Southwest-style vegan pinwheels are creamy, satisfying, and perfect for lunchboxes, meal prep, or a party spread! They only take about 20 minutes to make.
Servings 8
Author Becky Striepe
Ingredients
15ounce canvegan refried beanscheck the ingredients for lard
1teaspoongarlic powder
2teaspoonschili powder
1cupcorn kernelsfresh, frozen (and thawed), or canned are all fine
⅓cupsliced black olives
¼cupchopped green onion
¼ to ½cuppickled jalapenosdrained (depending on how spicy you want these). Or use pickled onions.
3 to 412-inchflour tortillaswhole wheat, spinach, sundried tomato, etc are all fine
In a large bowl, mix together the refried beans, garlic powder, and chili powder. Fold in the corn, olives, green onions, and pickled jalapenos.
If you're serving them immediately, spread ¼ to ⅓ of the bean mixture onto one of the tortillas, leaving ½" of the tortilla bare all around the edge. Layer on ¼ to ⅓ of the sliced avocado, which should cover about ½ of the tortilla. Starting at one end, roll the up tortilla tightly. When you finish rolling, place it seam-side-down on the cutting board, and use a serrated knife to slice off the messy ends. You can serve these messy bits or snack on them, if you want your pinwheel platter to look perfect. Then, slice the remainder of the roll into 6 to 8 pinwheels. Repeat with 2 or 3 more tortillas, depending on how generous you were with filling.
If you're making these ahead of time, store the bean mixture in an airtight container in the refrigerator, and assemble the pinwheels on the day that you're planning to serve them.
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Notes
The nutritional information is for 8 servings, which assumes that you're serving these as party food. If you're packing this in a lunchbox, you will end up with 3 to 4 servings, so double the nutritional info for that.I recommend assembling your pinwheels on the day you plan to serve them. You can store any remaining filling in an airtight container in the refrigerator. It will keep for 4 days, and you can slice more avocado and assemble more pinwheels on the day you plan to serve.