My recipe for Black Bean and Sweet Potato Burritos has gradually evolved from one I read several years ago. I have intentionally changed some things about the original recipe and probably changed it by accident as well on account of making it from memory. I’ve always loved these but the latest iteration was the best. Since my friends who I shared the burritos with asked for the recipe, I thought I would post it here.
You may want to increase the bean to sweet potato ratio for more protein. I have made these with more beans and they are good that way too, but I think they’re tastiest with lots of sweet potato. The cayenne I use makes these a little hot. You can adjust to taste of course. I usually use creamy peanut butter but these are good with crunchy peanut butter too, if you like crunch.
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Camping is another of my interests. Last weekend I went on my first overnight backpacking trip. I realized that we would want some way to heat water for our morning coffee and it would be nice to have a nice hot dinner when we made camp. I heard about people making backpacking stoves out of aluminum beverage cans. This idea appealed to me for several reasons. First, they use readily available materials that are usually discarded with the recycling. Also the stoves are very light, simple and effective and the fuel is alcohol which is cheap and accessible.
I made a variation of the stove known as a Pepsi can stove. It’s pretty obvious why it is called this. We fueled it with 91% isopropyl alcohol which was a couple dollars at the drugstore. The isoproply alcohol leaves quite a bit of soot on the pot as it burns but I like that it was easy to find and I don’t mind having traces of it in my mess kit. My first effort was successful, the stove burned well and boiled water fast. Below are pictures of the stove burning during the day and at night . It is difficult to see the the flames in daylight.
Here is a link to the tutorial that I followed to make my stove.
