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Purple Power Bean Wrap
6 servings
For 25 & 50 servings, see Recipe notes below.
CACFP Home Childcare Crediting Information
1 wrap (two halves) provides:
- Legume as Meat Alternate: ½ oz equivalent meat alternate, ⅝ cup vegetable, and 1 ¾ oz equivalent grains.
OR - Legume as Vegetable: ¾ cup vegetable and 1 ¾ oz equivalent grains.
½ wrap (one half) provides:
- ⅜ cup vegetable and ¾ oz equivalent grains.
Legume vegetable can be counted as either a meat alternate or as a legume vegetable but not as both simultaneously.
Ingredients
Purple Power Bean Wrap
| 1 tsp Lemon zest (make zest from juiced lemon) |
| 2 Tbsp Fresh lemon, juiced |
| 2 cups Canned low-sodium great northern beans, drained, rinsed |
| ½ cup Fresh avocado, peeled, pitted, puréed |
| 1 Tbsp Fresh garlic, minced |
| 2 ¼ tsp Extra virgin olive oil |
| ⅓ tsp Chili powder |
| ½ tsp Salt |
| 1 ½ cups Fresh purple cabbage, finely shredded |
| 6 Whole-wheat tortillas, 10” |
| 3 cups Fresh romaine lettuce, shredded |
Purple Power Bean Wrap Directions
- Grate lemon rind on hand-held grater or citrus zester to make zest. Juice lemons. Set aside.
- Purée beans in a food processor or a blender until smooth. Put into a large mixing bowl and set aside.
- Purée avocado, lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic, olive oil, chili powder, and salt until smooth. Mix into pureed beans. Add shredded cabbage. Mix well.
- You may cover and refrigerate at 40 °F for no more than 2 hours to avoid browning of avocado.
- For each wrap, place ⅓ cup of bean filling on the bottom half of tortilla. Top with ½ cup of lettuce. Roll in the form of a burrito. Cut diagonally. Serve immediately.
Notes
Source: Recipes for Healthy Kids: Cookbook for Schools (USDA).
