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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Cinco de Mayo Eats

Today was supposed to be Raw Food Tuesday, my once-a-month raw food cleanse. But I spent all three weekend days at the Beale Street Music Festival (where I saw Fall Out Boy, Snoop Dogg, and Rise Against!), and that meant no time for shopping at Whole Foods. For raw days, I usually have to buy bulk raw nuts at WF, and that's a good 20-minute drive from my house.

I did, however, get a chance to stop by the downtown farmers market on Saturday morning before heading to the festival. I picked up some delicious-looking rainbow chard and some rustic sweet potatoes from my pals at Dodson Farms ... and those items were just what I needed to make Show Me Vegan's Sweet Potato, Chard, and Mushroom Vegan Quesadillas:

For some reason, I can't get enough of Lisa's quesadillas. Every time she posts a quesadilla recipe, I have to make it. These were so amazing! They're stuffed with mashed sweet taters, sauteed baby bella mushrooms and chard, kidney beans, chipotle, and Mexican spices. The recipe is here.

I'll squeeze a raw food day in soon, I promise. But I don't regret skipping out on it today. These quesadillas were so worth it and super-healthy with all those veggies stuffed inside.
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21 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 5, 2009 at 11:54 PM

    don't blame you for skipping it, the pictures alone are making me feel ravenous. rowr.

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  2. Recipe manMay 6, 2009 at 12:50 AM

    yes this i can understand. the food looks so good so hard to not to drool :-)

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  3. AnonymousMay 6, 2009 at 6:01 AM

    Now I want a quesadilla...at 6am ;)

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  4. LisaMay 6, 2009 at 6:31 AM

    The festival sounds like a lot of fun! It's getting to be that time of year when St. Louis has lots of outdoor music too. So glad you liked the quesadilla!

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  5. Melisser; the Urban HousewifeMay 6, 2009 at 6:36 AM

    Oh dang, that looks SO good.

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  6. SophiaMay 6, 2009 at 9:33 AM

    Hi, My name is Sophia,
    Quesadillas are the best! You can put anything in them, make them anyway, serve them with anything. They are so versatile.

    I started a new blog at:
    I would really love it if visited/commented on my blog.
    I would also really like to add you to my blogroll?
    Thanks!

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  7. Leslie RichmanMay 6, 2009 at 10:07 AM

    I am a quesadilla fiend myself. Those look great. The Compassion Over Killing site has a recipe for a super easy chikpea-based quesadilla that is really yummy too.

    I would defintely recommend some raw sushi next time you do a raw day. It is so good! I have a great recipe from Eating Without Heating if you'd like it :)

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  8. AnonymousMay 6, 2009 at 10:38 AM

    those sound awesome

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  9. AMay 6, 2009 at 11:15 AM

    Those look SO GOOD! And VERY appropriate for Cinco De Mayo! Also, how was Snoop live?? I follow him on twitter. Don't actually listen to his music but his tweets are always entertaining! :)
    -A

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  10. jessyMay 6, 2009 at 11:17 AM

    i'd totally skip a raw foodz day for one of Lisa's quesadillas! mmmmmmmmmmmm! it looks so darn good, Bianca! hooray for some local chard 'n sweet potatoes! yay!

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  11. aTxVegnMay 6, 2009 at 12:08 PM

    I saw those quesadillas on Lisa' post and man, they still look great. Sweet potatoes and mushrooms together just sounds fantastic.

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  12. Erin @ VatCMay 6, 2009 at 12:26 PM

    Yummy food! Looks amazing!

    What kind of wraps do you use?

    -Erin

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  13. GenaMay 6, 2009 at 2:40 PM

    Sweet potatoes and greens!! My favorite combo!

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  14. CynMay 6, 2009 at 5:59 PM

    That looks so delicious! I love Mexican food so much, especially with beans. Yummy.

    The lettuce risotto recipe I posted about on my blog is online here: http://www.vegetariantimes.com/recipes/10939
    It is an excellent way to use up extra lettuce!

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  15. Hello VeggieMay 6, 2009 at 6:16 PM

    This look so tasty. I missed out on Cino de Mayo last night, so I'm going out for fajitas tonight. I could eat Mexican food every day!

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  16. GinaMay 6, 2009 at 7:18 PM

    Ooh, they look yummy! Sounds like you had a fun Cinco de Mayo :)

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  17. Mike KMay 6, 2009 at 10:08 PM

    We're still a couple months from farmers market season, so I'm a little jealous - the quesadillas look delicious! I'm also jealous that I didn't see Snoop over the weekend :)

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  18. MeloMealsMay 6, 2009 at 11:33 PM

    Those quesadillas look amazing!

    Love the pic of your mom on your last post.. and how cool you got to interview Cat Cora and sample her food!

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  19. TheresaMay 7, 2009 at 12:14 AM

    Yum, quesadillas. I haven't had one of those in AGES. Will have to try out those healthy/yummy looking ones!

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  20. Lauren @ Team GilesMay 7, 2009 at 9:17 PM

    Yum! Your blog is delightful!

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  21. MacieMay 12, 2009 at 9:08 AM

    Delicious! Worth skipping raw for, I'd say ;)

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