Our family could eat pizza every single day….but that gets expensive and time-consuming!
I love these easy pizza quesadillas that are cheap-cheap to make and can be ready in minutes!
I asked my daughter to share a video just so you could see how easy it really is!
It’s not even one minute long, so make sure you take a peek at it in just a few paragraphs.
This is one of my favorite recipes to serve my family in a hurry.
It makes little mess and helps me get a hot meal on the table — fast!
In my world, and probably yours too, easy recipes are the way to go.
I save the more difficult ones for the weekend.
Add as many toppings as you want and make these quesadillas personalized for your family.
You can even make spinach Alfredo pizza tortillas...
For a heartier choice, you can do hamburger pizza quesadillas.
This is great of the adults…especially a hamburger supreme version!
Serve pizza quesadillas with bread-sticks and a fresh garden salad to really step things up a notch!
I also like to add a simple dessert — if there’s time!
Ice cream is always a good choice to get your sweet fix without having to prepare a dessert.
If your family is a fan of pizza like mine, be sure to check out one of our family’s faves — calzones!
It’s a little bit trickier than this recipe, but an adventurous recipe for a Friday family night!
Ready for some easy cooking that makes your entire family smile?
Don’t forget that you can easily invite your kids into the kitchen.
They can assemble the quesadillas and then you can fry or bake them.
Easy-peasy and super-fun!
Easy Pizza Quesadillas
Easy pizza quesadillas made with tortillas, sauce, and gooey mozzarella! A fun, kid-friendly twist on pizza night that’s ready in minutes!
- Prep Time 10 mins
- Cook Time 11 mins
- Total Time 21 mins
- Yield 1 quesadilla 1x
Ingredients
- 10 flour tortillas
- one jar of your favorite spaghetti or pizza sauce
- 2 tbsp oregano, for garnish
- 8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese
- Parmesan cheese for garnish
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil for Baking or frying
Instructions
- Lay out tortillas on clean surface or waxed paper.
- Spread 2 tbsp of sauce across each tortilla.
- Then, sprinkle 2 tbsp of mozzarella cheese on top of the sauce.
- Fold in half, then fold again.
- Drizzle about 2 tbsp of olive oil in your fave frying pan and fry each tortilla, folded side down, on medium-high heat until light brown and cheese is melted.
- Sprinkle Parmesan on top and serve hot.
- Optional: Feel free to bake this instead by placing them on a cookie sheet and baking at 350°F until lightly browned and cheese is melted. I love drizzling a little olive oil on top of them before baking too.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 grams
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
I can vouch for this one, that this recipe is good—a family favorite. I am getting hungry just writing about it.
Awww…I will make these for you anytime honeybun;0)
These look and sound wonderful! Pinned! Thanks for sharing, Alison! Have a terrific week! :)
Thanks for pinning!
love that it fits in your hand sort of take along food
come see what I shared at http://shopannies.blogspot.com/2013/02/hobo-packs.html
Yep. Always good to have food ready to go:)
This looks great. I have a link up that is just went live a bit ago and would love for you to come join us. http://countrifiedhicks.blogspot.com/2013/02/mondays-with-countrified-hicks-2.html
i will try to hop on over soon:)
I’ll have to try this! Thanks for linking up to Every Day is an Occasion! Smiles, Jill
Thanks for the party!
YUM. Around my house, we love pizza, we love tortillas, and we love fried. I’m definitely pinning this for future reference. Thanks for posting!
Thanks for visiting, Abby!
I hope your family enjoys these as much as my crew:)
These look amazing! I have pinned this to try later!
DayswithDylan
Thanks for pinning, Carrie!
Wow these look really good! I am trying to get over my obsession with frying so I will try to bake.
I would LOVE it if you shared this in my Spring/Easter Linky Party! You can find it here: http://littlemomprairie.blogspot.com/p/blog-round-up.html
I will try to stop by! Thanks for the invite, and thanks for visiting!
yum yum yum! I love this! I think my kids will flip over these! Definitely have to wait until we’re in the new house, since I just packed up my kitchen.. but so saving this!!! :-) Thank you for linking up!
Happy Monday!
Hi Rachel!
I hope your kids enjoy it! My whole family loves these, and I love how quick I can get lunch on the table:)
Thanks for the link party and thanks for visiting!
What a cute video and a great dish. I love pizza too. This looks like a great option.
This is one of my favorite recipes to serve my family in a hurry. It makes little mess and helps me get a hot meal on the table — fast! In my world, and probably yours too, easy recipes are the way to go. I save the more difficult ones for the weekend. Add as many toppings as you want and make these quesadillas personalized for your family. Serve pizza quesadillas with bread-sticks and a fresh garden salad to really step things up a notch! I also like to add a simple dessert — if there’s time! Ice cream is always a good choice to get your sweet fix without having to prepare a dessert.