vegan burrito- sweet potato, black beans, arugula, cilantro rice

My boyfriend and I made vegan burritos tonight. There are multiple things going on at once, so it is nice to have another set of hands. And Wes is very picky, so if he makes it, he will eat it, since he knows what is going into it.

Ingredients: 1) sweet potato paste- 1 sweet potato, brown sugar or agave or honey, cinnamon. 

2) cilantro rice- 1 tbsp olive oil, 1/2 cup cilantro, shake of salt, lime, rice (we did brown rice)

3) black bean paste- 1 cup of beans (we did organic black beans from the can), cumin, chili powder, red pepper flakes, honey (really you can play around with the spices)

4) arugula

5) whole wheat tortillas or non-gluten tortillas

The sweet potatoes and rice take about the same amount of time (40 min) so get them going immediately. We cut the sweet potatoes pretty small, and peeled them. Bring water and sweet potato to boil, then simmer until soft.

The rice is a 1:2 ratio of rice to water. Bring both water and rice to a boil, and then let simmer until water is gone. Avoid stirring. 

Here's the can of black beans in the $30 target food processor. I use it for smaller stuff instead of my vitamix. My boyfriend just came up with the spice concoction... but you can do whatever! We blended it until it was like a paste. 

The food processor does better when things start cold (since it heats up from the blade) so I cooled down the sweet potatoes first. 

Sweet potato after in the food processor and cinnamon and brown sugar added. 

He spread it on pretty thin so that it rolled better. 

Cilantro rice.... just mix the ingredients listed above in the food processor, or by hand... and mix in rice! It is soooo yummy. 

Random tip--- cilantro lasts longer if stored in water. Change water every couple of days. This does not work for basil (haha found out the hard way)

Final product before rolling it up! We put arugula on top. I really thought it could use something else.... maybe salsa on the side? Or a non-vegan item would be goat cheese. Maybe tomorrow night! We have tons of leftovers.