Quick Avocado Quesadilla
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Both the toddler and I ate avocado and liked it! Can you believe it?! Here’s a little secret I learned today. If you replace or add a healthy ingredient into a food item your toddler already likes, he’ll eat it no questions asked. That’s what I did with the avocado. I simple put it in the quesadilla as I would chicken or beans (2 things he’s used to in quesadillas) and he happily ate it. GOSH! I love getting good stuff in the boy! :)
- 1/2 avocado chunked
- 4-5 cherry tomatoes quartered
- about 1/4 cup bell pepper chopped
- 1 tsp lime juice
- 1 tsp dried cilantro
- 1/4 -1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/4 tsp dried cumin
- 1 oz fancy shredded Mexican cheese blend
- 2 low carb/whole grain tortillas
- Salsa for dippin’!
Toss the avocado, tomatoes, peppers, lime juice, cilantro, chili powder, and cumin.
Heat a non stick skillet over medium high heat. Place one of the tortillas, top with half the cheese. Add the avocado mixture, the rest of the cheese and top with other tortilla. Press down with a pot of water or tea kettle. Cook for 1-2 minutes until bottom tortilla browns. Flip, press again and cooke for 1-2 minutes.
Click here to see a (a very old) video of this technique.
The nutritional info in a bit sketchy as it really depends on the tortillas you use. Look for whole grain/low carb varieties and you’ll be fine. If they are large or burrito size simply use once and fold over on itself.
| Servings | Amt per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 quesadilla | ||
| Calories | Fat | Fiber | WWPs |
| 375 | 23g | 15g | 9 |
| Sugar | Sat Fat | Carbs | Protein |
| 4g | 5g | 37g | 20g |
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Yum, those look delicious! And look how big the toddler is getting!
Mmmmm.. These sound soooo good! =P
Hey Roni! Recipe sounds great – but I’m not sure about the WW points you listed – 375 cal, 23g fat, 15 g Fibre – 3 points? Is that right?
Sarah – THANKS! I totally didn’t update the point column from my last recipes. All fixed.
Unfortunately avocado is high in points which is a problem with WW I think. This is the kind of stuff I avoided when losing because of that.
Great recipe! I think my toddler and I would love these too! :)
Yep….the toddler is definately not looking toddler’ish these days….I think you’re gonna have to rename him…the son, the child or the boy. :)
Looks delicious! My daughter also likes eating avocado in the ‘avocado bowl’ (score it and keep it in its half)…you could try that next and mix in the foods he likes in the ‘bowl’! Then again I specialize in ’selective eaters’ with my job so i live for this kind of thing! Love your recipe and cant wait to try it, mmmm!
Mmmmmm…These looked so good that I made them last night. I just added shimp. Yum Yum.
<3 avocado. When I was “hardcore WW chick” I’d eat half or a quarter.. I had to have it!!! Quesadillas look awesome!
Roni, you are so lucky! my 3 year old daughter Ava is a good eater when it comes to eating whole wheat pasta, barley and quinoa and loves all fruit but when it comes to veggies she is impossible! Corn and peas shes all about, other than that i have to puree the others into her food. I’ve been trying to hide veggies shes not use to in her everyday favorite foods so she can still see them and start to get use to them but she is so slick! I made her a chicken/cheddar quesedilla and mixed in some sautee spinach, she took one look at it and said “Chicken is not green mommy!” blew me away lol I guess i’m just going to have to keep pureeing ::sigh::
Well it’s not all luck.. there’s a A LOT of persistence in there as well. :)
We have a rule in my house. I will never force anyone to eat anything they don’t like but everyone must try at least one bite of everything on their plate. I refuse to allow Ryan to tell me he doesn’t like something until he tries it.
I started the rule around 2 and believe me there were some REAL tough nights that involved crying and yelling. lol
But now he will try just about anything and yes.. there are something things he just doesn’t like and I respect that.
That being said I do sneak extra stuff in when I can! Did you see my pizza sauce? http://greenlitebites.com/2007/11/15/roni%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cthey-don%E2%80%99t-know-what%E2%80%99s-in-there%E2%80%9D-pizza-sauce/
I’m sneaky too. :)
The toddler looks so much like you in the first picture. Usually I see his dad, but in this picture I saw your face.
Mmmm… num, num, num!