BBQ Chicken Quesadilla's with Cilantro Lime Rice

 

BBQ Chicken Quesadilla's with Cilantro Lime Rice

This was a "use up what I have" dinner. The quesadillas had Monterey Jack cheese, leftover rotisserie chicken, bbq sauce, cilantro and onions. The rice was microwaveable cilantro lime rice. Super easy and I always like using up ingredients we already have. I really should have made some veggies, but I'm exhausted and just wanted to make a quick dinner. 

The baby was already asleep when I made this, but I'm going to see if he likes the rice tomorrow! So far he hasn't been a fan of rice, but he's only tried it twice. 

Quesaritos

 

Quesaritos

This was just a random clean out the pantry meal. I was able to cook dinner again (yay!) Lincoln was cooperating lol. He likes to be held non stop, and mainly by me. But we've been having Craig give him a formula bottle (he's breastfed) in the evenings so I can do stuff....and it's really working out great. It takes some of the pressure off me and it helps them bond.

This quesarito was just whatever we had already lol. I spread a tortilla with a layer of canned fat free baked beans, a packet of Taco Bell hot sauce, ground beef that I cooked with taco seasoning, chopped onions, sour cream and cheese. Then I grilled it up in a pan and that's it. Super yummy and quick. 

For my quesarito I used a low carb tortilla and fat free cheese. 

I grilled the family's quesarito's with butter, but since mine was lower calorie I used this low calorie butter. It was crazy, instead of melting on the skillet it just evaporated lol. 

Baby tax!

EveryPlate Cheesy Southwest Beef Tacodillas

 

EveryPlate Cheesy Southwest Beef Tacodillas

Not a very pretty picture, but I only wanted one lol. These are delicious of course, I mean who doesn't love taco meat in a quesadilla. Plus homemade salsa and a lime crema. The only changes I made were that I had cilantro already chopped so I added that to the salsa, plus a little garlic. My husband said they're "too cute" of course, but he should be happy that he has a homemade meal lol. 

My only complaint is that they did NOT add enough cheese for all those tortillas! If I only used what they sent, each tacodilla would only get a tiny sprinkle. I added cheese we already had so we could actually taste cheese. 

Creamy White Bean & Spinach Quesadillas

 Creamy White Bean & Spinach Quesadillas

Click here for the Creamy White Bean & Spinach Quesadillas recipe by BudgetBytes

  This was super good! The changes I made was that I omitted the sour cream and added this avocado cilantro sauce instead, along with some chopped white onion. We used this chipotle sauce as a dip and it's so so good, my new favorite. 

Zero Point Taco Soup and 2 Point Quesadilla.

  Zero Point Taco Soup and 2 Point Quesadilla

  So this was one of the first recipes that I made when I started Weight Watchers, and that's why it says 4 points.....I miscalculated. Oops.

Taco Soup:

- 1 can garbanzo beans/chickpeas drained and rinsed.
- 1 can corn drained and rinsed.
- 1 can pinto beans drained and rinsed.
- 1 can black beans drained and rinsed.
- 1 can Rotel undrained.
- 1 4 oz can green chilis.
- 1 onion chopped.
- 15 oz bottle of salsa.
- 2 frozen chicken breasts or 2 cups shredded chicken.
- 8 cups chicken broth. I like to use Better Then Boullion Chicken Base.
- 1 tbs each of cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder.
- 1 tsp each salt and pepper.
- A few dashes of hot sauce.

Combine in slow cooker and cook 8 hours on low or 6 hours on high. Zero points on blue. Some optional toppings could be: cilantro, fat free greek yogurt, 1/4 cup fat free cheddar cheese.

Quesadilla:

- 1 Ole Extreme Wellness High Fiber Low Carb Wrap.
- 1 slice of Velveeta cheese.
- 1/4 cup Kraft fat free cheddar cheese.

Either microwave it or cook on the skillet with a little bit of I Can't Believe It's not Butter spray.