This Brie, Apple and Arugula Quesadillas make the perfect meatless lunch or dinner! Post may contain affiliate links.
Do you make New Year's Resolutions? I don't. Well, the only one I did was to make sure that I always have fresh flowers on my dining room table, which means they come from my garden in the summer and from the grocery store floral department in the winter. This simple little bouquet sitting on my dining room table at all times, makes me happy. That is a resolution I can live with. So, no real resolutions, except that I have vowed to use up food in my fridge. You know...those half full jars of jam or pesto, the quarter full bag of shredded cheese, the pickled peppers. You catch my drift.
Remember this utterly delicious and oh-so-easy Fig, Brie, Prosciutto and Walnut Pizza? After making that pizza (and if you haven't, you should!), I was left with a half round of brie. Now, I could personally just sit and eat that all in one setting. I adore cheese and brie is one of my favorites, but there is a waistline to watch. I started searching for a recipe that would allow me to use up my leftover Brie, and I found Brie, Apple and Arugula Quesadillas at Cooking Light. It sounded perfect. All I had to do was add flour tortillas and arugula to the grocery list and I was set to go.
This was so good. So light and delicious. It made the perfect light dinner when served with a salad. The only place I stray from the recipe is that I always fold over my tortillas, rather than laying a tortilla on top of the filling. I like to have one folded over edge. I also skipped the apple cider and just used some wonderful gourmet mustard Sir Kensington's Mustard - Spicy Brown - 11 OZ
- which has become my favorite mustard. It is so good.
Brie, Apple and Arugula Quesadillas
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 2 10-inch flour tortillas
- 4 ounces Brie cheese rind removed and cut into ¼-inch-thick slices, divided
- 1 Fuji apple cored and cut into ¼-inch-thick slices (about ½ pound), divided
- 2 cups arugula divided
- Fresh ground black pepper
Instructions
- Heat a nonstick or cast iron skillet or griddle over medium heat.
- Spread half of each tortilla with mustard. On that half, spread a layer of cheese and sprinkle with fresh ground black pepper. Top with a layer of apples and then the arugula. Fold tortilla over and place in hot pan with the side with cheese down first.
- Press gently on quesadilla. When bottom side is browning and cheese is melting, flip over and toast the other side. When that side is golden, remove with a spatula and serve.
Nutrition
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Roxana says
Such a simple recipe and sounds delicious. I like the way you paired sweet and savory. I would love to try this.
Shadi Hasanzadenemati says
What a fantastic flavor combo! I love apple and brie together! This is a lovely twist on the classic!
Joyce says
I have been trying to eat healthier this year and I love finding new and exciting ways to switch up my lunches and flavours! I always have apples on hand now and I LOVE arugula! Now I just need to pick up some cheese and I'm in business! 🙂 Thanks for a great lunch inspiration! 🙂
Allison - Celebrating Sweets says
I've never had brie in a quesadilla - sounds great! I can't wait to give this a try!
georgie says
the flavour combination you've got going here is beautiful!!! i love all those flavours together and especially love that it's in quesadilla form 😉
Catherine says
Dear Pam, these quesadillas are perfect...I love the simple filling. It makes a for perfect and light lunch. xo, Catherine
The Future Mrs. Vines says
These look amazing! I love brie and apples and gathering up the ingredients for a quesadilla could not be easier. I can't wait to try these.
Laura @MotherWouldKnow says
I love this simple recipe Pam, but even more I love your resolution about having fresh flowers. Mind if I copy your resolution, which I might just start mid-year. After all, half a year of smiles and more happiness is nothing to sniff at:)
Des @ Life's Ambrosia says
I love all of these flavors together but never would've thought to put them in a quesadilla. What a great twist!
heather @french press says
I pretty much adore anything from cooking light, and of course anything with brie - this sounds SO amazing!
kristy @ the wicked noodle says
I just love easy, tasty and elegant recipes like this! So perfect for a light lunch yet takes no time at all to throw together. Beautifully done!
Kristen @ A Mind Full Mom says
Sweet and salty with a punch from the argula--what is not to love about these? I could eat this daily for lunch!
Lorelai @ Life With Lorelai says
Arugula is so under-used--we love it! Your quesadilla sounds wonderful. 🙂 Please come share your blog posts over at the Home Matters Linky Party! We'd love to have you for a visit. The Door is OPEN. http://lifewithlorelai.com/2015/03/05/home-matters-linky-party-27/ 🙂
~Lorelai
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swathi says
Delicious quesadillas, Love to try it for myself, thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop. pinning, tweeting.
Ann says
I am so into figs right now. That fig pizza is going to be on the lunch menu this weekend.
Arman @ thebigmansworld says
Wow, what a flavour combination right there- Sweet, salty, peppery- All in a quesadilla? I'm game!
Roxy says
This whole New Year Resolutions thing hasn't really worked very well for me in the last two years. The exception was that I planned to read 30 books and I read around 40, so that's one good thing 🙂
This looks delicious. I would probably try it with a green, tart apple, since I am not a huge fan of fruit-other foods combination. Maybe I just haven't had the chance to try any good dishes. I did once try prosciutto con melone and I thought it was pretty good.
Amy @Very Culinary says
This dish is so me. LOVE.
Marjie says
Cheese just wants to be included in a quesadilla. The apples are an inspired addition!
Kirsten says
Pam,
I did make a new year's resolution--to add more fresh ginger in my life. I'm smitten with ginger slices in honey lemon tea as an evening drink. I'm sticking it into beet smoothies. It's pretty tasty.
I think the idea that this lovely recipe is the result of cleaning up partial containers in your fridge is amazing.
Thanks!
Louise says
What a delightful combination of flavors, Pam. And oh so quick and easy too. I like to fold my tortillas as well. It seems to allow for more "bite", lol...
Thanks for sharing, Pam...
Monique says
Definitely ingredients I love together!
JessicaJ says
Ohhh, I would make this tonight if I had the arugula. Definitely not going out in Snowpocalypse 🙂 Looks delicious Pam!
Joanne says
I love having brie in the fridge, but always have to have a plan for it, or I WILL just eat it. In one sitting. These quesadillas sound so tasty!