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Baked Quesadillas Recipe


This Baked Quesadillas Recipe is one of many in our collection of Low Carb Recipes. these are culled from various sources, some my own. whilst some are low carb recipes, there are also some low fat recipes, whilst and diabetic recipes. The one thing they all have in common with this Baked Quesadillas Recipe, is that they can all be seen as diet recipes in one form or another.




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Baked Quesadillas




Ingredients:

2 tbsp olive oil, divided
1/2 small onion, chopped
1 lb cooked pork roast, cut very thin
1 strips
1 cup grated monterey jack cheese
1/4 cup green salsa
1 jalapeño pepper, (optional), seeded,
1 and finely chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 tsp freshly-ground black pepper
1/4 tsp salt
8 low-carb flour tortillas
1 tomato salsa, for serving

Instructions:

Heat oven to 450 degrees. Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in large skillet
over medium-high heat. Cook onion 5 minutes, until softened. Transfer to
a bowl. Add pork, cheese, green salsa, jalapeño, cilantro, pepper and
salt. Mix well.

Brush one side of each tortilla with remaining oil. Spoon one-eighth of
pork mixture over half of non-oiled side. Fold tortilla in half over
filling.

Arrange on a baking sheet. Bake 5 minutes, until crisp and golden. Serve
with tomato salsa.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Carbohydrates: 25.5 grams
Net Carbs: 7.5 grams
Fiber: 18 grams
Protein: 40 grams
Fat: 32 grams
Calories: 506

Servings: 4




Some values are ... like sugar on the doughnut, legitimate, desirable, but insufficient, apart from the doughnut itself. We need substance as well as frosting.
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FLEWELLING, Ralph T.