Dang Quesadillas

That was the AMAZING vegetarian quesadilla I made myself for dinner last night!!!

So I was craving some mexican pretty hard core last night... I realized I had tortillas, beans and cheese.. so I came up with a vegetarian quesadilla for myself -and here is the recipe for all of you:

Dang Vegetarian Quesadilla

• 1 eight inch whole wheat/whole grain tortilla (I used a brand called Wrap-Itz)
• 1/2 or 1 cup of black beans
• 1 or 2 sliced mini sweet peppers
• 1/4 or less of an onion, sliced
• 1/4 cup of shredded cheese (I used a mexican blend)
• 1 tbsp vegan butter (super high in omega-3s, which is why I use it for a lot of my cooking in place of regular butter)
• 2 tbsp of sour cream
• Dash of cumin
• Dash of cheyenne pepper

Heat black beans in a small pot with a dash of cumin and cheyenne. In a small skillet melt 1/2 tbsp of vegan butter and saute onion/pepper with a dash of cumin and cheyenne - saute about 2 minutes on medium to medium-high heat. Spread the other 1/2 tbsp of vegan butter on one side of the tortilla. Remove cooked onion/pepper to a plate. Place your tortilla buttered side down in your skillet on medium heat. Sprinkle half of your cheese on the tortilla, add your warmed black beans (I used a slatted spoon to avoid making my tortilla soggy), top the beans with your cooked onion/pepper and top all ingredients with the remaining cheese. Fold your tortilla in half and cook evenly on both sides until outside appears "crunchy". Slice with a pizza cutter and serve with sour cream! SUPER YUMMY!!

Nutritional Info (w/o sour cream):
Calories: 372
Fat: 12g
Sodium: 911mg (if you use reduced sodium beans this will prob be cut in half)
Carbs: 47g
Fiber: 11g
Protein: 18g


Pretty darn healthy if you ask me.. just don't do what I did and eat two... lol

Stats for 6/21:

• net calories: 2,113 - I'm totally okay with this because I ate ALL whole foods yesterday with the exception of a serving of kettle chips with lunch and a fiber one granola bar. 
• breakfast: oatmeal 
• am/pm snacks: apples w/ peanut butter, fiber one bar, nectarine, blueberries, raw almonds
• lunch: turkey sandwich w/ kettle chips and some juice
• dinner: small salad w/ homemade balsalmic vinagrette, 2 veggie quesadillas w/ sour cream
• no exercise (boo)
• 10:30pm lights out (thank goodness!)

Tonight I'm going walking with my friend Andrea, I'm pretty excited about that! However I'm NOT excited about having no workout pants that fit... I even went and bought some XXLs from Target yesterday... too tight... uggggghhh.. that made me feel AWESOME. I have to return that stuff this afternoon... along with the bras that have no hope of fitting... so depressing. I'm ready to be done already, thank you! lol

Bonus picture of my baby bump!

17 weeks - almost halfway there!