This is a healthy, easy vegetarian quesadilla recipe with a difference! Smoky lentils and wine-infused kale pair with melted provolone cheese for a flavor combo unlike any vegetarian quesadilla you've had before. Topped off with creamy avocado, this makes a delicious lunch or dinner.
4small flour tortillas, to make them sandwiched, as pictured or 2 large (to make them folded over)
4-6slicesof Provolone cheese, or another strong or smoked cheese
Optional toppings: salsa, guacamole, sour cream
Lentil Filling
2Tbspminced onion
1garlic clove, crushed
½tspof smoked paprika and/or your favorite chili powder, feel free to mix it up but it’s great to have something smoky in the mix!
¼tspcumin
1cup(240g)of cooked green lentils, (a little under 1 can's worth)
1Tbspof tomato puree
1Tbspof water
Salt and pepper
Kale Filling
3handfulschopped kale
3garlic cloves, minced
3Tbspof white wine, optional, substitute the juice of 1 lime if you aren’t keen on wine
Salt and pepper
Instructions
Pre-heat the oven to 180C / 360F
First, prepare the lentils. In a frying pan or wok, saute the onions in a little olive oil until softened. Add the garlic and spices and cook until fragrant. Now add in the lentils and tomato puree and once they are mixed in with the spices, add the water. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes, until the water has mostly evaporated and you have a soft, moist mixture.
Lay out 2 tortillas and spoon the lentil mixture over them (pile it high, but you'll probably have leftovers)
Rinse out the pan and re-use it for the kale, if you wish.
Cook the minced garlic in a little olive oil until fragrant, before adding the kale and stir-frying for a few minutes until it starts to soften. Pour in the wine and cover the pan to let it steam for about 5 minutes, until it's evaporated and the kale is cooked.
Add the kale on top of the cooked lentils.
Now add the sliced provolone, and top with another tortilla.
Bake in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes until the cheese is melted and the tortillas are crisp.