A King Size Burrito Goes Back to...High School!

Aha! With all this back to school lunch talk, I always chuckle because I've been packing school lunches for about 13 years now.I pack multiple lunches each day,and one year I even calculated how many lunches I've packed. I don't remember the exact number, but it was pretty staggering.

I'm now packing lunch for an athletic high school boy. Last week, I rose early and prepared to make a hefty sandwich, but Isoon gasped because I discovered that a little gnome had eaten the last of the cold cuts during the night!! I knew I needed a rapid fire backup plan. Scrambling around well before dawn that morning, I decided to wing it and pack a burrito.

Luckily, I had recentlypurchased some massiveDon Pancho 14-inch tortillasat Cash & Carry here in Seattle. So,I decided to load one up with some fixings from the prior night's burritos--taco meat, black beans, white rice, fresh cilantro, a dollop of salsa, sour cream, and some shredded cheddar. Because theDon Pancho tortillasare so HUGE, I was able to pack a lot of punch into the "package" and was amazed at how well the whole thing wrapped up. There were no loose ends. The tidy but bigburrito fit nicely into a Lock and Lock container.

On the way to school, I told my son to use the microwave that he has access to in the lunch room. My directions were pretty bare bones...just heat it up for a few seconds and be careful not to get it too hot. Much to my delight, he listened to me and heated that big bad burrito up in the appliance. Will told me that the burrito was a huge hit and that he would happily eat that daily. He also reported that he thought the rice and beans carried him through cross country practice later that day.

So, if you are stumped on what to feed an athletic teenage boy for lunch,forget the school lunch and those processed saltyLunchables andseriously considerputting beans, rice, a little meat, some cheese, and a king-size tortillain the bag!

--Melissa A. Trainer

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How Do You Build a Burrito?

So, I'm doing some research and looking for advice on how to build a burrito. What type of tortillas do you prefer? What are some of the fillings and how do you load the burrito? Do you brown the burrito in a pan after it has been filled and before itis served? Or, do you justload it, wrap it and hand it off?

I'm sure there is an authentic approach to burrito building, but I haven't exactly discovered that yet. I do know that burritos are very handy to have around when a teenage boy goes through a growth spurt. We've been going through a lot of tortillas and fillings in my house lately. Yesterday, I spontaneously decided to do a little off site burrito research.

At Home Depot there is a Mexican food truck called El Camion. I've passed this immaculate black truck many times while getting supplies, but yesterday I decided to power up my son with a burrito before he tackled his to do list for the day. When we got up to the window at El Camion, I was impressed at how tidy and immaculate the interior of the kitchen was. We surveyed the menu and could have ordered tacos, gorditas, or tortas, but my son opted for a vegetarian burrito. (He normally opts for meat, so I had to do a double take on the order.)

Wow. The foil-wrapped burrito was massive, and my son was immediately impressed by the mere heft of the package. After a single bite, he declared it the best burrito ever! Stuffed with rice, black beans, roasted peppers, onions, cheese and fresh cilantro, it was indeed excellent and incredibly filling, fresh,and nutritious for a mere $6. El Camion has received high praise from folks around town. I can see why.

So, this brings me back to my questions. How do you build and judge a burrito? For me, I think the first step is finding the massive tortillas that they use at El Camion...

--Melissa A. Trainer

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