Recipes from Helle

Oh dear its been a long time since I shared any recipes here. And in all honesty, this is just going to be a copy of one I listed on my other blog, but I figure this is where my recipes belong so it should be here. I have been stuck in a food rut lately- I have to make Mac n Cheese almost every day for my husband and his 4 brothers at lunch time and if thats not the most uninspiring meal in the world, I don’t know what is. Fortunately I can mix it up from time to time and add extra ingredients to the boxed mix, but still…

Anyway, thats not why you’re here.

Lime Rice and Ground beef burritos

• 1 cup rice
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 a medium sweet onion
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• Lime juice
• 1 tbsp taco seasoning
• 1 tsp salt
• ground corriander
• 1 can red kidney beans drained and rinsed
• 1 lb ground beef
• tortillas

Serves 4

In a 10 inch skillet heat olive oil. Add the onions and cook for 5 minutes over medium heat till slightly transparent. Add rice to skillet and cook for about a minute. Add water, salt and a healthy dash of lime juice and bring to a boil. Once water is boiling reduce heat to low and cook till the rice is done. (about 20-25 minutes) Meanwhile brown the ground beef with a  little salt and pepper till cooked through and drain off the fat. Add the kidney beans and the beef. Coat liberally with lime juice. Add a dash of corriander to the rice (for those of you who need a measurement I’d guess a 1/4 tsp or less) and pour on some more lime juice as well. Add the rice to the beef and bean mixture and cook till warm. Serve this as a burrito filling along with homemade guacamole (for me its a dash of lemon or lime juice, 1 avacado, and some salt to cut out the extra everything) and your other favorite toppings. We had this with salsa, lettuce, cheese, sour cream (for him) and plain yoghurt (for me) and I was in heaven!