Veggie Enchilada Recipe

Hey y’all! So along with sharing all things fitness, I also want to use this blog to share all things health and wellness! I will be sharing recipes that are tried and true in our house. And wives, they’re all ‘husband approved’, even though they’re typically pretty healthy 😉 Wes and I typically rotate through a couple of our favorite meals and when I share them I always get asked for the recipes so now I will be able to have them all in one easily accessible place for y’all!

The first one I want to share is new to us, but I’m pretty sure this one is easily our new favorite. Weston’s favorite for sure! Which honestly I am shocked he likes it so much because this dish is meatless and Weston is very much about that meat for protein life. So not only is this meat-less dish husband approved, it is also Lent approved! I wanted to make sure I shared it with you today in case you are wanting a new meal to try on Good Friday tomorrow! During Lent we don’t eat meat on Fridays, and you can only eat so much fish during the day. You know?! Don’t get me wrong, we absolutely LOVE salmon, but we decided to finally switch it up a little this year and we were pleasantly surprised! I don’t think I’ve had an actual enchilada in quite some time (I know, I’m a monster haha) while Weston on the other hand is an enchilada connoisseur. While I haven’t had one in forever, I do know that they aren’t the ‘healthiest’ for you, so I wanted to come up with a way to make something he loves have a lot more nutritional value but still taste amazing. And I did!

The ingredients are minimal and very clean! So you can feel good about eating it! This may not be the lowest calorie meal, but it tastes absolutely amazing! And sometimes those low calorie foods or shakes or meal replacements you can buy are so processed and full of so many ingredients (yuck guys!), but that’s a post for a different day… just start reading what your putting into your body, especially in those meal replacement shakes and bars. Okay, back to the recipe! Like I said, it isn’t the lowest calorie dinner but life is all about balance right 😉 I’m going to list the brands we use (just because I truly love them and their ingredients), but feel free to switch it up as you wish! Hope you give these a try soon! I promise you and your entire family will love them!

Ingredients:

· Siete Chickpea Tortillas – 1 pack

· Siete Red Enchilada Sauce – 1 jar

· Organic, reduced-sodium black beans – 1 can (rinsed and drained)

· Brown Rice – 1 cup dry (it’s nice to have this cooked ahead of time since it takes 45 minutes)

· Riced Cauliflower (fresh or frozen will work) – 1 bag

· Portabella Mushrooms (chopped) – ¾ cup

· Sweet or Yellow Onion (chopped) – 1 medium

· Tomatoes (chopped) – 3 to 4 medium tomatoes

· Nutritional Yeast

Instructions:

· Prepare your brown rice if you haven’t done that yet.

· Preheat oven to 350

· Add some avocado oil to a pan, then add in the mushrooms, tomatoes, and onion. Sauté for about 10 minutes.

· Add in the riced cauliflower and the beans (make sure you remember to drain and rinse them)

· Continue to cook mixture for 10 minutes and then add in the rice. Mix it all together.

· Spray a baking dish with avocado oil and grab your tortillas.

· Get a tortilla and fill it with the mixture. Roll it up and place in the dish.

· Continue with the 7 other tortillas.

· Once you are finished rolling up the tortillas, pour the entire jar of the Siete enchilada sauce over the tortillas.

· Then sprinkle some nutritional yeast on top for a cheesy flavor.

· Pop in the oven for about 25 minutes and then enjoy!

*You will have some mixture left that wouldn’t fit in the 8 tortillas. So do with it what you want! You can even make another batch of enchiladas with it. Whatever you decide to do with it I promise you it will be delicious.