Salsa is such an attention whore.

Don't get me wrong. I love salsa, as long as it's not too spicy.  The problem that I have with salsa is that it's just so darn strong.  This is fine if I'm eating salsa and chips, or some other salsa-centered snack, but whenever I try to use salsa as a condiment it always overpowers whatever I'm eating.  Tonight, in an attempt to use up leftovers, I made a quesadilla with cheddar cheese, broccoli, and fake chicken. And a little garlic mixed into the broccoli, because everything is better with garlic.  I wanted it crispy without making it too unhealthy (ignoring the massive amounts of cheese) so I decided to pan-fry it.  To avoid using tons of oil or butter I put a few drops of oil on the pan side of each tortilla and spread it around, so it would be crunchy but not greasy.  I pre-cooked the broccoli and chicken, and then threw it (along with the grated cheese and garlic) in the pan, cooking it long enough so that each side was lightly browned and the cheese was melty.  After taking it off the stove I like to let it sit for a minute before cutting it, because if you cut it right away then the cheese is too soft and everything spills out of the quesadilla and then you have to try and scoop it back in and it just never works right and the quesadilla looks funky. So I let it sit.

It was delicious on its own, but I also ate part of it with salsa.  Unfortunately as soon as any decent amount of salsa came into play, all I could taste was salsa and my wonderful quesadilla was shoved into the background.  I ended up using only tiny bits of salsa, or none at all, so that my full gustatory experience could be focused on the deliciousness that was my quesadilla.  In the past I have combated the salsa problem by mixing it with sour cream, which looks a little gross but tastes really good and cuts down the strong flavor of the salsa.  But I didn't have any sour cream in the house so that wasn't an option.  Moral of the story- when making a quesadilla make sure I have sour cream and salsa,OR give in and eat the quesadilla plain, since its flavors are more than capable of entertaining my taste buds on their own.