Light and Flavorful Vegetarian Burritos

Style them as you wish!

Imagine delicious vegetarian burritos with colorful toppings, garnished with cilantro, and a side of salsa and avocado slices.

Here’s a simple vegetarian burrito recipe with each serving under 200 calories you can adapt to items and seasonings you prefer or have in your cabinet at home. Tortillas come in many kinds, you can even go lower carb by swapping as a lettuce wrap.

Ingredients (with Calories)

• 1/2 can of black beans (122.5g, 110 calories), drained and rinsed
• 1/2 cup of cooked quinoa (92.5g, 111 calories)
• 1/2 red bell pepper (74.5g, 23 calories), diced
• 1/2 small red onion (50g, 20 calories), diced
• 1/2 teaspoon of olive oil (20 calories)
• 1/2 teaspoon of cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon of chili powder
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Juice of 1/2 lime
• 2 tablespoons of chopped fresh cilantro
• Whole wheat tortillas (approx. 60 calories per tortilla)
• Optional topping ideas: salsa, avocado slices, Greek yogurt

Recipe Instructions

1. In a skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add the diced red bell pepper and red onion. Cook until softened, about 3-4 minutes.
2. Add the black beans, cooked quinoa, cumin, chili powder, salt, and pepper to the skillet. Stir well to combine and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
3. Remove the skillet from heat and stir in the lime juice and chopped cilantro.
4. Warm the whole wheat tortillas in a separate skillet or microwave.
5. Divide the bean and quinoa mixture among the tortillas, and add any optional toppings of your choice.
6. Roll up the burritos, tucking in the sides as you go.
7. Serve the vegetarian burritos warm and enjoy!

Nutritional Information (per serving)

• Calories: Approximately 180-200
• Protein: 7-10g
• Fiber: 4-6g
• Fat: 5-7g

We hope you enjoy this light version of the vegetarian burritos that are under 200 calories per serving! Let us know if you need any more suggestions.

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Diet DIY

You don’t need to be a chef to whip up easy meals like veggie stir fry in minutes. In fact, there are so many simple recipes you can innovate from core concepts and make them your own with your choice of ingredients and favorite spices. Make them once or many times, for one meal or pack them to go for work lunches or fun picnic fare.

Olympic Proportions

Skating legend Michelle Kwan @michellewkwan shared her favorite Bean Salad recipe on instagram recently:

I love a bean salad … it’s an easy meal that you can have you’re on the go … I also love throwing in the random vegetable that’s alone in the fridge. And it’s perfect when you have some extra quinoa or even bow tie pasta leftover.

Michelle’s Recipe

Many ways to vary this recipe, so can use this as a gentle guide.

Salad Ingredients:

• 1 16oz can black beans
• 1 16oz can chick peas
• 1 avocado
• 1/2 - 1 red onion
• 1 green pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped parsley
• 1 cup cooked quinoa

Instructions:

Mix ingredients into a bowl. Add italian dressing or seasoning of your choice, such as her own balsamaic vinaigrette

Balsamic Vinaigrette (optional)

• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly crushed black pepper finely ground
• 1 large garlic clove minced
• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 1/2 cup chopped parsley
• 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Yield: 1 salad
Tags: Vegan, Vegetarian friendly

Nutrition:

calories, grams fat

Comments

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Visitor comment: That sounds very good and healthy! Quinoa sounds good but I think I’d also enjoy it with brown basmati rice. Thank you for sharing!

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Healthy Weight Loss

Losing weight doesn’t mean starvation and suffering. Real weight loss requires that you maintain proper health and nutrition every day. Finding the proper balance of nutrition and calories is key to success. Include a medically proven diet plan as part of your way to weight loss success. -Dr Oksana Aron

What you eat is more than just calories and nutrition, it also can affect systemically many aspects of your body and health. A key component to this is keeping your digestive tract healthy and replete with healthy bacteria, or microbiome.

