Recipe: Ten Minute Quesadillas / Soft Taco

As a college student, something I believe everyone struggles with food related is the tough decision between health, money and convenience.  I eat quick lunches and dinners most of the time, and don't want to sacrifice time to make something elaborate.  Combining this with living in a city (and directly across the street from Chipotle, Panera and down the street from two burger places...) leads to me wanting to spend more money eating out, rather than cooking healthier options for myself.   Well I've started to learn a couple quick and easy (and significantly healthier) options than the fast food chains near my apartment!  And here is one: The Ten Minute Microwave Quesadilla

Ingredients:
Tortillas
Mexican Blend Cheese
And any additional food for stuffing (i.e. beans, tomatoes, bell peppers, sour cream, guacamole ect.)

The ingredients I used today: Corn Tortillas, Lite Mexican Blend Cheese, Grape Tomatoes and not pictured: Melange Trois (Bell Pepper Mix) and Guacamole 

I purchased all my ingredients at Trader Joe's, but these items can be found at any local supermarket.

Directions

First prepare your filling items, cutting up any vegetables ect.  (Making the size of the veggies smaller helps reduce the amount of cheese you'll need in the end!).  Make sure that all the items you want to fill inside your quesadilla can be microwaved (I recommend not microwaving sour cream or guacamole).  Those items will go in at the very end!

Then cover the filling food with a layer of cheese

Leave open face and stick in the microwave for 15 second increments until the cheese is melted

Remove from microwave and add any last minute additions that shouldn't be microwaves (like Guacamole or Sour Cream).

Finally fold over your tortilla and enjoy!

Happy Cooking (and Tuesday y'all!)

Bonus Tip: To help keep your guacamole fresh longer add a bit of lemon juice!  Additionally if you buy the guacamole that comes in packages or bags make the opening on these as small as possible.  While it will take a bit of time and effort to remove the guacamole from, it preserves the rest of the package much longer (so you don't waste as much food!).