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Easy Vegan Quesadillas with Beans

May 3, 2016 by Sina 22 Comments

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Easy Vegan Quesadillas with Beans

These vegan quesadillas are packed with flavor, minus all the fat from the cheese! They’re made with white beans and get their cheesy taste from nutritional yeast and miso paste. They’re healthy, super easy to make, and soooo delicious!

Easy Vegan Quesadillas with Beans

I also added some red bell pepper, avocado, tomatoes, green onions, cilantro, and some red pepper flakes. They’re just mildly spicy by themselves, but we dipped them in harissa sauce, which we use for basically anything these days. No, I’m exaggerating, but I found a very mild harissa sauce. And it’s so good with Mexican food or oven-baked potatoes, veggies, and hummus.

Easy Vegan Quesadillas with Beans

Easy Vegan Quesadillas with Beans

Flo and I simply LOVE Mexican food and we usually have one Mexican night per week. Most of the time, we simply have wraps stuffed with leftover brown rice, guacamole, lettuce, tomatoes, and maybe some BBQ tofu or tempeh. Oh, and of course beans! Either kidney beans or black beans. I just love how easy this is and it’s such a great way to use up leftovers. If we wanna get a bit more “fancy” we make these tacos with lentil walnut meat and cashew sour cream. They’ve been a huge hit on the blog and I absolutely love that they are so easy to make. And it’s also so much healthier than ground meat!

Easy Vegan Quesadillas with Beans

Easy Vegan Quesadillas with Beans

But back to the vegan quesadillas. I first thought of using store-bought vegan cheese for them like Daiya or Follow Your Heart, but I then decided to make it even healthier and easier by using white beans. It’s kinda like hummus but with a very cheesy taste. I added miso paste, nutritional yeast, tahini, some oil, and a pinch of cumin and boy was it good!! I actually just wanted to give this a try and I didn’t know how it would turn out. But I loved it right away, so I took the pictures and wrote down the whole recipe for these veggie quesadillas for you.

Easy Vegan Quesadillas with Beans

If you give these vegan quesadillas a try, please let me know how you liked them! :-)

Have a great and sunny week, everyone! xx

Easy Vegan Quesadillas with Beans

Easy Vegan Quesadillas

These vegan quesadillas with beans are packed with flavor, minus all the fat from cheese! They're healthy, super easy to make, and soooo delicious!
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 4 mins
Total Time: 19 mins
Servings: 2 people

Ingredients

  • 1 can (15 oz.) white beans
  • 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
  • 1 teaspoon white miso paste
  • 1 pinch ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon tahini
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 small clove of garlic
  • 2 vegan tortillas
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • 1 red bell pepper, cut into thin stripes
  • 1 avocado, cut into small pieces
  • 2 green onions, cut into rings
  • fresh cilantro
  • red pepper flakes
  • harissa paste, to dip

Instructions

  • Wash and rinse the white beans. Put them into a food processor together with the nutritional yeast, the white miso paste, the ground cumin, the tahini, the olive oil, and the garlic. Process until smooth. Set aside.
  • Heat some oil in a griddle pan and gently roast the red bell pepper for about 4 minutes.
  • Spread the bean "cheese" evenly on the first tortilla and add the roasted red bell pepper, the tomato, the avocado, the green onions, and the cilantro on top. Sprinkle with some red pepper flakes. Then put the second tortilla on top. Cut in four pieces.
  • Heat some more oil (not too much, 1/2 tablespoon will be enough) in a griddle pan and cook the quesadillas for about 2 minutes on each side until they're crispy. You can also use a non-stick frying pan for an oil-free version if you like.
  • Top them off with some fresh cilantro and green onions and serve immediately.
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Comments

  1. Michelle Blackwood

    May 9, 2016 at 5:21

    Sounds so delicious, love quesadillas!

    Reply
    • Sina

      May 10, 2016 at 21:16

      Thanks, Michelle!

      Reply
  2. Sophia, Veggies Don't Bite

    May 9, 2016 at 4:59

    I love quesas!!! All kinds!!! Those grill marks get me every time. MMMMM.

    Reply
    • Sina

      May 10, 2016 at 21:16

      Haha! Oh yeah, I love the grill marks too, Sophia. :-)

      Reply
  3. Linda @ Veganosity

    May 7, 2016 at 16:58

    I can never get enough Mexican food in my diet. These look so fresh and perfect for summer.

    Reply
    • Sina

      May 10, 2016 at 21:13

      Glad you like them, Linda! :-)

      Reply
  4. Alisa Fleming

    May 7, 2016 at 2:49

    Those look so pretty and delicious Sina! I can just imagine how all of those marvelous flavors taste together.

    Reply
    • Sina

      May 10, 2016 at 21:13

      Thanks, Alisa!

      Reply
  5. Nicole Dawson

    May 6, 2016 at 23:40

    I’m with you and include some type of Mexican dish at least once a week. It’s just so good and when done right, fresh and healthy too. Just like these quesadillas!

    Reply
    • Sina

      May 10, 2016 at 21:13

      Oh yeah, Mexican food is just sooo good! Glad you like them, Nicole. :-)

      Reply
  6. Natalie | Feasting on Fruit

    May 4, 2016 at 21:13

    Who needs cheese?? This is so much healthier and packing tons of flavor!! I’ve always thought the usual cheese quesadillas were an odd meal with zero nutritional value, but your version is actually really nutritious especially with the veggies layered in too!

    Reply
    • Sina

      May 10, 2016 at 21:11

      So glad you like it, Natalie! :-) And I totally agree with you! You don’t need cheese to make quesadillas. We vegans are creative enough to come up with better and healthier versions, right? ;-)

      Reply
  7. Lucie

    May 4, 2016 at 14:13

    So cheesy and flavorful! I love the tahini in the filling <3 Bookmarking this so I can share it with my subscribers on Sunday, I know they'll love it!

    Reply
    • Sina

      May 10, 2016 at 21:09

      Thanks so much for sharing, Lucie! <3

      Reply
  8. Jenn

    May 4, 2016 at 4:27

    I love quesadillas – we eat them all the time! Love the use of white beans instead of cheese. White beans make such creamy sauces!

    Reply
    • Sina

      May 10, 2016 at 21:09

      Oh yes, it really does, Jenn! Beans are just so versatile and healthy. :-)

      Reply
  9. Becky Striepe

    May 3, 2016 at 22:38

    Ooh yum! I love bean quesadillas!

    Reply
    • Sina

      May 10, 2016 at 21:08

      Same here, Becky! :-)

      Reply
  10. Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

    May 3, 2016 at 22:22

    I for sure want this to be my cinco de mayo eats!! YUM!!

    Reply
    • Sina

      May 10, 2016 at 21:08

      Oh yeah, it would be perfect for cinco de mayo! :-)

      Reply
  11. Aimee / Wallflower Kitchen

    May 3, 2016 at 20:15

    Mexican food is the BEST! I am overloading on it at the moment :) I have bookmarked this because it sounds SO up my street and I need to make them ASAP.

    Reply
    • Sina

      May 10, 2016 at 21:07

      So glad you like it, Aimee! Totally agree with you, Mexican food is AWESOME!! Let me know if you give it a try. :-)

      Reply

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