I have a serious attachment to quesadillas. They were my personal favorite comfort food growing up. I went vegetarian pretty young, so realizing that I could make a meal out of stuffing a tortilla with cheese was a big deal, and I got plenty of mileage out of it.
It took a while before it dawned on me that I could make quesadillas without the cheese, but in hindsight, it’s kind of a no-brainer. When you’ve got a couple of layers of crispy grilled tortilla holding everything together, pretty much anything that’s both squishy and tasty will do the trick. Beans fit the bill perfectly, so they’re my filling of choice for dairy-free quesadillas. I mean, technically, the “queso” in quesadilla is cheese, but let’s ignore that for now. Bean-a-dillas doesn’t have the quite the same ring to it.
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