Sweet Potato Quesadillas

Description:
This recipe is quite tasty, colorful and unusual. The spices give it a very unique flavor. This is a favorite mexcian dish of mine. It's also very easy to make. I had it for dinner tonight and I'm already done eating!! It's quite delicious.

Ingredients:
1 ½ c finely chopped onion
2 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
3 tbsn vegetable oil
4 c grated peeled sweet potato (about 3 potatoes)
½ tspn dried oregano
1 tspn chili power
2 tspn ground cumin
Generous pinch of cayenne
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 c grated sharp cheddar cheese

8 tortillas (8 to 10 inch)
Commercial Mexican-style tomato salsa
Sour cream


Directions:
Sauté the onions and garlic in the vegetable oil until the onions are translucent. Add the grated sweet potatoes, oregano, chili power, cumin, and cayenne and cook, covered, for about 10 minutes, stirring frequently to prevent sticking. When the sweet potato is tender, add salt and pepper to taste and remove the filling from the heat. Spread on-eighth of the filling smoothly and 2 tbsn of the cheeses on each tortilla and fold over.

I personally don’t bother cooking the tortilla, but if you want to cook them add a little oil to a large pan and cook for 2 –3 minutes on each side.

Top with salsa and sour cream.

Tonight I accidentally bought one yam (yams are orange). It doesn’t really matter if you use a yam or a sweet potato. It’s going to taste great!

You can also just add as much filling as you want to a tortilla and eat it more like a burrito, which is what I usually do!