Fresh and Fruity Breakfast Quesadillas Recipe
Trying to include fruits and/or vegetables at every meal requires us to get creative! One of those fruits I want to include more of this spring is fresh pineapple!
Pineapple is great because it benefits:
- Immunity! 1 cup of pineapple has 131% the daily value of vitamin C.
- Digestion! Pineapple has enzymes that specifically assist the digestive process.
- Energy! Pineapple contains manganese necessary to convert food to energy!
I bought the sweetest pineapple at the grocery store this week. We just about finished it off, when I cut off a chunk to include in some fruit quesadillas. We decided to cut it up and add other tropical fruits. Our Fruity Breakfast Quesadillas Recipe included:
- Pineapple
- Strawberries
- Oranges
- and a mango
We then mixed the fruit with some light cream cheese, and spread it between two whole wheat tortillas, and grilled it until the tortillas were crispy.
Fresh and Fruity Breakfast Quesadillas Recipe
Ingredients
Chop enough fruit to get 2 cups total of
- 2 cups chopped tropical fruit
- 8 small whole wheat tortillas
- 4 tbl cream cheese, light
- cooking spray
Instructions
- Chop enough fruit to get 2 cups total of pineapple, strawberries, oranges or mangos.
- Mix cream cheese with fruit.
- Spread equally among four whole wheat tortillas.
- Top with remaining tortillas to make a “sandwich.”
- Heat a non-stick griddle or cast iron skillet. Spray with cooking spray.
- Cook both sides of each quesadilla until crispy.
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My nieces and nephews will love these when the come to visit this summer. Plus they’ll get their allowance of fruits.
Great post! My kids have discovered Kiwi, much to my delight, so this gives me ton of ideas! Thanks a bunch…
I always think that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and this looks like a great way to set you off!
This is such a great idea. It seems that I can wrap almost anything into a tortilla and call it a quesadilla and my kids will eat it; whereas if I were to fix it separately they wouldn’t touch it. That looks like a great summer dish as well.
What kind of tortillas do you use? I would love to be able to serve tortillas again, but I don’t like to make them and I haven’t found any that I consider “real food”. I haven’t been able to find any that aren’t highly processed, with ingredients like GMO sugar, GMO corn, hydrogenated oils or palm oil, and presevatives.
I agree it’s hard to find Angela- have you seen the ones from Trader Joes? What do you think about those ingredients? http://www.fooducate.com/app#page=product&id=48D72220-6E8E-11E0-A55F-1231380C180E
There is always an option to make your own as well. Here is our recipe https://www.superhealthykids.com/blog/homemade-whole-wheat-tortillas-with-holiday-breakfast-burrito.php
If you live in the area of a site, Bountiful Baskets co-op has AMAZING tortillas without all the junk found in most brands. It does require you to contribute for produce through the co-op but thats just a bonus. Check out http://www.BountifulBaskets.org for details and a location near you. They are 100 volunteer and non profit so please dont confuse this comment as a solicitation, just a happy mom able to serve her family foods without all the added junk.
I just read the whole wheat Trader Joe’s tortillas package and they are definitely better (as far as healthy ingredients) than any I’ve seen. I’m not thrilled about the soybean oil, since we are trying to stay away from soy. However, they have a short ingredient list that looks decent so I’m going to try them. I didn’t know Trader Joes made tortillas. Thanks for your help.
Thanks Kendra! I k now about bountiful baskets, just didn’t realize they had tortillas!