Thursday, November 1, 2012

Cool Beans: 7 Layer Burritos!!!

This is one of my favorite dinners.  We are having leftovers tonight actually.  Yet another reason to love this...it makes plenty for two dinners (and a lunch probably too)!

What you need:

  • Homemade Pinto Beans About 10 cups of dry pinto beans( or 1/3 of your crock pot...they will grow when soaked overnight) or about 3-5 cans.  Doing this many homemade beans in your crock pot will make enough for two dinners plus possibly a container to freeze for later use (unless your family is really big). 

  • Spanish rice mix or make it yourself with one cup white rice, 1 can diced tomatoes, 2 cups water, and some seasonings (i.e. herbs, onions, buillon, salt, etc.) 
  • Other toppings.  You can use whatever your family likes but here's what we usually include to reach our "7" layer minimum :)

    • tomatoes, diced up
    • letuce, shredded
    • onion, diced
    • cheddar cheese, grated
    • salsa
    • Others could include:  tortilla chips, guacamole, sour cream, etc.  Sky is the limit!
  • Tortillas!  I love me some flour tortillas.  Aaron has to have corn tortillas which are pretty terrible for burritos so he ends up making more of a rice bowl and a couple mini burritos.  


This one is definitely in the rotation!



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