Quesadillas are traditionally just melted cheese on a tortilla. But you can pretty much add anything under the sun to make it to your taste. We do that for lunch and dinner a lot around here. That’s why I like to call our quesadillas Everything But the Kitchen Sink Quesadillas. I usually just grab whatever I can find in our fridge and throw it on the tortilla. We like sauteed peppers and onions, refried beans, tomatoes, avocados, and more. Of course, these quesadillas wouldn’t be complete without a little sour cream and salsa.
I figure if you’re trying to save some money on groceries, you can either use up food in your fridge that will be going bad soon or you can keep the toppings to a minimum if you don’t have much in your fridge. All you really need to make them is tortillas and cheese.
You could even leave off the cheese if you’re vegan. I guess, then, they wouldn’t be called quesadillas if you did that, but who’s keeping track? Call them Vegadillas if you want. Ha!
I usually like to make these after we have had some Slow Cooker Pinto Beans for dinner. I’ll make these quesadillas the next day to use some mashed up beans. Other times, I take a bag of refried beans out of the freezer. I like to keep beans on hand in the freezer at all times since they are so versatile and delish.
Everything But the Kitchen Sink Quesadillas would also be great to eat the day after you have tacos or burritos. There will probably be leftover veggies, cheese, and tortillas, so you can make a quick lunch with everything you have on hand. Super simple. Super yum.
Cost to Make Everything But the Kitchen Sink Quesadillas
Tortillas – $3 for 12 tortillas (so about $0.25 per tortilla) Cheese – $0.13 per 1/4 cup $0.52 per cup for my cheese ($5.99/lb and about 11.5 cups) Refried beans – $0.12 per tortilla $1.76 for the whole batch and I usually only use about 1/15 per tortilla Other toppings – $0.10 – $1 per tortilla depending on what you put on it Sour Cream – $0.05 per tortilla Salsa – $0.05 per tortilla Guacamole – $0.25 per tortilla Total with everything – $1.85 for a truly deluxe Quesadilla Total with the basics (tortilla, cheese, refried beans, one topping, sour cream, and salsa) – $0.70 per quesadilla
Whether you eat the most basic quesadilla or have every topping and side available, you are spending way less than you would pay if you were to eat out. What a bargain!
Everything But the Kitchen Sink Quesadillas will rock your world. Just don’t eat them too many times in a row.
What toppings would you put on your quesadilla?
Some people consider eating at the sink to be sad, shameful, or undignified. But that’s because some people are cowards. The kitchen sink is exactly the place for the exuberantly juicy and uncontainably crunchy, the rare and the bountiful. Which is to say it’s the perfect spot for many of the best foods around. So let’s give sink food—glorious, athletic, smart, responsible, intimate sink food—its due recognition. I’ll go first. Here are my inductees to the inaugural class of the Sink Food Hall of Fame.
Leftovers of Leftovers: Could I have sacrificed those strands of asparagus and strings of onion stuck to the Tupperware? Could I have abandoned the remnants of that vindaloo in that take-out container? Sure, if I didn’t want to savor the final moments of an excellent (okay, of any) meal. There’s nothing flashy about this kind of sink food, but there is commitment and comfort. This award, and all future Hall of Fame entries, is dedicated to me and everyone at their sinks appreciating a final uninhibited taste.
Tomato Sauce Pan Scrapings: This is the crown jewel of sink food: scarce, coveted, and often the target of elaborate heist schemes. But I, the cook, am its rightful owner. And so, even after devouring two times as much pasta as intended, I distract my guests with a dessert, return to the kitchen, and wield my wooden spoon to collect whats mine.
Blender-Blade Hummus: Some sink foods are also dangerous foods, like raw cookie batter from a mixing bowl or cake bits from a hot pan. For true daredevils there’s the hummus stuck to the blade, some accessible by hand, some only by tongue. I have to honor myself for pushing the boundaries of what’s possible (read: advisable) and snatching a little snack before the park potluck.
Extravagant Stone Fruit: This all-time fan favorite is a shoo-in. When spending all of my disposable income on produce, lugging bulging bags home from the farmers market, and busting sweat-soaked into my even hotter apartment, no one is going to convince me to scalpel perfect wedges. I’m honoring the juicy dribbles of all those plums, nectarines, and, of course, explosive August peaches. This entry is for my repeated commitment to take on summer face first.
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