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 vitamin!

This publish 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 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).

Suggestions for getting ready bean cheese burritos

Decide the best 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 resembling cassava, quinoa or almond flour. Use no matter works for you however simply be certain 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 might not have a lot salt and may lack taste total. You’ll want to season them with the chili powder and salt so the flavour carries by way of every chunk.

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. For those who by chance grill the improper facet first, the burrito will seemingly 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 take pleasure in mushy, gooey bits of cheese all through the burrito.
Be happy to shred the cheese in case you favor.

For those who’re not acquainted, Cabot is a co-operative owned by farm households all through New England & New York and 100% of income 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 at the start of the week. They are often saved within the fridge – saved seam facet 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.

Upon getting 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.

You’ll most likely additionally take pleasure in my freezer-friendly egg breakfast sandwiches too!

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