Mushroom Quesadillas

Let's start with something really easy. Now that we are in this cool eco-friendly trend, I will start with no meat/chicken/pork/fish. Not that I won't bring those to the blog, if I may clarify.

We began by thinking: "How much time do I have to prepare dinner/lunch/breakfast?"
If you have the correct ingredients, you will only need 10-15 minutes to have this amazing quesadillas on your plate.

Ingredients

Let's begin with the mushrooms. Please go for the "fresh" option! If you use canned, or vased somehow, you will have a vinegar, salt flavor added.

Textures are important when cooking. 

Fresh mushrooms won't do you harm if you eat them raw, but will add that "crunchy" flavor to the plate. Use diffrent shapes for "innovating" the same recipe.

Next step is the cheese. And I will take this opportunity to talk about one of the most amazing discoveries that  my senses have made in life. I'm talking about Oaxaca Cheese. Yes, not easy to pronounce, but I will asure you that all your efforts and energy spent will be worth. This semi-fat ripened cheese (due to its process, not its aging)  is genetically engineered from ancient times. I invite you to research a little more on this and share it with me.

Anyway, enough with the Oaxaca cheese! If you cannot find Oaxaca cheese, you can also do it with another type of cheese that does not have a strong flavor, that it is not over-salted, but that could melt. In Colombia we could call it "Doble-crema" harshly translated "Double-cream" cheese. Other option could be Mozarella Cheese. 

The third ingredient is the "tortilla". This is sacred in Mexico. The National Economy depends on its price. I am not kidding. It is also the main ingredient/side dish in most of the traditional dishes. For these quesadillas, I recommend you use regular flour tortillas. You can find several types of them: 

• Light Tortillas: perfect if you don't want to spend all your Weight Watchers Points.
• Whole wheat tortillas: If you want to add fiber to your organism (good when you don't eat fruits nor vegetables in a regular basis)
• Cactus Tortillas: Yes. They are prepared from cactus. The greener option of all. (even the color is green)

Alchemy Time

(This is how I call the process, what a geek huh?)

Tortillas are made to be manipulated with the hands. Take the tortillas out of the package, and place them with your hands on a flat pan. Do not use oil. It's not necessary. Put the tortillas on lowest heat you can. They will be filtering the heat to the other ingredients but it is not suposed to burn. You want the tortillas to be soft, but warm, not crunchy (at least not in this experiment), these are no "Tacos Old-El Paso".

Make sure that you tear the cheese into shreds with your hands. You will feel it. Start smelling it, and your stomach will be preparing for the feast. Spread the shredded cheese around the center of the tortilla. Let it melt a little bit before adding the mushrooms. Don't add too much cheese, or you will find yourself in cheese volcano situation (another amazing recipe coming soon).

Depending on how much you want them cooked, you can cut big chunks, let's say cutting the mushroom in a cross, from top to bottom, or in really thin slices. Add the mushrooms at the near end of the process. Sprinkle some garlic salt and black pepper and close the tortilla. You could use another tortilla, but that will increase the carbs on the dish. It is your choice.

You can add any salsa to these quesadillas. Could be red hot sauce, ranchera sauce, green sauce, chipotle sauce or any spicy sauce you want. You can accompany this dish with hot or cold beverages, depending on the weather you are at and the time of the day.

The idea is for you to eat these with your bare hands. If you don't overcook the mushrooms no juice should come out of them, so it will be safe. Wait a little bit after you have cooked them though. You don't want the melted cheese burn on your mouth. Enjoy how the cheese stretches.

Easy huh? Let me know if this was too long, boring, short, if you want more pictures, more text, less slang, etc. All suggestions are more than welcome!