Easy Rice and Bean Quesadillas

These Rice and Bean Quesadillas are so easy to make and you only need a few ingredients!  They’re great for lunch or dinner!

 Hi friends!  How are you all doing?  It is crazy and scary times we’re living in right now and I’ve needed to take a mental health break this past week.  I’m not sure what posting schedule I’ll be able to stick to right now, with limited food supply, but I will try to share as many easy, pantry recipes as I can!

These Rice and Bean Quesadillas are so easy to make and use mostly pantry ingredients.  My pantry is usually pretty full of beans and rice but I made sure to stock up on extra cheese and tortillas because I knew they would come in handy.

What You’ll Need For These Rice and Bean Quesadillas

• Rice – I usually buy white basmati rice because it’s my favorite and my kids enjoy it, but you can use any kind of rice you like.  Brown rice or even cauliflower rice would work well.  You could also use quinoa or a different grain of choice.
• Beans – I decided to use black beans because they’re my favorite and they go so well with rice, but you can use any kind of bean you have on hand.
• Cheese – I usually like to buy a block of cheese and grate my own but right now I just bought a few big bags of grated cheese that I’m storing in the freezer.  I used cheddar cheese but any other cheese would work well, even vegan cheese.
• Tortillas – I bought a huge bag of large flour tortillas and have just been using those but any kind of tortillas would work, even small corn tortillas.
• Spices – I pretty much always have salt, pepper, paprika, cumin and garlic powder on hand so that is what I used to season the rice and beans and they were perfect!

How To Make A Quesadilla

Quesadillas are SO easy to make!  We make them a ton around here, both for the kids and my husband and I.  We usually just do plain cheese quesadillas but I thought that adding the rice and beans would make them more of a meal.  Here is how I made them:

• I made a big pot of rice at the beginning of the week so I just had some leftovers that I was able to use for this recipe, but if you don’t, you can just cook your rice according to package directions.
• You then heat the rice, beans and spices for just a few minutes, until warmed through.  You then lay your tortilla out and place a handful of cheese on half of it and then top it with an equal amount of rice and bean mixture.  Fold tortilla over and cook in a pan until cheese is melted and tortilla is golden brown.

Quesadillas are great because you can make them with whatever ingredients you have on hand.  You could add frozen veggies, canned veggies, salsa or anything else you like!  Kids also love quesadillas so they’re a great option for an easy family dinner 🙂

In these difficult times I want to be there to you help you all as much as I can!  Please let me know if there’s certain recipes you would like to see or what ingredients you have on hand that you would like to see me create a recipe with.  I hope you all are staying home (if you can) and staying healthy!

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