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 further vitamin!

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’ll need

Cooking oil (avocado, olive, different neutral-flavor oil)
Cooked Pinto Beans (I used canned)
Canned tomatoes with inexperienced chiles
Crimson 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).

Suggestions for making ready bean cheese burritos

Choose the best tortilla. Go together with a 10- or 12-inch tortilla for the perfect outcomes. There are a ton of tortillas or wraps available on the market from flour tortillas to these made with gluten-free elements reminiscent of cassava, quinoa or almond flour. Use no matter works for you however simply be sure 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. For those who’re utilizing canned pinto beans, they might or could not have a lot salt and may lack taste general. You’ll want to season them with the chili powder and salt so the flavour carries by means of every chunk.

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 degree 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 retaining the burrito collectively. For those who by accident grill the fallacious aspect first, the burrito will probably 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 minimize the pepper jack into small cubes to take pleasure in tender, gooey bits of cheese all through the burrito.
Be happy to shred the cheese if you happen to choose.

For those who’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 good for meal prep in the beginning of the week. They are often stored within the fridge – saved seam aspect 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 finances when in comparison with what you pay for those you get from most supermarkets.

You’ll most likely additionally take pleasure in 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 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 utilize this recipe? Please let me know within the feedback or on Instagram. I’m at all times on the lookout for new concepts!