300 Calorie (Or Less) Lunch Burrito
Why is it that healthy food feels like it takes longer to make? Slicing an apple isn’t as quick at alleviating my hunger as just ripping open a package of Oreos, but what does my body really want need?
Your body needs good foods, so you might as well make them easy and fast to get to when hunger strikes. Something that I’ve been LOVING this week is my handy dandy 300 Calorie Burrito. Those calories are an estimate, but certainly you can measure foods if you are at a point when you need to be strict. Since I’m just trying to maintain my sanity weight during our move-to-a-house process, I’m allowing myself a little eyeballing on this.
Here’s what to do:
Make a half portion of the filling for my Bean and Veggie Enchiladas (recipe found HERE). Omit salt from the recipe, no cheese, no enchilada sauce.
[Don't be afraid, this is going to be awesome.]
Seal the filling up in a container and stick it in the fridge, when lunch time comes around, pull out as much as you need for one burrito and save the rest for another day.
Lay out a Light Flat Out wrap (90 calories) and load it with lettuce while the beans warm up in the microwave.
Douse the lettuce with fresh salsa, this kind from Wal Mart is amazing with only 5 calories per 2 TBS! 5?! That makes me want to laugh – mwahahahaha! Check for it in the produce section.
Load the burrito with the warm bean mixture, you can even dabble a few drops of fat-free sour cream on there if you have the wiggle room for it.
This burrito looks HUGE because of the lettuce layers, is filling because of the beans, and is TASTY because of the salsa and spices.
The whole thing slides in under 300 calories and that number could be reduced even more depending on the varying amounts of ingredients that you use.
Tasty, easy, fast, healthy.
Bliss.
