Homemade Burritos – For Your Freezer

In these super busy times is a great thing to have an easy meal ready in your freezer.

Even though I really appreciate what you can buy in the freezer section of your food store, I love the quality, economy and flavor(!) of what I can do myself.

So I make burritos at home and stock pile them in the freezer-  for me (busy day, too tired to cook), for my kids (college students and young working adults – they appreciate an easy delicious meal), for my boyfriend (something healthier), and for my friends/neighbors…

A little homemade love ready to go.

I make a different version every time but my favorite starts with black beans and quinoa.

There are so many different things you can do…rice, corn, millet, pinto beans, lentils, red beans…etc. Use seasonal ingredients and the flavor will be better.

I usually use the large tortillas and cut them in two. It’s faster production and you get more filling per tortilla.

But you can use smaller tortillas or corn tortillas.

As for other fillings, pick what you like:  salsa, Winter Squash Salsa, hot sauce, chopped cilantro, chopped red onion, chopped peppers, scallions, herbs, fresh corn(or frozen), cooked greens , cooked sweet potato or squash, cheese – cotija, queso, Colby jack, sour cream, vegan cheese…hemp seeds!

{Both lettuce and avocados do not work well if you are freezing the burritos.}

If you want you can also add cooked chicken, shrimp, ground bison, turkey, etc…

All of these will freeze well.

To wrap for freezing I first wrap in unbleached parchment paper and then tightly in tin foil. Both recyclable and the tin foil can be reused several times.

Each wrapped burrito gets a little label taped on with a few words to describe what kind of burrito and most important – the date it was made and frozen.

If I were giving these as a gift I would make a pretty label. Otherwise I keep it simple and practical.

At the end of the day I feel like this is one small (healthy) step toward sustainability!