Spinach Quesadillas

(Recipe taken and adapted from the Los Angeles Times)

Ingredients:
Oil
1 large onion, minced
3 pounds fresh spinach
3 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper
6 teaspoons garlic, minced
3 cups feta cheese crumbles
3/4 pound low-moisture mozzarella, diced
36 corn tortillas

Directions:

1. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a large skillet. Add the onion and cook until it softens and begins to color, 3 to 5 minutes.
2. When the onion is ready, add the spinach. Season with salt and red pepper, sprinkle with garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until the spinach is quite tender, about 15 minutes.  Remove from the heat and stir in the feta.
3. Heat 2 teaspoons oil on a griddle over medium heat; use a spatula to distribute it so the surface is evenly covered. If you don't have a large griddle, you can use a skillet, but you'll have to cook the quesadillas in more than one batch. Add the tortillas and cook on one side until they have softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Flip them to the other side and spoon 2 to 3 tablespoons of the spinach in the center. Sprinkle over some of the diced mozzarella and use a spatula to fold the tortilla in half around the filling.
4. Cook until the tortilla begins to brown on one side, 2 to 3 minutes, and then flip onto the other side and cook until the tortilla browns on that side and the mozzarella is melted, about 2 to 3 minutes more. If some of the melting cheese oozes onto the griddle, that's even better. Repeat if necessary to use up all of the tortillas and filling.
5. Serve immediately, or keep warm in a 250-degree oven until all of the quesadillas have been made.

Note: for your vegans, omit the cheese in some of the quesadillas.

Pictures from top to bottom:

Christine poses by the "Edible Creation" her Mom sent the Magis teachers.  Thank you, Christine's mom!

Christine stirs spinach as it reduces down to half its size (always amazing to see!).

Tori smiles in the middle of dishwashing.
Jill gets rice ready for the rice cooker (a better option than the stovetop).

Sara helps with a quick cleanup in between helping with cooking.

Christine heats a corn tortilla.

What a delicious looking meal!

Brandon puts the finishing touches on the quesadillas.

Magi in their element, waiting for dinner to be announced.

Our film guest in the background getting setup to film us!

Sara expresses thanks for the meal as she is being filmed by our guest filming for the new Magis video.

Brandon describes the meal and the procedure for getting in line (in his very best teacher voice, of course!).

Jill shows the camera her plate, with a look of intense hunger.

Maria is the only one who notices a picture is being taken.  The others are intent about getting dinner.