Black Bean and Sweet Potato Quesadillas
Black Bean and Sweet Potato Quesadillas
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 60 minutes
Total Time: 80 minutes
Servings: 4
Makes 4 large quesadillas
Ingredients
- piece large sweet potato
 - cup salsa
 - cup brown rice
 - cup fresh spinach
 - ounce vegetarian re-fried beans
 - ounce black beans
 - teaspoon onion powder
 - teaspoon chili powder
 - teaspoon cumin
 - piece jalapeño pepper, diced
 - piece whole-wheat tortillas
 
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375º F. Prepare a sheet pan with parchment paper.
 - An hour before you plan to eat, peel and quarter the sweet potatoes.
 - Bake sweet potatoes in the oven for 45 minutes to one hour, until soft.
 - Remove sweet potatoes from oven and toss into a mixing bowl. Mash sweet potatoes with the salsa, rice and fresh spinach.
 - Place sweet potato mash in a sauce pan and mix in black beans and refried beans, heating mixture thoroughly over medium heat. Add onion powder, chili powder and cumin to taste and stir.
 - Place a tortilla in a frying pan on medium heat, and slather the side facing up with sweet potato and bean mixture. Add jalapeños if desired.
 - Place another whole wheat tortilla on top. Press down on top tortilla with spatula with pan on medium heat for about 3 minutes. Flip with spatula and cook for another three minutes.
 - Voila! Cut into desired number of sections. Serve topped with salsa.
 - Tip: Also try this with black-eyed peas instead of the black beans or any other favorite beans.