Healthy Vegetarian Burrito Recipe
Ingredients
- olive or canola oil spray
- 1 large brown onion, diced
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp paprika
- pepper, to taste
- 1 medium zucchini, grated
- 1 capsicum
- 1 carrot, grated
- 400 g can no-added-salt corn kernels, drained
- 400 g can crushed tomatoes
- 400 g can no-added-salt red kidney beans, drained
- 12 tortillas
- 1 cup reduced-fat cheddar cheese, grated
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 6 lettuce leaves, shredded
Method
- Spray a large non-stick saucepan with oil and place on medium to high heat.
- Cook onion for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Mix through cumin, coriander, paprika and season with pepper; cook for 1 minute until fragrant.
- Add zucchini, capsicum, carrot, corn kernels, canned tomatoes and beans.
- Simmer uncovered for 15 minutes, or longer if time permits, stirring occasionally until thickened.
- If desired, heat tortillas in the microwave for 1 minute on HIGH, or according to packet instructions.
- To serve, place 2 tortillas on each plate. Top each tortilla with bean mix and sprinkle with cheese. Add tomatoes and lettuce then roll up to enclose filling.
Serving Suggestion:
Add spicy salsa and guacamole for extra zing
Healthy tip!
Use the left-over water from cooking vegetables to make stock or soup. It's full of vitamins!
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Nutrition Information
| per serving | per 100g | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 1300 kJ | 322 kJ |
| 311 Cal | 77 Cal | |
| Protein | 17.5 g | 4.3 g |
| Fat, total | 6.3 g | 1.6 g |
| — saturated | 2.3 g | 0.6 g |
| Carbohydrate | 39.7 g | 9.8 g |
| — sugars | 11.2 g | 2.7 g |
| Sodium | 824 mg | 204 mg |
| Fibre | 12.3 g | 3 g |
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Comments (1)
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These are easy to make and really tasty. I used the wholemeal stand and stuff tortillas and they seemed to work well. Next time I would probably add some fresh chilli to spice them up a bit more.
Anonymous
Posted on: 21 Oct 16
