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Ground Beef Taco-Burritos (make ahead lunches) -- back to top

I wanted to make food that I could freeze for lunches so I made taco burritos with roasted cauliflower rice.

I made the rice and beef then assembled on multi grain (but regular fiber) tortillas (3 p+ each) with cilantro and spinach. The only real problem was that a bunch of of the tortillas ripped when folding. I noted them so we know they may be messy.

The Rice:

I made the rice by grating whole florets of cauliflower then spreading it thin on a covered and greased baking sheet. I salted it and roasted for 20 minutes until it was starting to brown. I think this worked well. I would do it again

The Beef:

I sautéd an onion with some mini-bell peppers. I then added the beef (96/4) and chopped and cooked that. I added a zucchini for bulk and then the spices. I doctored the spices by, in addition to the taco seasoning packet, adding garlic powder, sriracha and a bit of liquid smoke. I think the smoke was actually really good. You could taste it at the end and it was nice. I would use that again!

Next Time:

Skip whole-grain tortillas. They simply do not fold well. Also, I'll make sure to heat them more to be more pliable. And we'll see how the defrost. Maybe I'll cook them a bit next time and wrap them in something other than aluminum foil

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Tofu and Broccoli Salad with Peanut Butter Dressing -- back to top

We made Tofu and Broccoli Salad with Peanut Butter Dressing from this The Kitchn Recipe (Local). We followed the general gist of it but made some changes to the dressing.

To cut down on the calories and fat in the dressing, we used half peanut butter (1/4 cup) and 1/4 cup of PB2, the powdered peanut butter. I was a bit weary since I know that you usually do a 2:1 PB2:water ratio but this was certainly still peanut buttery enough. You could even go a little higher and still save a ton of calories. We also did it in the Vitamix.

For the tofu, we just chopped up the Trader Joes "Super Firm" tofu which is really easy and very good. I think we figured about 9 points plus total for the whole thing.