Goat Cheese Quesadilla

After recently grabbing grub at a local Americanized Mexican place downtown, I got inspiration to try something totally new.  I had never had a quesadilla with goat cheese in it before, but I tried it and LOVED it.  I grabbed all the ingredients listed on the menu to make it, and I have to say, it was definitely a success.

Ingredients (for one serving):

2 flour tortillas (10 inch)

Plain goat cheese

1/2 cup Black beans

Hand full of loose leaf spinach (stems removed)

3-4 Mushrooms sliced (I used Baby Bellas, but you can use whatever is your favorite)

1/4 cup jalapeno peppers, chopped

Approx. 1/8 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

Cooking spray (I used olive oil spray)

(Cookie sheet or aluminum foil)

Instructions:

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.

Sautee mushrooms, spinach, and jalapenos on Medium heat until spinach wilts and mushrooms look tender.

Add beans and HALF of the cilantro to the pan and cook for an additional minute (You don't want to burn the beans, as the Jeffersons say...).  During this time, spray the bottom side of one flour tortilla with the cooking spray of your choice, and lay it on your cookie sheet/foil (oil-side down).

Spread the sauteed veggies onto the flour tortilla that you just sprayed.

Spread the goat cheese on the other flour tortilla until one side is covered with your desired thickness (I spread on about a quarter inch of goat cheese) and lay it cheese-side down on top of the veggies.

Lightly spray the surface of the quesadilla with cooking spray, and bake for 5 minutes.

Remove from oven, sprinkle the remaining cilantro on top, and bake for an additional 3-5 minutes, or until the tortillas begin to LIGHTLY brown. 

Let cool for a few minutes, cut into quarters, and enjoy with guacamole and sour cream!