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 just a little additional diet!

This submit is sponsored by my pals at Cabot Creamery.

Filled with 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 will want

Cooking oil (avocado, olive, different neutral-flavor oil)
Cooked Pinto Beans (I used canned)
Canned tomatoes with inexperienced chiles
Pink 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 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 substances corresponding 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. When you’re utilizing canned pinto beans, they might or could not have a lot salt and might lack taste total. You’ll want to season them with the chili powder and salt so the flavour carries by means of 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, it is 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. When you unintentionally grill the unsuitable facet first, the burrito will possible unravel.

High quality cheese is crucial

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

I lower the pepper jack into small cubes to take pleasure in smooth, gooey bits of cheese all through the burrito.
Be happy to shred the cheese if you happen to favor.

When 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 all the time stocked in my fridge and I particularly love all the totally different flavors.

Make now. Eat later.

These burritos are good for meal prep initially 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 getting the frozen burritos in place, you’re set. They’re good for a meal on a funds when in comparison with what you pay for those you get from most supermarkets.

Serving concepts

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

If I had been taking them for lunch, these burritos can 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 all the time in search of new concepts!