Freezer Pleasant Pinto Bean Cheese Burrito

This vegetarian make-ahead burrito is rather like those you get within the freezer aisle however higher! It’s filled with pinto beans, pepper jack cheese and spinach for slightly additional diet!

This put up is sponsored by my pals at Cabot Creamery.

Full of pinto beans, spinach and a spicy, seasoned rice and griddled to perfection, these bean, cheese and greens burritos are excellent for a fast week day lunch or dinner. It’s protein and fiber-packed and freezer-friendly too!

You’ll need

Cooking oil (avocado, olive, different neutral-flavor oil)
Cooked Pinto Beans (I used canned)
Canned tomatoes with inexperienced chiles
Purple onion
Cabot Pepper Jack Cheese
Chili powder
Cooked Rice (I used brown)
Spinach
Avocado, salsa, bitter cream, cilantro for garnish

(Scroll down for the step-by-step recipe).

Ideas for making ready bean cheese burritos

Choose the fitting tortilla. Go along with a 10- or 12-inch tortilla for the perfect outcomes. There are a ton of tortillas or wraps in the marketplace from flour tortillas to these made with gluten-free elements corresponding to cassava, quinoa or almond flour. Use no matter works for you however simply be certain that it’s thick sufficient to endure a little bit of rolling and wrapping. Some gluten-free tortillas tear simply.

Season the pinto beans and every ingredient all through preparation. Should you’re utilizing canned pinto beans, they could or could not have a lot salt and may lack taste total. Make sure you season them with the chili powder and salt so the flavour carries by every chew.

Style the seasoned rice earlier than layering on the tortilla. The pinto beans and model of canned tomatoes you utilize can have an effect on the flavour considerably. As a result of the sodium stage varies, this can be a good time so as to add extra salt if wanted.

Griddle the burrito seam aspect down. That is crucial to holding the burrito collectively. Should you unintentionally grill the unsuitable aspect first, the burrito will seemingly unravel.

High quality cheese is crucial

The cheese serves to seal these burritos and so as to add unimaginable taste. I’m utilizing Cabot Pepper Jack Cheese for its creaminess and trace of peppery warmth.

I reduce the pepper jack into small cubes to get pleasure from delicate, gooey bits of cheese all through the burrito.
Be at liberty to shred the cheese in the event you want.

Should you’re not acquainted, Cabot is a co-operative owned by farm households all through New England & New York and 100% of earnings return to the farmers. It’s at all times stocked in my fridge and I particularly love all the totally different flavors.

Make now. Eat later.

These burritos are excellent for meal prep in the beginning of the week. They are often saved within the fridge – saved seam aspect down.

Or you possibly can wrap and freeze them for as much as 3 months. Reheat within the toaster oven or the microwave for a fast weekday lunch or dinner.

After getting the frozen burritos in place, you’re set. They’re excellent for a meal on a finances when in comparison with what you pay for those you get from most supermarkets.

You’ll in all probability additionally get pleasure from my freezer-friendly egg breakfast sandwiches too!

Serving concepts

These burritos are the proper handheld meal. With rice, plant protein from the beans, spinach and tomatoes and the cheese to convey all of it collectively what extra do you want?

If I have been taking them for lunch, these burritos can be tasty paired with pineapple or mango chunks.

I often eat these simply as is however when I’ve avocado, salsa or bitter cream within the fridge, I like so as to add these excessive too.

How will you utilize this recipe? Please let me know within the feedback or on Instagram. I’m at all times searching for new concepts!