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Vegetarian Breakfast Quesadillas with Scrambled Eggs, Spinach and Black Beans

Quick and healthy scrambled egg quesadillas stuffed with spinach and black beans. Extra crispy outsides and guacamole on the side make this quesadilla a totally irresistible breakfast (or lunch or dinner!).

By cookieandkate · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Vegetarian Breakfast Quesadillas with Scrambled Eggs, Spinach and Black Beans

Why it works: Avocado and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,117 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Vegetarian Breakfast Quesadillas with Scrambled Eggs, Spinach and Black Beans

Serves 1
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

880Calories
38 gProtein
51 gFat
77 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By cookieandkate. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Avocado + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,117 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Beans + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together375 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Spinach + beanstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together365 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  4. Spinach + avocadotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together188 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Spinach + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together213 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, spinach, beans, cheese, sauce, avocado, lime):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Lettucefits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, spinach, beans, cheese, sauce, avocado, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.