A quesadilla without cheese? What?!

Seeing the title of this recipe, dairy-free chicken quesadilla, you’re most likely thinking, “What is a quesadilla without cheese?” Which probably makes you also think it has some weird-tasting vegan cheese alternative that doesn’t even come close to comparing with your typically oozing-and-gooing-with-cheese quesadilla.

Well, let me tell you, the best thing about this quesadilla recipe is that it doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not. Yes, it’s dairy-free and has no cheese, but it doesn’t try to pretend to cheesy when it’s clearly not!

What’s the Secret? 

So without the cheese, what exactly makes this chicken quesadilla so good? The sauce. I like to call it “magical enchilada sauce” because it is just that delicious! And you know what makes the magical enchilada sauce even more magical? It’s made from 100% whole food ingredients, is gluten-, grain- and corn-free, and my kids can’t seem to get enough of it! Delicious, healthy and kid-friendly? What more can I say besides that I know this recipe will become a weeknight staple at your house!

This Dairy-Free Chicken Quesadilla is…

Dairy-free

Gluten-free

Grain-free

High-protein

Ooey

Gooey

Cheesy

Addictive

craving-crushing

Oh-so satisfying!

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Ingredients:

8 Siete cassava flour tortillas

 2 cups shredded chicken

2 red peppers, chopped

1 sweet onion, chopped

1 avocado

2 tbsp. coconut oil, divided

Filling:

 8 oz. enchilada sauce

1 cup cashews

⅓ cup nutritional yeast

⅓ cup black bean salsa

1 cup garlic hummus

Juice of 1 large lime

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon chili powder

Directions:

Add all filling ingredients into a high-speed blender or food processor and process until completely smooth. Transfer filling to a bowl and set aside. Using the stove, melt 1 tablespoon coconut oil in a frying pan. Add chopped peppers and onions and saute until cooked to your liking. Transfer veggies to a different bowl.

Melt another tablespoon of coconut oil in the frying pan, if needed, to prevent sticking. Spread filling on one tortilla, top one half with cooked vegetables and shredded chicken and fold in half. Place on pan to cook, flipping after 2 minutes or when it begins to brown. Remove from heat after the opposite side begins to brown. Slice avocado to top it off.

Nutrition Facts

Yields 8 quesadillas 

1 quesadilla:

Calories: 322

Carbs: 29g

Fat: 15g

Protein: 20g

I may be the co-founder and COO of Burn Boot Camp and regularly preach living a healthy lifestyle, but at the same time I am all about taking a balanced approach to health. We need to be realistic—not restrictive—when it comes to living a healthy lifestyle.

With living a balanced, healthy lifestyle comes being realistic about how much I love margaritas and definitely not restricting myself from enjoying them from time to time! But, I am all about finding healthier alternatives whenever possible! So of course, I did some experimenting and came up with a preservative-free, extremely fresh skinny margarita that never fails to hit the spot!

All fresh ingredients!

You will be amazed by how a few squeezes of lime, lemon and clementine, and of course some tequila, come together to make the most refreshing and delicious skinny margarita! With zero processed ingredients, and the natural sweetness from freshly squeezed fruit, you’ll feel refreshed when drinking this skinny margarita and even more refreshed the morning after. Be sure to check out my episode of Morgan Makes It (below) where I show you just how simple this skinny margarita is to shake up.

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This Skinny Margarita is…

Fresh and fruity

Perfectly sweet

Extremely flavorful

Extra Refreshing

Ingredients:

1 oz. tequila

1 lime

1 clementine

½ lemon

Stevia to taste

Ice

Directions:

Squeeze the juice of the lime, clementine and lemon into a cocktail shaker. Add tequila, ice and stevia to taste. Shake for 10 seconds and pour into an iced-filled glass.

I prefer to use a lemon squeezer to easily squeeze the juice of the lemon, lime and clementine for this recipe.

Nutrition Facts: 

1 serving: 

Serves 1

Calories: 96

Carbs: 10g

Fat: 0g

Protein: 0g