Do you use your email to remember life events? I have a terrible memory for dates, so I had to resort to my email archives to find when I met Nicole Gulotta. She’s author of the new Eat this Poem cookbook, and the blog Eat this Poem, but most importantly: she’s a dear friend. Turns out we met in April 2013. She was in Chicago for a conference, and Alex and I drove up to meet her and a few other food bloggers. Even in those days, being virtual friends before meeting in person was becoming commonplace. The “real life” meeting is what solidifies the deal, right? It predicts whether your friendship is true. Turns out with Nicole, it was. Keep reading for this delicious brie & mushroom quesadilla recipe from Nicole’s book, Eat this Poem.
About the book: Eat this Poem
According to my email archives, Nicole and I wrote long-winded emails to each other most of 2014. We discovered a horrible yet uniting bond of having miscarriages in the same month. We wrote about our dreams to publish books, and to change the world through food. We started having monthly catch-up phone calls, wondering what the future would hold. Would we have children? Would we write books? You know those people you meet where you’re almost living parallel lives, asking the same questions at the same moment? Nicole is one of those people for me. All that to say, it’s now 2017 and not only is Nicole mama to a beautiful son, Henry, she’s author of a gorgeous book pairing recipes and poems called Eat this Poem. Nicole is an incredibly talented writer, and the way she’s created recipes to pair with poems from her favorite poets is genius. The book is a stunning collection, and it would be the perfect fit on the shelf of anyone who loves writing and food. For our recipe to test from the book, we chose this mushroom quesadilla: and man are we glad we did! Keep reading for the recipe. And as we paged through the other recipes in the book, each one sounded just as tempting. I couldn’t be more excited to share this book with you today, that dream that was shared over phone calls and late night emails. Hats off to Nicole on this major accomplishment — and cheers to those virtual friendships that blossom into long lasting ones.
How to make this mushroom quesadilla
These gooey brie and mushroom quesadilla jumped out to me when paging through the book, so Alex and I decided to try them as a lunch recipe. And man was it good! The mushrooms as sauteed with fresh herbs, then nestled into a tortilla with gooey brie cheese and arugula. The kicker is a drizzle of honey, a bit of sweet that perfectly compliments the salty cheese and mushrooms. Wow! This mushroom quesadilla is super quick to whip up and an elevated take on the humble quesadilla.
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Looking for more fast and easy dinner recipes?
Out side of this mushroom quesadilla, here a few more fast and easy dinner recipes we love:
Quick Garlic Shrimp & CouscousPenne with Pumpkin Pasta SauceTurmeric Poached Egg Avocado ToastEverything Bagel PastaSimple Black Beans and EggsTex Mex Migas RecipeAvocado Black Bean Vegetarian QuesadillaAll Easy Dinner Ideas!
This recipe is…
This mushroom quesadilla is vegetarian and gluten-free if using gluten-free tortillas. 4 from 1 review *Alternative method: If you’ve cooking for a crowd, you can bake quesadillas in the oven.
