Leanout Day 2: Lazy Burritos

Leanout day 2 was a success! It was a really looooong day at work and I am *super* sore from Thursday's workout (heavy backsquats + 200 lunges = walking like a cowboy) so the theme of day 2 has been EASE.

Lunch was simple - just leftovers from day 1. Turns out the quinoa salad and the hummus/tempeh/cucumber sandwiches were just as delicious cold. I let coworkers have a few bites and they all dug it, which is good news because it means I'm not crazy.

Dinner was simple too, and is the chosen highlight meal of the day. BURRITOS! Ingredients are a synch:

• Refried black beans
• Pinto beans
• White rice
• Onion
• Cilantro
• Whole wheat tortillas
• Avacado to top it off

The recipe couldn't be easier. You just steam up the rice and add chopped cilantro to taste. Heat up the beans (I mixed em together in one lovely mash). Add both to a warmed tortilla and top with chopped onions and sliced avacado. I also added jalapeno peppers which MADE the meal. NOM!

Back in my processed food days, I would've included veggie crumble for protein sauted in chipotle peppers and adobo sauce for heat/seasoning and, lastly, I'd have coasted the outside of the burrito in Earth Balance buttery spread and fried it up on the stove. That recipe is to DIE for, but this isn't a bad substitute, and is obviously healthier. Maybe on a less lazy day I'll attempt the adobo sauce from scratch and re-try this.

So far so good! I feel just as healthy, full and strong as I usually do and I'm having fun cooking the meals. My grocery budget hasn't been destroyed yet, but I worry about keeping on track in week 2.  See, every 2 weeks I order $200 worth of groceries and my hope is that they'll last until the next paycheck. At this point, I've only got 3 meals left to make from scratch, so I'm going to have to make the leftovers last the week, or do repeats of these 5 meals with the bits I have leftover. It'll be tight!!

Stay tuned for some slow cooking recipes this weekend. I haven't used that thing since I became vegan, but I used to LOVE pouring in good stew or soup ingredients in the morning and coming home to delicious dinner with no additional effort. It'll be nice to do that again.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Cheers,

Karla