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Quick cheese quesadilla

Five minutes between school and leaving for practice. Hot food when there is no time for hot food.

Servings
1
Total
5 min
Skill
Easy

What you need

Ingredients

Making for

1 serving

  • Whole-grain tortillas1 each
  • Cheddar slices1 each

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Steps

  1. 1

    Dry pan, medium, no oil

    A whole-grain tortilla into a dry pan on medium. Oil makes it greasy before the cheese melts, and the dry pan crisps it properly.

  2. 2

    Cheese on one half only, fold

    One slice of cheddar over half, fold the other half on top. Cheese to the edges leaks out and burns onto the pan.

  3. 3

    Two minutes a side, then rest before cutting

    Press it flat, two minutes each side. One minute on the board before cutting, or the molten cheese runs straight out.

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Coach's notes

  • About 15 g of protein for five minutes and one pan.
  • This is deliberately the simplest thing on the site. Not every snack needs a technique.
  • Add leftover chicken and it becomes the quesadilla lunch recipe.
  • Eat it before practice rather than in the car. Melted cheese in a bag is nobody's friend.