Sweet Potato and Spinach Quesadillas

By LFritz527

1 quesadilla
391 calories
13.8 g fat
18 mg cholestrol
14 g protein
52 g carbohydrate
8g sugar
6g fiber
750 mg sodium

Ingredients

• 2 medium sweet potatoes (1 pound)
• 1 cup red wine vinegar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 black peppercorns
• 1 large red onion sliced
• 1/4 tsp kosher salt
• 1/4 tsp ground pepper
• 8 (6 inch) flour tortillas
• 5 cups baby spinach (4 oz)
• 1 cup shredded part skim mozzarella
• 4 tsp olive oil

Preparation

Step 1

1. Microwave potatoes on high until tender (15 minutes)
2. In saucepan, combine vinegar, sugar and peppercorns; bring to boil and stir to dissolve sugar
3. Place onion slices in a heatproof bowl and pour hot vinegar mixture over onions and let stand 10 minutes. Drain oinion slices and transfer to plate to cool
4. Split potatoes and remove flesh; mash with fork and add salt and pepper
5. Divide potato filling among four tortillas.
6. top with heaping cup spinach, 1/4 cup cheese and another tortilla
7. Heat oil in skillet and cook until quesadilla is crisp and cheese is melted (3 minutes)
8. Cut quesadillas in quarters and serve.