Steak Quesadillas

"Make yourself a dang quesa-dilluh!"

Great, now I want to watch Napoleon Dynamite.

These steak quesadillas aren't anything fancy. Brad always orders them at Moe's Southwest Grill with "extra steak, please." So we decided to have a Mexican night at home and make some dang quesadillas ourselves. I have to admit that pounding raw steak with the meat hammer (or whatever the fancy term for that thing is) can be incredibly theraputic. The cow already had to die for our meal, might as well beat on it a little more, right? It serves two purposes: getting all the spices deep into the steak and relieving some everyday stress.

Steak Quesadillas

• 1 lb steak (and this made way too much!)
• tortillas
• 1 red pepper
• a variation of seasonings, whatever you like -- we used garlic powder, onion powder, lemon pepper, black pepper, and meat tenderizer
• Philadelphia Cooking Cream, Santa Fe blend
• Mexican shredded cheese

Generously sprinkle the steak with your choice of seaonsings and beat the hell out of it.

Then cut into thin 1" slices. Set aside.

Then cut up any other ingredients you'd like. We used red pepper (we are both big fans), but here are some other ideas: onions, green peppers, mushrooms. Time to cook everything -- either saute everything together or separate the veggies from the steak, whatever you prefer.

My mom bought us some of that new Philidelphia Cooking Cream stuff and I wasn't really sure what to do with it. But we spread a very thin layer of the Santa Fe flavor on the inside of the tortillas and it turned out really well!

Next, assemble your quesadilla however you'd like it. Be sure not to stack it too thick though, you want all the insides to get warmed evenly.

Warm it up in a pan on both sides. The tortilla will start to get golden brown and the cheese will transform into melty goodness. I think the hardest part of this recipe is flipping the quesadilla. It would probably be easier to use one tortilla and fold in it half instead of the way I did it. That would be much more managable when it comes to flipping!

Cut into slices with a pizza cutter and enjoy!

Again, it's nothing fancy but it's an easy and very customizable meal for your family!