ranchero style

On Sunday, Matt and I decided to make some burritos ranchero style. This is one of our favorite meals to make; it's amazingly simple and actually tastes like it should be served at a restaurant! Not to toot my own horn, hehe.



Our "semi-homemade" burritos included:

• tortillas
• instant rice 
• cilantro from our herb garden
• pre-marinated carne asada
• shredded cheddar
• canned pinto beans
• sour cream
• salsa

While Matt cooked the carne asada on the grill, I made the instant rice adding fresh cilantro to it, rinsed and microwaved a can of pinto beans and preheated the broiler to high. All that was left to do was assemble our burritos to our own liking, wrap, douse in tomatillo salsa and cheese and place in the oven. The cheese on top will brown VERY quickly so all ingredients should already be hot before the burrito goes in the oven and for goodness sake, keep a close eye! This was a filling and delicious meal. I've also made a healthier version before using brown rice, black beans and smashed avocado which was, in my opinion, equally tasty :)