After a two hours of yoga in the morning and a seven mile afternoon hike, everyone was really hungry Sunday night! We made fast, easy, and filling all you can eat burritos. The entire meal serves twenty, so make sure you divide the recipe if you're only cooking for the family! After making all the burrito fillings, simply heat up some tortilla on the stove and then get eating! Here's how to make the fillers:
Restaurant Style Gluten-Free Vegan black beans
Soak 1 lb dry black beans overnight (equivalent to 5 cans store brand). Chop 1 onion into small pieces, smash 4 cloves of garlic. Drain the beans and then add to a large pot of boiling water so the beans are completely under water. Cover and simmer for 45 minutes until softened. Add garlic and onion, and salt and cilantro to taste. Cook another 15-30 minutes or until soft.
These beans taste just like the ones in a restaurant, and are great refried for leftovers! *Note* if using canned black beans, reduce cooking time to 10-15 minutes on both sides
Vegan Spanish Rice
"Brown" (fry) 2 cups of white or brown rice in 2 tbsp. olive oil. Add 1 chopped onion. Simmer for 4 minutes. in a separate pan, bring 3 cups of vegetable stock to a boil. tUrn down heat to a simmer, add 1 cup diced tomatoe, 1 clove chopped garlicand salt to taste (1 tsp). Cook for 15-25 minutes.
Guacamole
We do guacamole here without a recipe (all by taste test) but here are the essentials you need to get started.
4 ripe avocados
1-2 tomatoes
Salt, pepper, tobasco*, and garlic salt*
1/2-1 onion
cilantro
lemon/lime
*not required
Mash and mix until you get it just right!
Home made Salsa
Same ingredients as the guacamole, only minus the avocado and double the tomatoe and onion
Grilled Veggies
Slice 2-4 red and green bell peppers and 1-2 onions. Fry with olive oil in a pan or press on a grill or panini maker. Add salt, pepper, and other spices to taste!
Other veggies such as mushrooms and eggplant could be good too!
After preparing these ingredients and heating up some tortillas (we used rice tortillas which are tasty but kind of crumbly) on the stove (straight on the fire or in a thin fry pan), grate some cheese and add a bowl of sour cream for the non-vegans. Let everyone make their own burrito and enjoy!
