw meat, poultry or seafood, are marked Grown-up. Kids can still watch those, from a safe distance.
Sauté the mushrooms in a little oil with a sprinkle of cumin until tender, then move them to a bowl.
Kid job
Put a third of the mushrooms, cheese and cilantro on half of each tortilla and fold it over.
Grown-up
Wipe out the pan and heat 1 tablespoon of oil. Cook 2 quesadillas at a time a few minutes, until browned, then flip and cook until the cheese melts and both sides are crisp. Keep them warm in a 250°F oven while you cook the last one.