See Corn and Cheese Quesadillas recipe. This recipe brings a Mexican favourite to your dining table! Corn and Cheese Quesadilla, featuring the lovable gooeyness of cheese and the joyous crunch of corn, is a dish that your whole family will love. Some smart moves such as using a combination of refined and whole wheat flours to make the tortillas, and including assorted veggies in the stuffing, enhance the texture and flavour of these quesadillas making them a pleasure to bite into. Just make sure you serve this recipe immediately on preparation before the stuffing as well as the tortillas lose their best textures.

Is Corn and Cheese Quesadillas healthy?

No, this is not healthy. Let's see why.

Let's understand the Ingredients.

What's good.

Whole Wheat flour : Whole wheat flour is excellent for diabetics as they will not shoot up your blood sugar levels as they are a low GI food.  Whole wheat flour is rich in Phosphorus which is a major mineral which works closely with calcium to build our bones. Vitamin B9 helps your body to produce and maintain new cells, especially increase red blood cells. See detailed 11 benefits of whole wheat flour and why it's good for you.

What's the problem?

Plain flour (maida) : This recipe uses plain flour or maida which is refined carb not suitable for healthy lifestyle. Maida consumption in any food should be totally avoided or just a little bit of usage as any consumption of this will cause a larger spike in blood levels which is not good for diabetics, heart patients. Read is maida good for you to understand fully.

Sweet Corn : The pros. Sweet corn in a rich in fibre. The high vitamin B3 – 2.61 mg / cup is known to reduce cholesterol levels in body and in turn promote heart health. Sweet corn is good for pregnancy as high folate content and antioxidants - lutein is good for the foetus.The cons. the glycemic index of sweet corn is said to be between 55 to 58 and hence not suited for diabetics and best to restrict the usage. Though sweet corn is a good source of fiber, low in fat and helps control appetite, considering that it is a vegetable it has more calories than other fiber rich veggies, so restrict usage for weight loss. So given a choice it is wise to opt for other veggies first. Read the article is sweet corn healthy?

Processed Cheese : Always prefer cheese made from blocks instead of processed cheese. 

Can diabetics, heart patients and over weight individuals have Corn and Cheese Quesadillas?

No, this recipe is not good for diabetics, heart and weight loss. This recipe uses plain flour or maida which is refined carb not suitable for healthy lifestyle. Maida consumption in any food should be totally avoided or just a little bit of usage as any consumption of this will cause a larger spike in blood levels which is not good for diabetics, heart patients. Prcessed cheese is not healthy and sweet corn is best avoided by Diabetics.

Here are some Healthy snack options

You can have Baked Samosa with mixed sprouts, Matarsutir Kachori,  Baked methi muthia recipe,  Zunka recipe, moong dal dhokla recipe,  bajra carrot onion uttapam recipe or buckwheat pancake as one healthy recipe option. 

Buckwheat Pancakes, Kuttu Pancake Diabetic Snacks

Can healthy individuals have Corn and Cheese Quesadillas?

No, not healthy. 

Corn and Cheese Quesadillas is high in

1. Vitamin C :  Vitamin C is a great defence against coughs and colds.

Note : a recipe is deemed high in a Vitamin or mineral if it meets 20% and above the recommended daily allowance based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

How to burn 191 calories that come from Corn and Cheese Quesadillas?

Walking (6 kmph) = 57 mins

Running (11 kmph) = 19 mins

Cycling (30 kmph) = 25 mins       

Swimming (2 kmph) = 33 mins

Note: These values are approximate and calorie burning differs in each individual.