Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Yummy Burritos

This is a recipe that I amended slightly from Jon over at SwiCycloRun.  I basically spiced it up a little - changed to brown rice, used whole wheat tortillas, added cumin, chili powder, oregano, cayenne, and garlic powder, used tomatoes with green chilies. Other than that, I completely and unabashedly copied this recipe from his blog post. If you don't like it spicy, you may want to go without my additions.  Thanks Jon for always having such great recipes!

Jon's Burritos, With A Mandy Twist

Ingredients:
Can black beans
Can diced tomatoes with green chilies
1 cup of short grain brown rice
1 can corn
1 1/2 tsp of cumin (this all depends on taste you might want to use less)
1 tsp each of oregano, chili powder, & garlic powder
pinch of cayenne (OK I used a lot of it, like 1/2 tsp - but I like it hot)
cheddar cheese
large whole-wheat tortilla shells

Cook the rice - I used short-grained brown because I love it.  You could use any kind of rice though.  While rice is simmering, combine black beans, tomatoes, and spices in a pot bring to a boil, then reduce to simmer until liquid reduces.  Combine rice and bean mixture.

Take 1 cup of the mixture and put in on a tortilla, cover with 1oz cheese. 

Wrap, foil, and freeze. YES you can freeze these! Yeah.  It makes about 5-6.  Make sure you take one out of the freezer a bit before you plan on eating them, or else it will take a bit longer to heat up.