Bean quesadilla

Just a quick idea that turned out really well.

Ingredients:
- wheat tortillas
- grated cheddar
- beans

Here I used the mashed red beans, but I think any kind of suitably thick bean mash would work.

A tortilla was placed on a dry non-stick pan on medium heat, added grated cheddar, bean mash and cheddar again, then another tortilla. Flipped over when the tortilla is lightly browned and the cheese melted.

Served with sour cream, pico de gallo, lettuce and avocado.

Delicious.

Red Beans with cumin

Another variation of beans. I made this with red kidney beans, but I guess it should also work for other varieties.

Ingredients:
- 1-2 tbsp duck fat
- 1 small, brown onion, finely diced
- 1 clove garlic, crushed, then chopped
- 1 jalapeño, finely diced
- 1 can red kidney beans
- juice of ¹/₂ lime
- ¹/₂ tsp ground cumin

The duck fat was melted in a pot on medium high, and the onion was cooked in the fat for about 5 minutes before adding the garlic and the jalapeño. When the onion was turning golden, the beans and their liquid was added, plus some water used to rinse out the can. The beans were brought to a boil before adding lime juice. After about some 5-10 minutes, the beans were mashed and cooking was continued - with occasional stirring - until the texture was thickened just right.

I was very happy with the resulting beans.