Tortilla Pinwheels

I decided to make Tortilla Pinwheels since my husband bought a HUGE pack of tortillas at Costco and then hit the road for three weeks. {What a waste if we don’t eat them!} Tortilla pinwheels are so easy to make and easy to eat – I love them!

If you read my article on my Pantry Cooking Challenge, you will see I am trying to clear out my pantry and fridge. Each night I will look to see what I have in both and pull together recipes that not only my family will eat — but hopefully yours too!

Tortilla Pinwheels

Right now in my pantry and refrigerator, I have an abundance of:

• Taco seasoning (free using coupons and register rewards at Walgreen’s) 
• Tortillas (thanks Bob)
• Cream cheese (HUGE sale with coupons and we didn’t freeze it yet)
• Avocados, which I bought for $.07 each!
• Shredded cheese (nice sale and coupon and picked a lot of them up for $.98 a bag)
• Tomatoes (left over from our visit to Gilcrease Orchard)
• Canned beans (Nice sale with coupons – I used pacquito beans for this recipe)

Now note… I HATE black olives so the “7 layer dip” is missing olives. And… I thought we had spring onions (we ALWAYS have spring onions) and I couldn’t find a pack anywhere in my refrigerator. So I really made a 5 layer dip for mine (but they were still tasty!).

Tortilla pinwheels prep tips:

• Be sure to use a larger tortilla (if possible)
• Don’t add too many ingredients so they stay in a pinwheel shape
• Wrap in plastic wrap and chill – this helps set the ingredients and makes them easier to cut

I will be a few more tortilla pinwheels this week as we have a lot of cream cheese and … you guessed it… tortillas. So come back to see what I created out of my pantry. I see a bunch of dry Ranch dip mix in there and wondering how that will taste mixed with cream cheese. (If I don’t post that recipe you will know why I didn’t! LOL)

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Tortilla Pinwheels

Tortilla Pinwheels

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Ingredients

• flour tortillas
• 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 teaspoons taco seasoning {adjust to taste}
• 1 can refried beans
• cheese, shredded
• avocados, diced
• tomatoes, diced

Instructions

1. Mix the taco seasoning with the cream cheese until blended well
2. Spread a thin layer of the cream cheese mixture onto tortilla
3. Add a thin layer of beans
4. Lightly sprinkle shredded cheese, avocado and tomatoes
5. Roll the tortilla into a roll and wrap in plastic wrap
6. Refrigerate for at least 20 minutes
7. Cut into 1" pieces

Tortilla Pinwheels