Serves 4
38 grams of protein
Ingredients
- Cooking Spray
- 1 green onion thinly sliced
- 1 lime
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast, (cut into 1 inch strips)
- 4 whole wheat burrito size or low fat tortillas
- 1 cup 2% shredded Mexican cheese blend, (if you can not find 2% Mexican cheese blend, use 2% cheddar)
- 1/2 avocado (peeled, seeded, and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
- 3/4 cup salsa, (mild or medium)
- in a nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray heated over medium heat for 1 minute, add green onion and cook for about 3 minutes, stirring so it does not stick
- in a bowl grate 1 tsp of lime peel and squeeze 2 tbsp of juice into the lime peel
- season chicken with lime peel, juice and pepper
- add chicken to the skillet and cook for about 10 minutes or until cooked through
- transfer to a bowl and squeeze additional lime juice over chicken
- evenly divide chicken and cheese over tortillas fold in half to make 4 quesadillas
- in the same skillet cook quesadillas in 2 batches about 4 minutes on each side or until starting to brown on each side
- serve with avocado and salsa
