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 a bit of additional vitamin!

This publish is sponsored by my associates at Cabot Creamery.

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

You have to

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

Decide the best tortilla. Go along with a 10- or 12-inch tortilla for the very best outcomes. There are a ton of tortillas or wraps available on the market from flour tortillas to these made with gluten-free elements equivalent to cassava, quinoa or almond flour. Use no matter works for you however simply be sure 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. In the event you’re utilizing canned pinto beans, they could or might not have a lot salt and may lack taste total. Make sure to 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 employ can have an effect on the flavour considerably. As a result of the sodium degree varies, this can be a good time so as to add extra salt if wanted.

Griddle the burrito seam facet down. That is crucial to holding the burrito collectively. In the event you by accident grill the mistaken facet first, the burrito will probably unravel.

High quality cheese is important

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 minimize the pepper jack into small cubes to get pleasure from tender, gooey bits of cheese all through the burrito.
Be at liberty to shred the cheese in case you want.

In the event 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 the entire totally different flavors.

Make now. Eat later.

These burritos are good for meal prep at first of the week. They are often stored within the fridge – saved seam facet down.

Or you’ll be able to 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 you have the frozen burritos in place, you’re set. They’re good for a meal on a price range when in comparison with what you pay for those you get from most supermarkets.

Serving concepts

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

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

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