Smoky Bean Quesadillas

In my opinion, beans need lots of stuff in them to make them taste good. This bean recipe from Veg Web passes the test. It doesn't take long to prepare and can easily be served as a main dish or as a side.

Ingredients

• 1 cup white beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/2 cup tomatoes, chopped
• 1/3 cup nutritional yeast
• few drops liquid smoke
• garlic powder, to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• pepper or cayenne pepper, to taste
• 4 gluten-free tortillas
• cilantro, to garnish

Instructions
 

1. Blend together the white beans and tomatoes until very smooth. Add nutritional yeast, liquid smoke, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Blend again until well combined and smooth.
2. Heat a dry nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Put a tortilla into skillet, and spread 1/2 the bean mixture on the tortilla, then top with another tortilla.
3. Cook over medium heat until crisp on one side, then flip and repeat on the other side.
4. Once it is cooked and the bean mixture is warm and gooey, remove from pan, slice into 6-8 wedges. Repeat with the other tortillas. Serve with cilantro and/or fresh salsa.

Notes:

• I'm a little suspicious of liquid smoke's "natural" flavour but I think a few drops on occasion is fine. If you aren't comfortable with it, you can always try to replace it with something else such vegan, gluten-free Worcestershire sauce, molasses or chipotle peppers.  
•  Look for beans packaged in cans that are BPA free like Eden Organic.
• If your tortillas are corn-based, I highly recommend using an organic brand to avoid GMOs.