Refried Beans

Since Kaden has been diagnosed as being allergic to garlic, it really made alot of shelf foods no longer available. But, the one that I found was very worth learning how to make was refried beans.

I usually make 2lbs (or 10 c.) of cooked pinto beans at a time. I process each cup of beans as shown below and pour it into one big pot. When I'm done, I mix it all together to blend the beans together to even out the flavors. Then, I will freeze bags of refried beans in 1 c. increments for meals. I bag all the refried beans, then put them in a gallon size ziploc bag - so they aren't scattered all over my freezer. Then, when I need some, I go to the freezer and warm it up for eating.

Please note that I don't have the directions for cooking pinto beans because I always take it from the bag the pinto beans are sold in.

Refried Beans

Ingredients
1 c. cooked pinto beans
½ c. reserved liquid from pinto beans
¼ tsp. paprika
¼ tsp. cumin
½ tsp. salt

Recipe Instructions
In a blender, blend pinto beans, reserved liquid, paprika, cumin and salt.