Organics Cheese Quesadilla

June 12, 2006 | Reviewer: Amy

Price: $2.50 (sale)
Serving: 1 quesadilla, 3 oz.
Calories: 260
Fat: 19%, 13g
Sodium: 8%, 190mg
Protein: 11g
Carbs: 9%, 26g

Organics says: This is a mild quesadilla that’s filled with organic Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheese and just a little bit of cayenne to give it some personality. These are easy to like and great as a snack or as an accompaniment to lunch or dinner.

Amy says: One thing www.HeatEatReview.com has made me do is check the nutrition information on my purchases. I just realized that my last 2 entries were rants about sodium and fat. I used to be blissfully ignorant of the badness I was ingesting, but now I check the labels like I have an eating disorder, well, not really, but now I read them and am often dismayed by what I find there.

Point being, I had yet another run-in with the % Daily Value of fat in these quesadillas. There are 13 grams of fat in one quesadilla. Considering the size of the quesadilla, I was unsure where they managed to put all that fatty fat fatness. It must be the cheese. There is a rather generous amount of cheese in the flour tortilla. But that is all this is, a flour tortilla and cheese! I needed two quesadillas to actually be full, therefore doubling all of those percentages. Lesson learned here: organic does not necessarily equal healthy.

I am forcing myself to stop now and actually discuss the quality of the product. I opted to stick the quesadillas in the toaster oven for a little crunch as I am a big fan of crunchy carboydrates. I took the quesadillas out after about 10 minutes on 350 and the tortilla had a nice golden brown coloring. The cheese was nice and gooey and there was a lot of it. The box says that they had kids in mind when they developed this product and I can see why they make this claim. The quesadilla itself is pretty bland and they do not add any additional spices so there’s just no zing. I could have made this same dish if I had a block of cheese, a knife and a tortilla. So this dish saves you about approximately one minute in preparation time since you don’t have to cut the cheese (AHHHAHAH). For those of you who don’t have the time or energy to buy tortillas and cheese and then to cut the cheese (one line later and it is still funny to me) then this would make a good snack, but I am going to steer clear of this frozen cuisine in the future.

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2 Responses to “Organics Cheese Quesadilla”

Jess on June 13th, 2006

This quesadilla makes me sad. It looks so lonely on that plate. Oh, quesadilla, where are your sidedish friends like beans and rice? Why have they forsaken you?!
Linda on January 16th, 2008

I purchased some O Organics Black Beans awhile ago and didn’t notice at the time that stamped on the top of the can is “PROD OF CHINA”. I will NEVER shop at Safeway again and I don’t trust any products anymore. Thanks for selling out our lovely country!!!

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