Kids’ Sweet Potato & Corn Quesadillas

🥘 Ingredients

• Mexican Cheese Blend
  1 c
• Semisweet Chocolate Chips
  ½ cup
• black pepper
  ¼ tsp
• carrot
  2 unit
• cooking oil
  2 tbsp
• corn
  1 c
• flour tortillas
  3 unit
• garlic powder
  1 tsp
• mango
  1 unit
• salt
  ½ tsp
• sweet potato
  2 medium

🍳 Cookware

• large bowl
• large pan
• potato masher
• cutting board

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry all produce.
2. 

   2

   Peel and dice sweet potato into ½-inch pieces. Place in a large bowl . Cover tightly with plastic wrap. Microwave until tender ⏱️ 8 minutes . Carefully remove plastic wrap, watching out for steam.

   sweet potato: 2 medium
3. 

   3

   While sweet potato cooks, drain corn and pat dry with paper towels. Trim, peel, and cut carrot into sticks.

   corn: 1 c, carrot: 2 unit
4. 

   4

   Heat a large drizzle of cooking oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add garlic powder , half the corn, salt , and black pepper . Cook, stirring occasionally, until corn is warmed through ⏱️ 4 minutes .

   cooking oil: 2 tbsp, garlic powder: 1 tsp, salt: ½ tsp, black pepper: ¼ tsp
5. 5

   Turn off heat. Transfer corn to bowl with sweet potato. Mash with a potato masher or fork until combined and sweet potato is mostly smooth. Wash out pan.
6. 6

   Place flour tortillas on a clean work surface. Add sweet potato mixture to bottom half of each tortilla; top with Mexican Cheese Blend . Fold tortillas in half to create quesadillas.

   flour tortillas: 3 unit, Mexican Cheese Blend: 1 c
7. 7

   Heat a large drizzle of cooking oil in pan over medium heat. Add quesadillas and cook until tortillas are browned and cheese melts ⏱️ 4 minutes per side. Transfer to a cutting board . Work in batches if needed, adding oil between batches.
8. 8

   To serve: Cut quesadillas into 3 wedges. Divide between plates and serve with mango , carrot sticks, and Semisweet Chocolate Chips .

   mango: 1 unit, Semisweet Chocolate Chips: ½ cup
9. 9

   To stash: Let quesadillas cool completely before cutting. Refrigerate in separate containers and pack as desired.