30-minute weeknight dinner. It takes quesadillas from the appetizer table to an entree. The apple makes it kid-friendly.
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 30 min |
| Prep: | 10 min |
| Cook: | 20 min |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- Eight 6-inch whole wheat tortillas
- Cooking spray or olive oil, for oiling tortillas
- 1 tablespoon spicy brown or Dijon mustard
- 1 cup shredded low-sodium Swiss (4 ounces)
- 4 ounces very thinly sliced low-sodium lean Black Forest or Virginia ham
- 1/2 small red onion, extra thinly sliced
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 tablespoons no-sugar-added apple butter, plus more for topping, optional
- 2 small apples, cut into thin sticks (red and green)
- Lemon juice and ground cinnamon for tossing
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F.
- Spray 4 of the tortillas with cooking spray (or brush with olive oil). Lay the oiled tortillas on a large cutting board oiled-side down. Brush with the mustard and sprinkle with about half of the cheese. Top each evenly with a thin layer of ham, onions and some pepper, and then finish with the remaining cheese.
- Brush the apple butter evenly on the remaining tortillas. Place one apple-butter tortilla on top of a ham-and-cheese tortilla (filling sides in), and firmly press the tortillas together to make a quesadilla.
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Lay a quesadilla oiled-side down in the pan and cook until golden brown and the cheese starts to melt, about 2 minutes. Spray the top of the quesadilla with cooking spray, turn and cook until the other side browns and the cheese is melted, 2 to 3 minutes more. Transfer to a baking sheet and keep warm in the oven. Repeat with the remaining quesadillas.
- Cut the quesadillas into 4 wedges and arrange on plates. Toss the apples with lemon and juice and cinnamon to taste. Serve with the apple slices.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 292 calorie |
| Total Fat | 5 grams |
| Saturated Fat | 2 grams |
| Cholesterol | 26 milligrams |
| Sodium | 729 milligrams |
| Carbohydrates | 53 grams |
| Dietary Fiber | 6 grams |
| Protein | 21 grams |
| Sugar | 9 grams |
Reviews
Yummy quick meal. Just left out the onions. Thank you for sharing!
We absolutely love this! Don’t change a thing it’s perfect just as written. We made it once for dinner and have been making these almost daily since then!
Worth all the effort of making this, because it is flavorful. A nice twist to a quesadilla!!
Easy, quick, & very good. I swapped red onion for caramelized yellow onions.
Good tasty fast dinner.
It came out great and is very filling! The only modifications I made were adding 2 cups cheese instead of one for four quesadilla’s. I was being stingy with the cheese and there still was not enough for four. My boyfriend does not eat red meat, so we made it with turkey and it came out great! The apples are a great addition as well. However, it took awhile to prep. The cutting and spreading on the quesadilla’s took about 20 min instead of 10. Overall, I highly recommend it. The prep was actually a lot of fun, especially when done with a special someone.
Yum! Served this with Emeril’s potato and leek soup, my whole family loved it!
Easy and very good! Next time, I will try putting cinnamon inside the quesadilla too. I would recommend cooking the onion a bit beforehand. I made one for my 18 month old with only apple butter, ham, cheese and a little apple inside. He loved it.