Make cheesy quesadillas at home; they'll have much less fat, calories and sodium than the ones served in restaurants.

Not a week goes by when we don’t have quesadillas in our house. Breakfast, lunch or dinner – quesadillas are perfect for kids, parents, grandparents and friends because you can slap whatever you want between two tortillas and enjoy a mouth-watering, cheesy treat in minutes.

I cook quesadillas at home all the time, but we also order them out a lot, so I decided to check the stats. I wish I didn’t. Depending on where you dine, one quesadilla can have almost 1,500 calories, more than 100 grams of fat and 2 days worth of salt. And that’s without the side of sour cream. What are they putting in there, pork rinds? Flour tortillas are almost fat free so it’s the filling that sends numbers soaring. I was seriously shocked. And if you eat quesadillas regularly, you know that you often eat something ELSE with them. Read it and weep:

Restaurant Quesadilla

Nutrition Info Per Serving (1 quesadilla – range in numbers reflects different restaurants)
Calories: 543-1480
Total Fat: 26-103 grams
Saturated Fat: 14-39 grams
Total Carbohydrate: 51-72 grams
Sugars: 0-1 gram
Protein: 22-73 grams
Sodium: 1177-3300 milligrams
Cholesterol: around 60 (some restaurants did not list cholesterol)
Fiber: 2-4 grams

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