OOOOC 4 Votes
Posted May 2010

Ingredients you'll need:

  • Burrito Ingredients
  • 2 cups pinto beans, drained, rinsed, and mashed
  • 1-1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 2 cups salsa
  • 1 Tbsp cilantro (omit if making your own salsa)
  • 2 TBS adobe sauce (omit if making your own salsa)
  • 8 large whole wheat tortilla shells, 10 inches
  • Salsa Ingredients
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1/4 of a large onion
  • Juice of one lime
  • 2 TBS olive oil
  • 2 TBS adobe sauce
  • 3 tomatoes
  • 1 Jalapeno pepper (Cut jalapeño pepper in half and scrape out seeds)

Equipment you'll need:

  • Can Opener
  • Colander
  • Large Bowl
  • Mixing Spoon
  • Cutting Board
  • Measuring Cups
  • Measuring Spoons
  • Blender (if making salsa)
  • Knife (if making salsa)

Recipe Legend

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Fun with Friends! Have Fun with a Friend!
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Garden Burrito

Filled with smashed beans, salsa, cheese, and spices, this recipe will get you rockin’ and rollin’ in the kitchen.  The chewy, creamy, and spicy filling makes a satisfying lunch or dinner.

Makes 8 burritos.

Instructions

Burrito Directions

  1. Pour beans in colander and rinse with water
  2. Fun with Friends! Bean Bag Toss! Pour beans into a plastic bag. Seal the bag and place inside another bag. Toss back and forth to smash it up!
  3. Combine mashed beans, cheese, salsa, cilantro, and adobe sauce into a large bowl
  4. Scoop 1/2 cup filling onto bottom half of tortilla
  5. Fold tortilla in half from bottom
  6. Take the left side of tortilla and fold towards the center. Then take the right side of tortilla and fold in towards the center
  7. Roll up burrito so that the seam side is down. Roll tightly and try to keep filling from falling out.

Salsa Directions

  1. In a food processor or blender, add garlic, onion, cilantro, lime, olive oil, hot pepper, and adobe sauce. Ask an Adult!
  2. Pulse 5 to 7 times, or until chunky.
  3. Add tomatoes and pulse 3 times or until mixture is chunky, do not pulse too much.
  4. Add salsa to bean and cheese filling and proceed with step #3 in Burrito Directions

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