BEEF AND CHEESE BURRITOS (click here to download recipe)


Serves 8
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:
1-1/2 lbs. ground beef
or - 1 tub fully cooked shredded beef
1-1/4 cups prepared thick and chunky salsa
1/2 lb. Velveeta Pasteurized Process Cheese, cut into 3/4-inch chunks
8 flour tortillas (approximately 8 inches)
Thinly sliced lettuce
Chopped tomato
Ripe olive slices

Instructions:
In large nonstick skillet, brown ground beef over medium heat 8-10 minutes or until beef is no longer pink.

Pour off drippings. Stir in salsa and Velveeta. Heat until cheese is melted.

To use fully cooked shredded beef, stir into salsa and Velveeta. Heat until cheese is melted and proceed as below.

To serve, spoon 1/3 cup beef mixture in center of each tortilla. Fold bottom edge up over filling. Fold sides to center, overlapping edges.

Top with lettuce, tomato and olive slices as desired.

Nutrition Info per serving:  (1 burrito, 6 oz.) 333 calories; 13 g fat (6 g saturated fat; 4 g monounsaturated fat); 78 mg cholesterol; 900 mg sodium; 25 g carbohydrate; 2.5 g fiber; 25 g protein; 8.5 mg niacin; 0.3 mg vitamin B6; 1.7 mcg vitamin B12; 3.5 mg iron; 22.2 mcg selenium; 4.7 mg zinc.

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