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Vegetarian Breakfast Quesadillas

An easy, vegetarian breakfast quesadilla with fontina cheese, sauteed kale and egg.
Course Breakfast
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 4 minutes
Total Time 14 minutes
Servings 4
Author Holly-3 Yummy Tummies

Ingredients

  • 8 oz. Fontina Cheese; thickly sliced
  • 4 Whole Wheat Flour Tortilla Shells
  • 4 eggs; hard-boiled
  • 1/4 Bunch of Kale
  • 1/2 of a Yellow Onion; thinly sliced
  • 3 cloves of garlic; minced
  • 2 Tsp. Olive Oil
  • 1 Tbsp. Butter
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • Garnishments:
  • Salsa
  • Sour Cream
  • Chopped Tomatoes

Instructions

  1. Peel eggs and medium dice.
  2. Remove stems from kale and roughly chop the leaves.
  3. Add olive oil to a nonstick skillet; heat to medium/high heat.
  4. Add garlic cloves and onion; saute for around 2-3 minutes until onion becomes transparent.
  5. Add kale, saute for around 2-3 minutes until leaves are wilted, salt and pepper to taste.
  6. Remove from heat, add kale to a bowl, wipe out skillet.
  7. Add around 1/2 a Tbsp. of butter to the same skillet; heat to Medium.
  8. Place a tortilla shell on the skillet.
  9. Spread half of the kale mixture over the tortilla.
  10. Sprinkle with half the egg and fontina cheese.
  11. Cover top with another tortilla shell.
  12. Heat for 1-2 minutes until lightly browned.
  13. Flip quesadilla over and cook another 1-2 minutes until lightly browned.
  14. Remove from skillet, cut quesadilla into 6 triangles.
  15. Repeat process to make another quesadilla.
  16. Garnish top of quesadilla with chopped tomatoes and serve with a side of your favorite salsa and/or sour cream.
  17. Note: I used a quesadilla maker which required no butter or flipping.