Vegetarian burritos with salsa verde
6
Points®
Total time: 4 hr 7 min • Prep: 7 min • Cook: 4 hr • Serves: 8 • Difficulty: Easy
The filling for these hearty, satisfying burritos can be combined in your slow cooker in the morning, then ready to go to assemble for dinner after a long day for maximum convenience and minimal cleanup. After the filling, which features diced tomatoes, black beans, white corn, and taco seasoning, is cooked, stir in the sliced Swiss chard, then mash it all together right in the slow cooker. Feel free to double the amount of Swiss chard—you’ll also be getting more fiber, vitamins, and antioxidants by doing so. The burritos are also stuffed with Monterey Jack cheese, sour cream, and salsa verde right before rolling up that nicely complement the veggie filling.
Ingredients
Canned diced tomatoes
14½ oz, fire-roasted variety
Canned black beans
31 oz, 2 (15 1⁄2-ounce) rinsed and drained
Canned white corn
8¾ oz, drained
Reduced sodium taco seasoning
3 Tbsp, or Mexican seasoning
Uncooked Swiss chard
2 cup(s), sliced
Whole-wheat tortilla
8 tortilla(s), medium, (7-inch) warmed
Reduced fat shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1 cup(s)
Fat free sour cream
½ cup(s)
Salsa
½ cup(s), verde (green) variety
Instructions
1
Drain the tomatoes and reserve all but 1⁄2 cup of the liquid. Put the tomatoes and the reserved liquid in a 5- or 6-quart slow cooker. Add the beans, corn, and taco seasoning. Cover and cook until the flavors are blended, 3 – 4 hours on high or 6 – 8 hours on low.
2
About 20 minutes before the cooking time is up, stir in the Swiss chard. Coarsely mash the bean mixture with a potato masher or wooden spoon.
3
Lay the tortillas out on a work surface. Spoon 1⁄2 cup of the bean mixture on each tortilla. Top evenly with the pepper Jack, sour cream, and salsa verde. Roll up the tortillas to enclose the filling. Yields 1 burrito per serving.
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