Name: Weeknight Burrito
Yield: 4

The best Healthy Burrito features seasoned rice, roasted veggies, cheese, cilantro, and lime. Serve with salsa, avocado or guacamole, sour cream, and a lime drizzle.

Are Burritos Healthy?

You bet! I wanted to make a healthy burrito that’s full of flavor and texture.

These burritos start with a whole wheat tortilla, filled with veggies and black beans instead of meat. Fresh cilantro and spices add flavor, and I skip the unhealthy sauce.

I’ve been making these healthy burritos for years, so it was time to reliable the measurements and make it straightforward to share. Here it is!

Toasting the seasonings, toasting the rice, adding liquids, and fluffing the cooked rice.

Ingredients In These Healthy Burritos

Whole Wheat Tortilla: Warm it a little to make it easier to wrap.
Vegetables: Cut evenly so they cook at the same rate.
Rice: Rinse rice before cooking for fluffier rice.
Protein-packed Black Beans: Drain and rinse beans before using.
Fresh Herbs (Cilantro): Chop just before adding for the best flavor.
Variety of Spices: Adjust the spices for more or less heat.

Combining seasonings, chopping veggies, adding oil and seasonings to the vegetables, tossing to combine, baking until tender, and serving.

How To Make A Healthy Burrito

Cook Rice: Season with spices and cook in broth until soft.
Veggies: Toss chopped veggies with olive oil and seasoning, then roast until tender.
Fill Burritos: Fill tortillas with rice, roasted veggies, black beans, cheese, and cilantro.
Serve or Store: Enjoy right away or freeze for later.

Assembling the healthy breakfast burritos by placing rice on a tortilla, adding black beans, piling on roasted veggies, sprinkling with shredded cheddar cheese, topping with cilantro, folding the tortilla over the filling, rolling it tightly, and cooking or freezing.

Variations

Switch Things Up

Use a lettuce wrap with rice, veggies, black beans, and cheese, or serve over rice.
For more protein, add shredded rotisserie chicken, which can replace rice or beans.
Swap mushrooms, yellow squash, zucchini, or cubed butternut squash for the veggies.
Add leftover corn or frozen corn to the black beans.
Turn the filling into a salad by adding it to lettuce and topping with cilantro lime dressing.

Cutting the meal in half to display the filling with beans, sweet potatoes, and rice spilling out.

Storage

Freezing Tips

Freeze: After enjoying healthy burritos, wrap the cooled leftovers in plastic wrap and foil, then store in a container in the freezer.
Reheat: Unwrap and microwave frozen burritos for 1-3 mins per side until hot. For a crispy tortilla, brown the edges in a skillet. Reheat instructions here.