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Quesadillas With Onion-Cranberry Salsa

Courses: Main Course, Vegetarian
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Onion Cranberry Salsa
1 1/2 cups 93g / 3.3ozFinely-chopped onion
1 tablespoon 15mlSugar
3 tablespoons 45mlFresh lime juice - (1 lime)
2 tablespoons 30mlOrange juice
1 tablespoon 15mlRed wine vinegar - (to 2)
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozFinely-chopped green or red bell pepper
2 tablespoons 30mlChopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 cup 237mlCanned whole berry cranberry sauce
  Quesadillas
1 tablespoon 15mlVegetable oil
1 tablespoon 15mlGreen bell pepper - cut long strips (medium)
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozFrozen corn kernels
1 cup 237mlPeeled winter squash in 3/4" cubes
  = (such as acorn or kabocha)
2   Soy "sausage" links - (to 3) - sliced 1/4" thick
1 teaspoon 5mlCumin
1 teaspoon 5mlChili powder
4   Flour tortillas
2 cups 292g / 10ozGrated Monterey Jack cheese

Recipe Instructions

Make Onion-Cranberry Salsa: In medium bowl, mix onion, sugar and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Let stand 15 minutes. Add remaining salsa ingredients and mix well. Cover and refrigerate until using.

In medium skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add bell pepper, corn, squash and salt and freshly ground pepper to taste. Cover and cook over medium-low heat until squash is almost tender, about 7 minutes. Stir in "sausage," cumin and chili powder. Cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.

To assemble quesadillas, lightly coat large skillet with cooking spray. Place 1 tortilla in pan and heat about 30 seconds each side. Spread about one-third warm vegetable mixture over half the tortilla. Sprinkle with some cheese. Fold tortilla in half to enclose filling. Cook quesadilla until cheese is melted, about 1 minute each side. Slide quesadilla onto cutting board and cut into wedges. Repeat process to make remaining quesadillas. Serve with salsa on the side.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Per Serving: 396 Cal; 17g Prot; 17g Total Fat (8 Sat. Fat); 49g Carb.; 34mg Chol; 454mg Sod.; 4g Fiber.

Tip: If salsa is too watery, simply spoon off some liquid before serving.

Description:

"The salsa is also good on meatless burgers and tofu dogs."

Source:
Vegetarian Times, September 2001

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