Quesadillas

Quesadillas, originally uploaded by susanandcorey.

Yum. My mouth waters a little just thinking about these. Monday seems to be my night to cook, and cook well. Maybe it's all of the energy I have stored up over the weekend, maybe it's because my kitchen is clean, maybe it's because I feel the need to fill Corey's stomach with something decadent before he heads off to band practice (yeah, you heard me, BAND practice...he's cool like that). Last Monday, I made these. They were stupidly simple:

1 can of drained black beans
2 red onions
2 cloves of garlic
cumin
chili powder
red pepper flakes
* all spices to taste
12 inch tortillas
cheese
butter

I chose some non-descript white, Mexican (it said Mexican on the wrapper) cheese with jalapeno peppers dotting it's angelic color. I shredded the cheese then started to work on the beans.

I chopped two red onions and sauteeed them for about five minutes in olive oil. I added the beans and spiced with cumin, chili powder and red pepper flakes.

I folded each tortilla in half, loaded them up with cheese and black beans and fried them in butter until brown on both sides. They then sat in the oven until all of the quesadillas were done so the cheese got super melted and the tortillas wonderfully crispy.

These slices of heaven were topped with guacamole, sort of. The avocados weren't quite ripe but I was vigilant about having some kind of topping, so I used them anyway. I like onion, lime, cilantro, tomatoes, and a little cumin in my guacamole.

Corey and I enjoyed our dinner with cold beers and didn't really speak a word to one another while eating. I generally take this as a sign that I am doing something right in our relationship.