Quick Spinach and Salmon Quesadillas

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A nutritious Spinach and Salmon Quesadilla works for lunch or dinner

Ingredients

2 teaspoons olive or canola oil
3 cloves garlic, finely minced
1 (10-ounce) bag Cut `n Clean Greens Spinach
1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
Black pepper
1 (14.75-ounce) can Alaskan salmon, drained, bones and skin removed
Butter (about 1 teaspoon or less)
4 (8-inch) flour tortillas (soft taco size)
1 (8-ounce) package shredded Italian blend cheese (2 cups)
Hot pepper sauce or salsa

Preparation

In a 12-inch non-stick skillet, heat oil and sauté garlic for 1 minute, until slightly cooked. Do not let it burn. Add spinach and sauté for 1-2 minutes, until wilted, turning often. During this brief cooking, add basil, dill, onion powder and a few grindings of black pepper. When spinach is cooked, stir in salmon, combining well. Remove pan from heat and set aside.

Meanwhile, heat a griddle on medium and butter it. Lay tortillas flat and top each with 1/4th of the cheese. When cheese melts slightly, top each tortilla with 1/4th of salmon mixture. Fold each tortilla over in half (making a half moon), and heat 1-2 minutes on each side. The outside of the tortillas will get slightly brown.

Serve, passing the hot pepper sauce or chunky salsa at the table.

Serves 4.

Spinach and salmon are listed among the 14 "super foods" in the bestselling book “SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life,” by Steven Pratt, M.D., an ophthalmologist at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. He’s a world-renowned authority on the role of nutrition and lifestyle in the prevention of disease and optimizing health.

The other 12? Beans, blueberries, broccoli, oats, oranges, pumpkin, soy, tea (green or black), tomatoes, turkey, walnuts and yogurt. These are among the most nutrient-dense foods we can eat that will help us stop the incremental changes in our bodies that lead to diseases such as type II diabetes, hypertension, certain cancers, obesity and Alzheimer’s, he says.

Eat this quesadilla with a couple of walnuts and an orange for dessert, and drink some iced tea with the meal, and you're five down, with only nine to go.