I know I waited a long time to post these Starbucks Copycat Quinoa and Black Bean Wraps, but they were a little ways down my queue of blog posts. But here they are!
I had it once upon a time ago at Starbucks (is it still even available?) and it was DELICIOUS, so I knew I had to remake it at home, but vegan!. But it was also 9 dollars, which was a little steep for a skinny little wrap. I was so hungry that I bought it anyway, but you could easily make 3 wraps for the price of 9 dollars. So that’s what I did. Hope you like it!
Yield: 5-6 wraps depending on size of pita bread
Starbucks Copycat Quinoa and Black Bean Wrap
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
Total Time
25 minutes
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup uncooked quinoa
- 1 cup vegetable broth (or 1 cup water + veg broth cube)
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- Optional: A pinch of cayenne
- 2 small ears of corn, boiled, and kernels cut
- 1/2 a can of black beans (19 oz), rinsed and drained
- juice of 1/2 lime
- Salt to taste
- Veganaise
- Daiya Pepperjack cheeze.
- Whole Wheat pita pockets
Instructions
- Cook the quinoa by combining quinoa, water, paprika, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, and cayenne powder in a small covered pot over medium low heat (My stove dial is from 1-8, I usually have it around a 3). Let simmer for 20 minutes, DO NOT LIFT LID before 20 minute mark.
- Once the quinoa is cooked, remove from heat, fluff with a fork and drizzle lime juice over the quinoa.
- Mix in the corn kernels and black beans, add salt to taste, and set aside while you assemble the wrap.
- Preheat a pan (or skillet) over medium heat.
- Open up your pita and spread some veganaise inside. Add daiya cheeze and then fill the pita with the quinoa filling.
- Roll the pita, then wrap/secure with parchment paper by taking a fairly large square, wrapping it around the pita, and then twisting the bottom to keep intact. (I wrap it with part of the pita poking out, so I can eat it while holding the parchment paper).
- Cook the wrapped pita on the skillet, rotating until the pita is somewhat crispy and golden, and the pita is heated through to melt the cheeze.
- Eat immediately!
madscar says
Uau this is amazing..Love it! Thanks for recipe :)
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Amy says
This looks fantastic! I would love to eat this in the morning. It would be the perfect start to my morning. Thank you for sharing! :)
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Lisa Mai says
Thanks Amy! I’d probably have it more for a lunch, but hey, I eat cheerios for dinner sometimes haha. Food is food!
Shari @ Shari Blogs says
What photo makes me feel like I can just reach through the screen and take a big old bite out of it!! I have to ask, what font did you use on that? LOVE it!
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Lisa Mai says
Haha thanks Shari! Ummm I can’t remember which font exactly, I think it was Eyes Wide Open..? I know it’s by Vanessa of “By the Butterfly” and her fonts can be found on dafont.com.
Shari @ Shari Blogs says
Thanks so much, Lisa! I meant to say “THAT photo makes me…” I guess I need to proof read before I hit send. ;-)
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Lisa Mai says
Aw thanks Deb!
Shareba says
Ooh this looks good! I don’t really love quinoa, but this looks like a good way to sneak it into my diet.
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Anna {Herbivore Triathlete} says
This looks excellent! I’ve never had anything other than Pumpkin Latte’s from Starbucks, but this looks absolutely delicious.
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Lisa Mai says
Thanks! The pumpkin latte is delicious too =) good choice.
Laura says
it took exactly 2 seconds for me to fall in love with your page/blog/whatever you call these things now. I will be making the quinoa wraps tonight and can’t wait to check out the rest of your information! :)
Much love,
Quinoa junkie!
Lisa Mai says
Hahah food blog, website, compilation of random recipes! Whatever works =P Thanks for reading Laura and thank you for the comment! Let me know how the wraps work out for you.
Emily says
I recently experienced a Starbucks Quinoa and Black Bean Wrap and immediately fell in love with it. I’m pretty excited to have found your recipe for it and have been meaning to try it for a few days now. However, the editor in me has compelled me to let you know that in your recipe, you have misspelled “Vegenaise” and noticed in your About section that you would want to know this.
Lisa Le says
Thank you!!! I will fix that now =)
yisoto says
Have made this a few times from your post and I LOVE it!!! So does my 14 year old daughter.
Lisa says
Have made this a couple times now and it is so delicious! Thanks for the recipe. I found it on Pinterest.
Lisa Le says
Thanks so much for coming back to comment =) Happy Holidays!
niki says
Have you made these ahead of time before? I don’t have all the time in the morning for preparing and was looking for something so just grab and go. Could I make 3 or 4 at once and then be able to grab one in themorning, heat real quick and go? I’m always looking for a healthy breakfast that isn’t sweat.
Lisa Le says
I personally haven’t done it myself, but what you can always do is prep the filling before hand and just stuff and cook em up them in 10 minutes before you head out?
Kayla says
I made this & absolutely loved it!
I substituted a few things to customize it more to my liking;
I used sour cream & salsa instead of mayo, jalapeno Havarti & switched it up to a plain tortilla wrap and pan fried it in a little bit of butter.
Momma Holla says
Thanks for this excellent recipe!! We especially enjoyed the Quinoa with the spices! What a great flavor! We will be eating these wraps a lot!