Black Bean & Rice Burritos Recipe
Recipe Ingredients
1 cup uncooked basmati or quick
1 cooking brown rice
12 6-inch flour tortillas
16 oz canned cooked black beans -includin, g bean liquid
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tomato, chopped
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 tsp chili powder or to taste
1/2 tsp ground cumin or to taste
1 chopped green onions and
1 salsa for garnish
Recipe Preparation
Cook rice according to package directions. Set aside.
Wrap tortillas in aluminum foil and place in a 200-degree oven to
warm. Combine beans, bean liquid, garlic, tomato, onion, chili powder
and cumin in a saucepan; simmer until tomato begins to soften, about
5 minutes.
Remove tortillas from oven. Place a heaping tablespoon of rice and 1
to 2 tablespoons of bean mixture in a warm tortilla. Garnish with
green onions and salsa, and roll up like a burrito. Makes 12 burritos.
Per burrito: 185 cal., 6g prot.; 3 g fat; 35 g. carb.; 0 chol.; 158
mg sod.
Servings: 6
Back to Mexican Recipes
Food Tips of the Week
Dieting tipsIf you wish to become slim and boost your all round health, then, as any dietician will tell you, you really should eat a thoughtfully calculated sensible daily routine. At best, this should include five measures of grains and vegetables each day and also incorporate the right mix of important nutrients.
Some lower carb diet tips:
* Use soya flour or baking mix. When you need to use flour for baked goods, substitute soy flour or a soy baking mix such as Atkins bake mix. In many cases, you may adapt your best loved recipes that use white flour to use these.
* Don't miss meals Most low carb recipes are, not surprisingly, low in carbohydrates. Your body must have energy, and carbohydrates are a quick acting source of energy. A lower carbohydrate diet requires great care in managing your energy levels, as any energy contributed by protein and fat is far slower to act.
The brassica family, Healthy super foods that aid Dieting
(eg. Kale, Green beans, Mustard greens and Horseradish)
Vegetablesi in the brassica family are jam-packed with vitamins (eg.folate), minerals (selenium and potassium, amongst others), chlorophyll, fibre, indole-3-carbinol and isothiocyanates..
Amongst numerous other health giving properties, a few of these nutrients are believed to help reduce the cancer risk.
Black Bean & Rice Burritos Recipe Index from Recipes 4U
You can now stop spending your hard earned cash on overpriced recipe cook books or pricey nights out in poncy dining establishments, all you have to do is locate and print out the recipe of your choice and you will soon be preparing great meals to amaze your family in the comfort of your own home
|
