Cooking Burritos For Meatless Breakfast

Meatless Burritos Ingredients

8 large flour tortillas
½ can whole corn kernel with peppers
1 ½ can red kidney beans
1 cup lettuce
½ can dice tomatoes, un-drained
½ jalapeno peppers, sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon chili powder
¾ cup salsa
½ cup taco-style cheese
Green onions or scallions, chopped

Method:

1. Combine the un-drained diced tomatoes, red kidney beans, corn kernels, jalapeno peppers, salsa, minced garlic and chili powder in a medium slow cooker.
2. Cover the lid and cook on high heat setting for 2 to 3 hours or on low heat setting for 5 to 6 hours.
3. Before serving, spoon the cooked red bean mixture below the centers of the tortillas. Top the mixture with taco-style cheese and lettuce.
4. Top with chopped scallions or green onions and/or reduce fat sour cream. Fold the bottom edge of each tortilla over the filling. Also fold the opposite sides in and roll up from the bottom. Serve immediately. This recipe makes 8 servings.

Health Tip:

• If you do not prefer the burritos too hot then add only half the amount of chili powder and jalapeno peppers or vary the amount according to your taste.
• Meatless burritos as the name suggests is a meatless, vegetarian Mexican recipe which provides about 205 calories, 34 gm carbohydrates, 8 gm proteins and 3 gm total fat per serving.
• This recipe can be considered to be diabetes friendly as well as heart friendly. As this recipe is completely vegetarian it provides negligible amounts of cholesterol (cholesterol is present only in dairy products and animal fats).
• Also there are no simple sugars in this recipe; the major source of carbohydrates is vegetables and tortilla.
• Choose whole wheat flour or other whole cereal tortillas as the whole wheat flour used to make them is less refined and thus has more nutrients and fiber. Fiber not only helps to maintain a healthy blood glucose levels but also helps to improve the overall lipid profile.
• Each serving of this recipe provides about 471 mg sodium, which can be considered high. If you are on a low sodium diet then include this recipe only after weighing high sodium pros and cons for you.
• You can also learn to balance your intake of other sodium rich foods and emphasize more on low sodium foods for the day (if you plan to include this recipe in your meal). To reduce the sodium values of this recipe use low sodium canned beans or just boiled beans and low sodium canned tomatoes or fresh tomatoes.