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Recipe: Pumpkin face quesadillas

(Paul Morse / Los Angeles Times)
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Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

Total time: 15 minutes

Servings: 4 quesadillas

8 flour tortillas

1/2 cup canned refried black beans

2 cups grated Cheddar cheese

1. Cut pumpkin shape out of each tortilla with 6-inch pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter.

2. Place 4 pumpkin-shaped tortillas on baking sheet. Spread 2 tablespoons refried beans on each cutout. Sprinkle with grated cheese. Top each with remaining pumpkin cutouts to make sandwich.

4. Using butter knife or bottle caps (if kids are helping), cut pumpkin eyes and mouth out of top of each quesadilla.

5. Bake at 300 degrees until cheese melts, 3 to 4 minutes.

Each serving: 526 calories; 725 mg sodium; 69 mg cholesterol; 25 grams fat; 52 grams carbohydrates; 22 grams protein; 4.44 grams fiber.

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