Chicken Quesadilla

Ingredients for filling

Ground chicken-2 cups

Salt & pepper to taste

Chopped parsley-1/4 cup

Chopped onion-1/4

Chopped tomato-1

Chopped green chillies-1

Ginger & garlic paste-1tsp

Hot Mexican sauce-2tsp

Oil-1tsp

Other ingredients

Small corn tortilla-1 pck

Mexican blend shredded cheese-little

Method
Heat oil fry onion till light brown.Add ginger,garlic,tomato,parsley & green chillies.Fry a bit.Add the sauce & seasoning & cook it till dry(do not add water).Keep it aside.Spread some filling on a tortilla,sprinkle some cheese & close it with another tortilla.Cook it both sides on a tawa till light brown & crisp.Cut it into half & serve it hot.

Broiled Orange

Ingredients

Orange-1

(cut into half)

Butter-little

(to dot on top)

Cinnamon sugar-little

(to sprinkle on top)

Brown sugar-little

(to sprinkle on top)

Method

Cut the orange into half.With a knife loosen up all the segments & make a slit around the fruit.This is done for all the flavours to get inside the fruit while broiling.Sprinkle some brown sugar & cinnamon sugar on top.Dot it with butter & broil it till the top portion is light brown & sugar starts to bubble.Serve it warm.

Spaghetti Squash Gratin

Ingredients

Spaghetti squash shredded-1 cup

(Microwave it for 3 minutes or steam it )

Salt & pepper to taste

Pasta sauce-2tbsp

Parmesan cheese-to sprinkle on top

Italian seasoning-little

Olive oil-1tsp

Topping

Bread crumbs-2tsp

(Italian style)

Melted butter-1tsp

(mix both ingredients together)

Method

In a bowl mix squash,seasoning,oil & sauce.Grease a oven proof dish put the mix in it.Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese.Sprinkle the topping mixture evenly on top.Broil it at 300 deg.C for 3 to 4 minutes or till the top is slightly brown.Serve it hot.

Vegetable Quesadilla

Ingredients

Basil & Tomato tortillas-2

Cheese slice or Shredded cheese-little

Butter-2tsp

Filling

Shredded mixed vegetables of your choice-1 cup

Tomato paste-1tsp

Chilly powder-1/4tsp

Salt to taste

Garam masala-1/4tsp

Chopped onion-1tbsp

Ginger & Garlic paste-1/2tsp

Oil-1tsp

Method

Heat oil in a pan add onion,ginger & garlic fry till light brown.Add the vegetables & dry ingredients fry it till cooked.Spread butter on top of the tortilla then the filling & sprinkle the cheese on top.Cover it with another tortilla,apply 1 tsp of butter on top & bake it for 5 minutes in the oven at 350deg.C.Serve it hot.

Vegetable Pizza ( Version -1 )

Ingredients.
All purpose flour-3 &1/2cups
Salt-2tsp
Sugar-1tsp
Dry Yeast-2 &1/4tsp
Olive Oil-2tbsp
Water-1 &1/2cups
Topping.
Vegetables diced-2cups
(mushroom,olives,capsicum,onion)
Shredded Mozzarella or Pizza blend cheese-1 cup
Pizza sauce-4tbsp
(you can use any kind of Italian tomato sauces)
Method.
Heat water for 30 sec,add yeast rest it for 5 mins mean while in a bowl mix all the above dry ingredients.Pour the yeast mixture and make a dough.Cover it and keep it in a warm place for at least 3hrs.You will see that dough would be doubled.Take a pizza pan grease it with oil or dust it with little corn meal take 1/2 of the dough flatten it with your hand .Pre. heat the oven to 375deg.Prick it with a fork and bake it for 5 mins.Apply pizza sauce evenly ,spread vegetables and top it with cheese.Bake till the cheese melts.Your home made pizza is ready!!!
Tips.
If your yeast is a bit old ,it may not activate well.Its better to use fresh packet of yeast.Once I had a bad experience & had to trash it.For extra taste sprinkle dry oregano,red chilly paste or Italian seasoning.