Wraps seem a little like cheating for dinner to me, I don’t know why.  Maybe it is because a wrap is generally a lunch meal. My kids think it is a huge treat to have wraps for dinner.  They have just  returned home from a visit to their grandparents and were drawing tacos and burritos. I couldn’t find out why they had started drawing food images instead of the regular army, family and kinder themed pictures.  I asked if they ate them, it their cousin was talking about them or drawing them but couldn’t quite work it out.

We have home made tacos reasonably often so I decided to recreate a burrito type meal for them.  This recipe was created taking some things from the garden and bits and pieces from the pantry. It is loosely based on this recipe for burritos that I posted back in the early days of this blog and my home made baked bean recipe. I wanted to give the beans more of a Mexican spin and I cooked them quickly in the pressure cooker. All in all, this was a quick family meal that kept everyone happy.

My four year old skipped the beans due to the chilli I added to them. He is not quite at the point where he will try spicy food.  I used fresh spinach from the garden as the kids prefer to eat spinach rather than lettuce.

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Quick Beef Wraps and Chilli Beans

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

35 mins

Total Time

45 mins

 

Quick Beef Wraps and Chilli Beans. A family meal inspired by my children's drawings. Made quick with the help of my pressure cooker.

Course: Main

Servings: 4

Author: Kyrstie Barcak - A Fresh Legacy

Ingredients

Pressure Cooker Chilli Beans

• 425 gram tin cannellini beans rinsed
• 425 gram tin tomatoes
• 1 dried chipotle chilli soaked hot water and chopped
• 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
• 1 carrot diced
• 1/2 cup black turtle beans

Salsa

• 1 small capsicum diced
• 250 grams cherry tomatoes
• pinch salt
• 1/2 avocado diced
• drizzle extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 lime juiced
• leaves fresh coriander
• drizzle red wine vinegar

Sauce:

• 4 tablespoons plain yogurt
• 1 lime juiced

Beef Wraps

• 1/2 tablespoon coconut oil or cooking oil of choice
• 1 small red onion diced
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 2 cloves garlic chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon celery seed
• 500 grams beef strips

Wraps to serve:

• Wraps of choice
• handful fresh baby spinach leaves

Instructions

1. To make the beans add ingredients to the pressure cooker and set to cook for 30 minutes
2. Combine all of the salsa ingredients and set aside
3. Combine the yogurt and lime juice to make the sauce and set aside
4. Turn on the oven to warm
5. To a warm pan add the coconut oil and then the onion and garlic
6. When the onion and garlic begin to soften add the spices and stir
7. Add the wraps to the oven to warm
8. Add the meat and stir for a few minutes until cooked
9. To the warm wraps spread some sauce then add the meat and some spoons of salsa, then baby spinach, roll, fold and serve
10. Serve the beans on the side or add them to the wraps also if you wish
11. Add fresh chilli for the adults (optional)

Recipe Notes

If you can not find dried black turtle beans substitute with an alternate bean eg: kidney beans, chick peas or similar.
If you do not have a dried chipotle chilli, use the tinned variety in adobe

Quick and healthy, I think we will be eating them more regularly over the warmer months. I enjoyed being able to add the beans to make the meal feel more substantial for Mr Fresh and he enjoyed the left overs for his lunch the next day.

Are you a fan of wraps at your place?