Sometimes you’re broke. The moolah has run out. And fraudulent charges to you account left a big ol’ hole and cards that are useless. Welcome to my day. 😎
But, you may not want to sacrifice the quality of food and the organic-ness of it for something cheap and full of things you can’t pronounce. (Why do we consume ingredients that we can’t pronounce let alone understand?!)
Enter- The Poor Man’s Dinner! Organic, wholesome, clean burritos!
Homemade, from scratch tortillas, grass-fed organic beef, refried beans, some toppings- Voila! Even enough for a delish dessert! All for literally a few bucks, what you have already laying around… and I feed 8 people. (5 adults, 3 kids)
Homemade Tortillas
Needed:
{ALWAYS choose organic as much as possible!}
3 cups of flour (unbleached) — Plus extra for rolling
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/3 cup oil ( I used sunflower)
1 cup warm water
Bowl for mixing
Rolling Pin
Griddle or pan
Step 1:
Gather all ingredients. Turn on some cookin’ music! Put on aprons! 😙
Step 2:
Mix all dry ingredients together. Then add in the wet ingredients and combine. Turn on the griddle or pan on the stove- I use an electric griddle AND pan on the stove to speed up the process- just medium heat.
Step 3:
Pull dough off in 1-2″ clumps- sprinkle a little flour on the counter, sprinkle some flour on the rolling pin, squash your dough down on the flour in a circular shape, roll out until tortilla thin. (Not so thin that there’s holes, but not too thick- experiment to find your fave!)
Step 4:
Turn the oven on to warm/250. Take a plate, and a tea towel that’s been run under hot water & rung out. Make a bed on the plate with the towel for the tortillas to be set in. This will keep them warm and moistened while you cook the meat!
Step 5:
Put the tortilla on the heated surface- cook until you start to see some bubbles/it starts to become transparent, then flip! Once done- add to the center of the towel set up on the plate.
Step 6:
Continue rolling, flipping, rolling and flipping until you’re done. I average 12 or so tortillas with each batch.
Step 7:
Put plate on a cooking tray and place in warmed oven- turn oven off.
Taco/Burrito Meat
Needed:
{ALWAYS choose organic as much as possible!}
1 pound grass-fed organic beef
seasonings of choice (I sprinkle in some minced onion, cumin, cayenne pepper, chili powder, salt, pepper, paprika, onion salt, garlic powder, oregano… whatever I’m feeling!)
refried beans (SUPER easy to make- cheap & healthy, but I wasn’t prepared, so we had to do canned. Always read the ingredients list and choose the option that has ideally 5 or less ingredients & they’re all REAL food that you can pronounce!)
Step 1:
Gather ingredients, brown meat, add your spices.
Step 2:
Add beans! Mix and heat.
Step 3:
Pull tortillas out of oven, add whatever toppings you like/have. Lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, cheese, cilantro, pico…
BONUS: Cinnamon Chip Dessert!
Needed:
{ALWAYS choose organic as much as possible!}
Homemade tortillas
Real butter
Sugar
Cinnamon
Step 1:
Rub butter on both sides of the tortilla(s). Preheat oven to 350 or so.
Step 2:
Take a pizza cutter and slice up!
Step 3:
Put all pieces in a bowl, sprinkle with sugar & cinnamon!
Step 4:
Lay all pieces out on a cookie tray. Cook for 10 minutes or so- will depend on how many you do, once you start to really smell the cinnamon cooking and they look crunchy, you’re good!
Step 5:
Eat ’em all up! Perfect with a little vanilla ice cream or a fruit salsa! Mmmmmm!
This entire dinner can be made in no time flat and for literally a few bucks, you probably have most all of this in the house anyway! 😉 Enjoy!
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