Dinner ideas do not come to me very often. I was pretty excited to create these BBQ Chicken & Avocado Quesadillas for my kids the other night.
(photos updated June 2016)
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In fact, when I have to come up with a dinner idea on the spot, I blank completely.
Thank goodness for Pinterest
and good bloggy friends who post yummy dinners.
Plus, dinner is much harder to photograph...
all my natural lighting from my front windows is gone
by the time I have dinner plated up.
Now if you asked me about a dessert recipe...
I could probably rattle off at least 10 decadent options for you.
And I probably have all the ingredients in my pantry to make those dessert right away.
Dessert is so much easier to photograph too.
I'm not sure why my brain doesn't like dinner.
Maybe all the chocolate chips and homemade oatmeal cream pies have warped it totally.
It's a good thing that my kids are very active
because there are some night when the hubby is working long hours,
that we exist on cereal, pancakes, and of course leftovers.
Let's not forget the token chicken nuggets and mac & cheese that happens all the time too.
This easy dinner was based on the leftovers from the other night.
All day I was thinking about the chicken that we had in the fridge.
What could we do with it other than have another salad again???
For some odd reason I thought about the avocado sitting on the counter,
and suddenly all I could think about
was putting it in a grilled cheese sandwich or a quesadilla.
And do you know what? Cheese, chicken, and avocados are delicious together.
These BBQ Chicken & Avocado Quesadillas were so good that I just had to share it with you right away.
There is still chicken left in the fridge and one more ripe avocado...
can you guess what I am making for lunch again today???
(original photo from May 2012)
Recipe
BBQ Chicken & Avocado Quesadillas
Yield:
8 quesadilla wedges
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
5 minutes
Total Time:
15 minutes
Cheese quesadillas filled with barbecue chicken and avocado chunks makes a great easy dinner recipe. This meal always disappears in our house.
Ingredients
- 4 flour tortillas
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- ½ cup shredded cooked chicken (or 6 ounce can chunk chicken breast)
- ¼ cup barbecue sauce
- 1 ripe avocado, diced
Instructions
- Heat a skillet on medium heat.
- Stir together the chicken and barbecue sauce.
- Place 2 tortilla shells side by side in the bottom of the pan and sprinkle half of each tortilla with cheese. Top with half the chicken mixture and ½ of the avocado chunks. Sprinkle with cheese.
- Fold the tortillas over and cook until the bottom is golden brown. Flip the quesadillas over carefully and heat the opposite side until that side is golden brown and the cheese is melted.
- Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Cut each tortilla in half. Serve immediately. Makes 8 wedges.
Notes
- If you are using canned chicken, drain and break it apart with a fork before using.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 373Total Fat: 17gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 578mgCarbohydrates: 40gFiber: 5gSugar: 7gProtein: 15g
Nutrition facts are an estimate and are not guaranteed to be accurate. If you need special diet advice, please see a registered dietician.
Katie
This sounds wonderful! I love making quesadillas!!!
Lizzy
Wow,t hose look incredible!
Delightful Deets
These look amazing! I pinned these and need to try them out, thanks for sharing!
Kim B.
I LOVE your photography skills!! You could make cereal look gourmet 🙂 I LOVE quesidillas & never thought of adding avocado...YUM!!
Mindie Hilton
BBQ always gets my families attention. Love how easy and I am sure tasty this would be.
The Better Baker
Fantastic idea! Love this flavor combo...you have such great!!! ideas!!
4Sisters
I love BBQ quesadillas, adding avocado is brilliant! I may be eating this for lunch in 4 hours 🙂
Becca @ Crumbs and Chaos
Bev
Oh yum, that looks delicious, I am going to pin this one!
Ashley @ Kitchen Meets Girl
I loooooooooooooooooooove quesadillas and we are always looking for new ways to make them (am I the only one who gets into a dinner rut and makes the same things over and over and over??). These look so amazing!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust
Okay, we'll you know me and avocado. I want this for dinner!
Erin
Ha! I'm with you about dinner ideas. It's so much more fun to bake than actually make a meal. But this does look amazing!!!
Hayley
MMMMMM. BBQ chicken and avocado should be married. I am digging those fat chunks of avo in your quesadilla; looks SO good!
Katie
I love all of these ingredients! What a great combination...I will be making this soon!!
Joan@chocolateandmore
Jocelyn, I had to pin this before I even read the post. My middle child could live on quesadillas alone!
I'm with you about the whole dinner thing. The only real reason to even have dinner is to get to dessert, in my opinion.
And yes, we have had cereal for dinner before, even with hubby home and not even healthy cereal, I'm talking Captain Crunch and Fruity Pebbles, but hey, 8 vitamins and minerals has to count for something!
Thanks for sharing!
Holly
Mmmm... these sound awesome!
Alyssa
These look really good. Out of all the quesadilla combinations I have tried, for some reason I never tried BBQ chicken. I will have to try this sometime. Thanks!
love2dine
Your presentation is just always so stunning and your recipes, mouthwatering
Aimee
I love avocados, so in a quesadilla with bbq chicken? Genius!
I don't mind dinnertime and cooking dinner, but I tend to make the same things over a course of two weeks! Especially when it comes to the slow cooker, which I use at least 4 days a week! I may change an ingredient here or there in a recipe, but I'm a creature of habit.
Which is quite the opposite with desserts. I don't make the same dessert very often. Because like you, there are so many choices and my pantry is almost always stocked!
Terry
These look sooo yummy. Pinning!
Tiffanee
That sounds AMAZING!! Love the flavor combination! Thanks for a great meal idea!!