Make Yourself a Dang Quesadilla!

Happy Meatless Monday all!  It's finals week, which means I'm busy (mostly with telling people how busy I am) which means we're doing a recipe-less recipe again this week.  It's a fave around the Gibby house though.  I'm not kidding.  Drew sang when I told him what we were having.  He has a lovely voice.

The Diller Machine.

Drew gave me this diller machine for Christmas one year before we were married.  His mom was worried that we might have a "Father of the Bride" blender moment.  But as we all know, I did not call off the wedding.  Kitchen gadgets are the way to my heart.

I love that story.

Where were we?

Ah yes, quesadillas.  I'm pretty sure we had these once a week our first year of marriage.  Now that I'm more confident in the kitchen we don't bust out the diller maker very often.  If it were up to Drew we'd have dillers every night.

You can fill your diller with pretty much anything you want.  As long as you have tortillas, beans, and cheese you're good to go.  We added a little grilled onion and pepper to give them a fajita flair.

You're gonna need way more cheese than that.

Now, after all my years of making quesadillas, I'm pretty much an expert.  It doesn't take a lot of skill, but there are some tricks that make things easier. 

I like to slather the beans on the bottom tortilla then do the actual building while it sits on the open machine.

One time I forgot the top tortilla and closed it like this.  Messy.

Another tip?  Don't fill it too full.  That guy was way too full and some of his innards squeezed out while he was cooking.  Don't worry.  I ate them.  With my fingers.

I like my quesadillers nice and brown.  One way to make them crispy and golden (and taste even more delicious) is to butter the outside of the tortilla.  We're feeling a bit heavy over here at the Gibson house so I opted to spray it with Pam instead.  It did the job.

Beautiful!

For easy slicing, use a pizza cutter!  Mmm... pizza...

Serve it up with salsa, sour cream, guac, whatever you've got.

We just had salsa.

Now tell me, out of all the yummy faces you've seen Drew make, is this not the most genuine???

I'm so happy.

Ari wants a diller too.

Alright, now you're just being silly.

This is the best dinner to make when you're pressed for time or are short on options in the kitchen.  We've always got tortillas, cheese, and salsa on hand.  And you can throw just about anything in the middle.  Just cook it up for about 5 minutes and voila!  Dinner is served. 

Happy {meatless} Monday!