A fresh zucchini salsa is piled into buttery tortillas to make these quick & easy Corn & Zucchini Quesadillas, perfect for a summer dinner!
Raw veggies, fresh lime juice, golden buttery tortillas ~ these Corn & Zucchini Quesadillas were absolutely delicious.
I love corn in pretty much anything but in combo with the zucchini, jalapeno & cilantro ~ it was just perfect. The corn & zucchini mixture can be made in advance & kept in the fridge until dinner making this an even easier weeknight meal.
Corn & Zucchini Quesadillas
Ingredients
- 1 can 11 ounces extra sweet corn niblets
- 1 medium zucchini quartered & thinly sliced
- 1 bunch cilantro roughly chopped
- 1 jalapeno seeded & diced
- juice from 2 small limes
- about 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 8-inch flour tortillas
- 2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- To make the Zucchini Salsa: Add the corn kernels to a medium bowl. Add the zucchini, cilantro, jalapeno, lime juice, & olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and toss well to combine. Cover with a lid & refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Brush one side of all tortillas with a small amount of butter; lay a tortilla, buttered side down, in a preheated skillet. Place a quarter of the filling on each tortilla, and sprinkle with a quarter of the cheese. Place the remaining tortillas on top, buttered side up; press down gently with a spatula to seal.
- Saute until cheese has melted and tortillas are golden brown, turning once. Remove from the skillet & let cool slightly. To serve, slice each quesadilla into wedges.
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My garden is producing more zucchini that I know what to do with. This sounds perfect. Thanks for sharing at Saturday Dishes, Next Saturday is BLTs. Come on over.
Wishes for tasty dishes,
Linda @ Tumbleweed Contessa
Ooooooh, how very interesting! 🙂 I’m going to have to try this, but I HATE raw zucchini so I think I might thinly slice it & grill it before adding it to the filling. Either way, great combination & a fresh take on quesadillas! Thank you so much for linking up with me this week at Tasty Tuesdays! I’ve pinned this & shared it with my followers! Please be sure to stop back by the party and check out some of the other links!
Ditto what Cindy said, Jamie!! YUM and thanks for partying with us!!
xoxo
Jamie, these sound totally delish! Thanks so much for sharing and joining us at Best of the Weekend! Pinning to our party board!
YUM! That would make such a good lunch for my hubby now!
I’d love to have you share this and/or any other recipe at Wednesday Extravaganza – A Foodie Link Party! Hope to see you there 🙂
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wow, this looks deelish and healthy! I love zucchini and summer squash.
What a great summer recipe! And a great way to use up that zucchini when it starts pouring in soon…
You should stop by and link up to my summer recipe round up! https://lifelovelibrarianship.com/summer-recipe-round-up/
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This is something I would love definitely. Pinning!
Thank you,
Ellya
@CuriositaEllya
I love the freshness of this recipe. The vegetables helps keep this dish light. Love it. I came here from Triberr and look forward to checking out more recipes.
So I don’t like zucchini unless its in bread. But I never thought to make it in a quesadilla! I’m so trying this over the summer.
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Quesadillas are definitely one of my favourite quick dinners. What a great new take! 🙂
They were so good! I’m sure you would love them!! 🙂