There are more than 40 trillion bacteria in the body, essential for everything from digesting food to protecting against infection… We need a diverse microbiome to improve our gut health and have a healthy gut … ‘One way we can encourage this microbial diversity is by consuming a varied and colourful diet, and avoiding eating the same thing every day, even if it is healthy…’

Gut-Healthy Options

1. Fermented foods such as sauerkraut, kimchi, and kefir, along with tempeh and miso and kombucha offer support for favorable bacteria.
2. Avocados are a popular staple and for good reason, they source 13g of fiber and healthy vegetable fats providing good balance for your diet.
3. Asparagus is a good source of vitamin K, and prebiotic fiber - also found in garlic, onions, oats and artichokes.
4. Chia and Flax seeds both very popular sources of soluble fiber, easy to include into your diet via toppings on yogurt or mixed into smoothies.
5. Oats has shown good support in many forms, with 5 grams fiber per 50 gram serving.
6. Pears host pectin which binds to cholesterol in the gastrointestinal tract and slows glucose absorption by trapping carbohydrates.
7. Lentils and other legumes including peas, chickpeas, and kidney beans are another vegetarian fiber source, with one cooked cup of lentils yielding 15 grams fiber.
8. Strawberries, Blueberries, Blackberries and others are rich in antioxidants and fiber, plus effortless to add to your diet either on their own or added to just about anything.
9. Ginger offers anti-inflammatory properties stimulates improved digestion.
10. Inulin, a natural source of plant fiber, is recognized by the FDA as a natural food additive to boost dietary fiber.

Best Diet for Gut Health

From the list above and more, include high fiber and plant-based foods into your diet, looking at 30g fiber per day. Balance out the above with vegetables, fruits, nuts seeds, whole grains, legumes and of course salads. Also look to lower inflammation: manage stress, and avoid processed foods, refined sugars and excess fats.

Importance of Gut Health

Digestive health is more than just calories and nutrients, your body reacts to everything you consume. Serotonin and immune responses, as well as sleep quality are found to have links to your digestive system. More obviously, weight gain and other inflammatory responses are the counter to good health. With proper high-fiber diet, you will find need to snack and binge will be greatly reduced, and your body will also be better able to focus on nutrient absorption and clearing out waste.

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Butternut Squash Healthy meals are easy

Filling up on veggies is a top rule for anyone wanting to eat healthier, yet that doesn't have to sound boring. Check your favorite produce store for winter squashes, including the amusing shaped butternut squash. Like its cousin the sweet potato, it's often overlooked as a starch, yet the orange interior reflects it is rich in beta carotene, which converts to vitamin A in your body.

One cup of Butternut Squash (cubed and cooked) yields 127% of the US RDA for Vitamin A, with 80 calories, 4g sugar, 21g of carbs. Far more favorable than mashed potatoes with (or without) gravy! Factor in the 7g of fiber and you're on your way to RDA daily mark of 25-30g fiber per day.

Beta carotene, as one of the team members of antioxidants, on its own offers many nutritional benefits. Butternut Squash also has ample potassium (more than the benchmark banana) plus 30% of your daily RDA of Calcium. Other minerals at hand include Iron and Niacin, along with Vitamin E.

Winter Wondering

Other winter squashes you can try - (measuring nutrients to the one cubed cooked cup)

• Acorn Squash has more fiber and potassium, though less vitamin A than Butternut. 9 grams fiber per cubed cooked cup, potassium (896 mg).
  
• Pumpkin Squash has both alpha and beta carotene. Alpha carotene also converts vitamin A in the body; Pumpkin Squash has twice as much of alpha than Butternut.
  
• Spaghetti Squash is yellow and can even be used as an alternative to spaghetti. Lower in calories and carbohydrates than the other squashes mentioned here, but also lower in fiber. As a pasta substitute though, you'll consumer only 42 healhty veggie calories not pasta carb 200 calories.
  

Feeling Preppy

Summing it up with preparation, all of these can simply be sliced and roasted, with familiar spices like cinnamon and nutmeg, or clove or allspice. For easier prep you can often buy these pre-cut in stores, though caution on canned variants due to added sugars. You can even puree squashes to make satisfying soups and sauces too. Some folks even suggest smoothies, accompaniments such as apple, nut butter and soy or almond milk.

Learn more healthy dieting and meal structures from Dr Oksana Aron at WeightLossNYC.com

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