Beef and Bean Burritos
1 pound lean ground beef
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 - 14 oz. can refried beans
1 Tbsp. chili powder
2 tsp. cumin
2 tsp. oregano
1/2 cup ripe olives, sliced
2 Tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
Hot sauce to taste if desired
1 cup sour cream
2 cups Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
1 cup picante sauce
8 - 10 large flour tortillas
Brown ground beef with onion and garlic. Drain fat. Add refried beans, chili powder, cumin, oregano, olives, parsley and hot sauce and stir thoroughly. Combine sour cream, cheese and picante sauce and set aside. Fill each tortilla with meat mixture and about two tablespoons of the cheese mixture and roll. Make sure you have some of the cheese mixture left over to top the burritos.
Place burritos seam side down in a greased 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Top with remaining cheese mixture and bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees. We made these burritos last weekend and they were absolutely fantastic. This is one of the best Mexican-type recipes we have ever tried. It is surprisingly easy to prepare and the end result is almost too good. We had leftovers that we planned to eat as a dinner but the 16 year old and the Jungle Boys made short work of the leftovers and I never got my second chance at the burritos.
The Skinny: We used low fat ground beef, low fat refried beans, light sour cream and low fat tortillas. We stayed with regular cheese.
Mexican Fruit Salad
2 avocados, peeled and diced
1 - 14 oz. can pineapple chunks
1/4 cup red onion, chopped
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
1 tomato, chopped
2 naval oranges, peeled and chopped
1 jicama, diced
Juice of 1 lime
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
1/4 tsp. cumin
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and refrigerate until ready to serve. Jicama is a crunchy sweet fruit that has the consistency of water chestnuts. You can usually find them in the produce section of you local grocery store. However, if you cannot you may use sliced water chestnuts instead. We hope you can find the jicama because it really does have a unique flavor.
The Skinny: Nothing to improve on here.
1 pound lean ground beef
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 - 14 oz. can refried beans
1 Tbsp. chili powder
2 tsp. cumin
2 tsp. oregano
1/2 cup ripe olives, sliced
2 Tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
Hot sauce to taste if desired
1 cup sour cream
2 cups Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
1 cup picante sauce
8 - 10 large flour tortillas
Brown ground beef with onion and garlic. Drain fat. Add refried beans, chili powder, cumin, oregano, olives, parsley and hot sauce and stir thoroughly. Combine sour cream, cheese and picante sauce and set aside. Fill each tortilla with meat mixture and about two tablespoons of the cheese mixture and roll. Make sure you have some of the cheese mixture left over to top the burritos.
Place burritos seam side down in a greased 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Top with remaining cheese mixture and bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees. We made these burritos last weekend and they were absolutely fantastic. This is one of the best Mexican-type recipes we have ever tried. It is surprisingly easy to prepare and the end result is almost too good. We had leftovers that we planned to eat as a dinner but the 16 year old and the Jungle Boys made short work of the leftovers and I never got my second chance at the burritos.
The Skinny: We used low fat ground beef, low fat refried beans, light sour cream and low fat tortillas. We stayed with regular cheese.
Mexican Fruit Salad
2 avocados, peeled and diced
1 - 14 oz. can pineapple chunks
1/4 cup red onion, chopped
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
1 tomato, chopped
2 naval oranges, peeled and chopped
1 jicama, diced
Juice of 1 lime
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
1/4 tsp. cumin
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and refrigerate until ready to serve. Jicama is a crunchy sweet fruit that has the consistency of water chestnuts. You can usually find them in the produce section of you local grocery store. However, if you cannot you may use sliced water chestnuts instead. We hope you can find the jicama because it really does have a unique flavor.
The Skinny: Nothing to improve on here.
Charles Mims
________________________________
Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
