Beef and Bean Burritos

While the meat was browning we diced the
capsicum and tomatoes

I call it deliciously ugly

Today we enjoyed some very healthy and tasty burritos...mmmm...this is a firm family favourite. The recipe I used uses a lot of vegetables, in fact each serve is approximately four serves of vegetables, we added onions, garlic, capsicum, tomatoes and corn. The proportion of lean mince to kidney beans is 1:1.5 ie. We had one kilogram of mince so I used 1.5 kilos of kidney beans.

Prior to the roll up!

I used frozen corn and canned beans in this recipe , both are quality ingredients in their prepared form. As I am teaching simple recipes there seemed little point adding the extra work of pre-preparing these ingredients.

The beef and bean burritos were served with guacamole, lettuce, low fat greek yoghurt, grated cheese and fresh coriander.

If you wanted to save the leftovers there are a couple of options.

1. Make up the burritos with the mix plus cheese, wrap them in cling wrap and freeze them. You can then pull them out of the freezer as needed, bake them in the oven and top them with salsa. Serve with a fresh salad. Don't forget to take the cling wrap off!
2. Freeze the mix in individual portions and then reheat and serve with rice and salad.