Recipe: Sweet Potato and Black Bean Quesadillas, Made by Me

From the kitchen of Shash:

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Quesadillas

Ingredients:

• Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas
  
• 2 Sweet potatoes, medium sized
• 1 box of Vegetable broth or stock (I used stock)
• 1 can of Black Beans, drained and rinsed (the rinsing is important so as to avoid gas)
• 1 onion (I used Vidalia), chopped small
• 3 cloves of garlic, minced
• handful of mexican cheese (I used Sargento's 5 cheese Mexican)
  
• 1 small can black olives, optional
• salsa or pico de gallo (store bought is fine, I used Tostito's mild)
  
• cilantro, to taste
• salt
• pepper

Preparation:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  
• Start by peeling the sweet potatoes and then chopping them into small cubes. Place in small stockpot and add vegetable stock until the potato pieces are covered. Cover, and cook on med high for about 15 minutes.
• Drain in colander, but put the stockpot under the colander after you drain, some of the juices will go back into pot, along with the pieces from your colander. Mash or stir potatoes until slightly smooth with a few lumps. Set aside.
• In a skillet, saute the onion and the garlic in a splash of olive oil until the onion is clear. Add to the sweet potato mixture.
• Add salt and pepper and a bit of cilantro to the mixture. Add the rinsed, drained black beans. Stir.
• Set on a warm burner for a few minutes.
  
• Place one tortilla on a baking sheet, add the sweet potato mixture, add the cheese to taste (I happen to have been a mouse in a former life, so I like lots of cheese), and add the olives. Place another tortilla on top, and bake in oven until you see the mixture ooze out from between the tortillas. Flip it once to have even crispiness of the tortillas, and then remove.
• Place on a cutting board, slice into fourths, put your salsa on the side for dippin' and enjoy!

Store the leftover mixture in the freezer in a freezer bag for quick meals on a busy night. Delicious!!!!

A shout-out to Bite My Cookie, whos Devil's Lunchbox @ W+K blog gave me the idea to make this. Her Crackadamias are TO DIE FOR!!!