Food Friday: Quick and Easy Quesadillas

 We like quesadillas in our house.  We do no eat them often but when we do they bring a smile to our faces.

Here is a plate of naked quesadillas made two ways.  The left-hand quesadillas were made in the microwave.

On a microwave safe plate place a small flour tortilla.  Sprinkle on a little grated cheese.  Top with a second flour tortilla. Put into microwave and cook for 30 seconds.  Remove from microwave and cut into pieces. Done.

The nicely browned quesadillas on the right side of the plate were made in a skillet.  This particular batch did not burn,.  Burning is the bane of my existence.  In our house there is a difference of opinion of what constitutes "nicely browned" and "burned".  Being the cook, I am the one who is right, of course, but "the other" objects to what is considered "burned".

To skillet cook quesadillas put one flour tortilla in a hot/medium hot skillet.  Sprinkle on some cheese.  Add a second flour tortilla.  Stand over the pan and watch it like a hawk. In about one minute carefully flip over the tortilla sandwich, trying very hard not to spill any unmelted cheese.  Cook watching carefully the second side then flip again. Flipping multiple times is often necessary to get the cheese melted and stuck to the inside of the tortillas...

The microwave treat is easier and never burns.  If you want the nice crisp tortilla of the regulation skillet quesadilla,  add the microwaved tortilla to the skillet and let it crisp up on both sides but watching every second to make sure it does not "burn"!

We like them both ways.

PS A naked quesadilla is two flour tortillas and grated cheese.  Really great quesadillas include salsa and whatever else you like inside and greatly increase the risk of "burned"...but so tasty when done right.