Monday night dinner for the nuggets!

I got the recipe for quesadillas from the book Deceptively Delicious. It involves putting pureed butternut squash into the cheese and mashing navy beans into sour cream. This alone was delicious! Then I had extra ingredients left over so I decided to make mini pizzas with the cheesy squash and tortillas and added pureed navy beans to ranch as a side dipping sauce. The squash/cheese makes an excellent alternative for pizza sauce for kids like mine who don't like red sauces!

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My Round, Firm Glute Series: Part 2

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