Healthy bean quesadilla recipe

Packed full of nutrients to lift your spirits, this healthy bean quesadilla recipe from The Medicinal Chef, Dale Pinnock, fuels the body and helps soothe the mind.

‘These are a great option for those days when you could eat a horse and chase the jockey,’ he says. ‘They are seriously filling and packed with B vitamins to boot! Quesadillas are usually made in a frying pan, but I prefer them cooked in the oven; they just get a little crisper.’

Serves 1

2 handfuls of baby spinach
2 tsp olive oil
400g can of mixed beans, drained and rinsed
¼ tsp ground cumin
sea salt
2 small wholemeal tortilla wraps
handful of grated Cheddar cheese

Method

1 Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6.

2 Quickly sauté the spinach in the olive oil, just long enough to wilt it. Add the beans, mix well, then partially mash/smash the mixture with the back of a fork. Add the cumin and a little sea salt.

3 Spread the bean mixture on to one of the tortillas. Sprinkle over the Cheddar and place the other tortilla on top. Place on a baking sheet and bake at the top of the hot oven for about eight minutes: long enough for the cheese to melt and the tortillas to begin to get crispy.

4 Cut into triangles and serve.

For more health-boosting recipes and tips, check out Anxiety & Depression: Eat Your Way to Better Health by Dale Pinnock (The Medicinal Chef) (Quadrille, £14.99).

Photography by Martin Poole.

Summary

Recipe Name

Healthy bean quesadilla

Author Name

Roisin Dervish-O'Kane

Published On

2015-09-25