Vegan burrito, healthy

We love wraps – of any kind.

Call them burritos, tacos, macos, falafels, palafels, gyros, fyros…whatever.

If our breakfast, lunch or dinner is wrapped in something, even if that something is a lettuce leaf, we will eat it and our heart will be melting with joy.

That’s why we made these.

Our heart did need some serious melting after that rough winter. We know, it’s officially not over yet, but we see the glass as half-full and the winter as done.

Even though we made some soups like this detox soup and this satisfying vegan lentil, spinach and bulgur soup, we have been eating poorly these last few winter months. We just didn’t feel like cooking, eating vegetables, making smoothies or exercising. We were in hibernation.

Those new years resolutions, that got everyone else going? They didn’t work for us. And it shows. We're proud (nooot) to say that we are at our heaviest we have ever been right now. And since we wasn’t working out, but just stuffing our face with anything we wanted, we know this newly acquired weight is not from muscle, mkay?

Don’t you just hate when people tell you that? It is good old fat. And it’s everywhere.

Well since three weeks we've started working out again, cooking and making healthier meals like this one. And things are slowly changing. Now some people may judge us for using whole grain tortilla for this, or white rice or beans or sunflower seeds. But we don’t care really. This works for us right now. We hate counting calories and obsessing about food. Right now we are focused just on starting to eat right again. At least most of the time. This satisfying vegan burrito is part of the process for us.

If you feel something is less than solid here – make this burrito work for you. You say the whole grain tortilla doesn’t work for you? Well use lettuce or some other big green leaf to wrap the whole thing instead.

The sunflower seed cream cheese has a lot of calories for you? Use whatever you feel has less (maybe avocado dip or hummus or even yogurt if not vegan).

You avoid white rice (usually we do too)? Just use something more nutritious like quinoa, millet or bulgur (<- this one contains gluten).

As for beans…well we have no idea what your deal is, but we're sure you can figure it out.

Whatever you decide – these vegan burritos are good for you either way. We sneaked spinach in there, tomatoes, garlic, tons of spices. This is just loaded with healthy stuff. And it’s so simple.

For the filling we used kidney beans, but feel free to use any kind of beans, that don’t fall apart too easily when you heat them. Also it’s important to rinse the beans well and drain them.

This way you reduce the sodium content and the content of anti-nutrients that might inhibit nutrient absorption. So don’t skip that step, alright?

Health and Beauty Benefits

Even if you don’t change anything about this recipe, it’s still healthy and good for you.

It’s a good source of fiber, protein, iron, magnesium, folate, vitamin A, K and C and also of selenium, if you use the sunflower seeds.

Okay, that’s it. Remember, use whatever you want to use in there – you can try kale instead of spinach if that’s your thing, add some cilantro or parsley, or even basil – we love all of these in there.

After our long winter sleep we will be returning to social media to get some motivation to get in shape again, exercise and eat healthier. So if you’re there and you made this, let us know!

There’s nothing better than seeing you’ve actually made the recipe and enjoyed it. Makes us happy.

Now we'll go be emotional and cry happy tears somewhere else.