Daytime Kitchen: Chicken Quesadillas and Eat Together

How often do you sit down and eat together? Studies show that the more that children eat with their family, the less likely they are to get involved in risky behavior. Eat Together is an organization that is making it very easy to sit down as a family and talk, by providing recipes, talking points and activities. Here's the chicken quesadilla recipe:

Number of Servings: 4

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Estimated Cost for Groceries: $14.97

Estimated Cost per Recipe: $5.65

Estimated Cost per Person: $1.41

Equipment:

• Cutting board

• Knife

• Mixing bowl

• Large non-stick skillet

• Spatula

• Grater

 

Ingredients:

• Non stick cooking spray

• 1 cup skinless chicken, pre-cooked

and shredded

• 2 tablespoons chunky salsa

• 1/4 onion, chopped

• 1/4 cup green bell pepper, chopped

• 1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese,

shredded

• 4 whole wheat flour tortillas

Directions

1. Spray a non-stick skillet with cooking

spray and heat to medium.

2. Mix chicken, salsa, onion, and green

pepper (optional).

3. Place 1/4 of the chicken mixture on

the bottom half of a tortilla and top it

with 1/4 of the cheese.

4. Fold tortilla in half, covering the

filling.

5. Place folded tortillas in skillet. Brown

on one side at medium heat for

approximately 2-4 minutes. Turn

tortilla over and brown other side for

1-2 minutes.