Fabulous Burritos

13 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)
  • 2 garlic loves, chopped
  • vegetable broth or water
  • 2 15 ounce can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1-2 16 oz. jars mild salsa or no-oil pasta or combination of the two. BEST use Trader Joe's tomatillo salsa
  • cumin 1 tsp.
  • 1 chipotle pepper, canned or rehydrated, minced
  • garlic powder, onion powder to taste
  • 4 no-oil whole wheat thin flat bread or non-fat tortillas (Ezekiel 4:9)
  • 2-3 tomatoes or 6-8 plum tomatoes, thinly sliced
  • large onion cut into slices
  • chopped cilantro or parsley
  • lime wedges

Directions

  1. 1
    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. 2
    2. In a non-stick pan, stir-fry onion and garlic in enough vegetable broth or water to cover until softened.
  3. 3
    3. Add pinto beans and pasta sauce/salsa, spices, chipotle and mash (a potato masher works well), then cook for a few minutes. (If you want to expand the filling mixture you can add leftover rice, corn, or other vegetables.)
  4. 4
    4. Put enough pasta sauce/salsa in a baking pan just to cover the bottom. Lay onion slices on top. Spread each tortilla or piece of flat bread with bean mixture, roll up like a sausage, and place in the pan, nestling the burritos together. Cover rolled burritos with salsa, pasta sauce, or a combination of the two.
  5. 5
    5. Place sliced tomatoes on top of the burritos.
  6. 6
    6. Bake,covered, for 30 minutes, until bubbly, or more, uncovered, if you like your burritos crispy. Sprinkle with chopped cilantro or parsley.

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