Make the rice first and let it cool completely before moving onto the next steps. (Yields about 25 Quart Freezer bags)

Ingredients (Rice)

• 3 Cups uncooked Long grain Brown Rice

• 2 Tablespoons Garlic Powder

• Water (per package instructions)

Steps (Rice)

• Cook rice with garlic powder then let cool completely. The rice can be made a day or two in advance then refrigerated. (If you use hot rice with the beans, everything becomes super mushy).

Ingredients (Filling)

• 2 Cans Kidney Beans undrained

• 2 Cans Pinto Beans undrained

• 3 Cans Refried Beans undrained

• 2 Bottles of Taco Bell Mild Taco Sauce

• Cool brown rice from earlier step

• Bunch of Quart Ziploc FREEZER bags (make sure to use Freezer bags, otherwise bag will tear/melt when microwaved)

Steps (Filling)

1. In a large pot cook just the kidney beans with the can juices for 10 minutes

2. Add the pinto beans with can juices to the pot and cook for an additional 10 minutes

3. Drain the beans and rinse well and add them back to the pot

4. Add the refried beans to the pot and mix all the beans together well

5. Add 1/3 of the brown rice, mix well

6. Add another 1/3 of brown rice, mix well

7. Add final 1/3 of brown rice, mix well

8. After rice is mixed in well, add one bottle of taco sauce. Taste mixture and add 1/2 to 3/4 of the second bottle of taco sauce. go by taste

9. Add 1/3 Cup of mixture into separate Quart-sized Freezer Ziplock bags until no mixture remains (try to flatten out mixture inside of bag)

10. Freeze all bag (try to flatten out mixture inside of bag)