Family Fajita Bean Wraps
Family Fajita Bean Wraps — 30 mins family dinner · Family favourites set · Vegetarian protein. Part of a three-meal shopping base with household scaling. 10 …
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp rapeseed or olive oil
- ¾ red pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 brown or red onion, thinly sliced
- ¾ x 160g tins kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 1½ tsp mild fajita seasoning, ideally low-salt, or use ½ tsp cumin + ½ tsp paprika + pinch garlic powder
- 60ml water
- 1 tbsp tomato purée or 1 tbsp ketchup for adults/toddler only
- ¾ avocado
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1.5 wholemeal tortilla wraps
- 25g mature cheddar, grated
- ¼ iceberg lettuce, finely shredded
- 40g plain full-fat yoghurt or Greek yoghurt
Method
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Add peppers and onion. Cook for 7–10 minutes until soft.
- Add the kidney beans, fajita spices and water. Simmer for 8–10 minutes.
- Mash roughly half the beans so the mixture holds together.
- Remove babies portion now. Mash the beans well and check the pepper is soft.
- Stir tomato purée or ketchup into the main pan if using.
- Mash avocado with lime juice.
- Warm the wraps.
- Serve the bean mix with wraps, avocado, lettuce, yoghurt and a modest amount of cheddar. Save about 110g bean mix per adult-equivalent unit for Dinner 3.
Storage and reheating
Cool leftovers quickly and refrigerate within 2 hours. Use within 48 hours or freeze. Reheat cooked meat, beans and sauces until steaming hot throughout, and only reheat once. For babies, remove portions before adding salty cheese, ketchup, fajita seasoning, stock cubes or adult sauces. Squash beans and peas, finely shred chicken, break mince up well, and keep pasta/wrap textures soft and manageable.
Safety and substitutions
Beans must be squashed for babies. Lettuce can be hard for babies to manage, so skip it for babies aged 7–9 months. Cheddar and wraps add salt, so keep babies portion separate.
Why this recipe works
30 mins family dinner · Family favourites set · Vegetarian protein. Part of a three-meal shopping base with household scaling.
Part of a three-meal set
Fajita Wraps to Pasta Bowls — M&S-inspired fajita bean wraps, Greek-style chicken pasta salad, and a leftovers bowl that brings both together.
Updated 2026-07-20