Frozen Breakfast Burritos

Get ready to make breakfast where you can grab, heat and go...and it's not chalked full of preservatives!  

I'm always looking for things that I can make for breakfast that are fast and easy to take to work.  The frozen breakfast items in the grocery store are tasty, but they are usually high in calories and and fat, and are getting to be very expensive. 

This recipe is actually a two-fer!  You first make a breakfast casserole in a crock pot...so it's a time and money saver...then you use the leftovers to make breakfast burritos and freeze them for your portable breakfast greatness.  

The crock-pot breakfast casserole recipe is from another blog, that I tried for a trip to the lake, which was super easy to make, but made a LOT.  Since I had all the leftovers, I thought... why not use them to make some breakfast burritos to freeze and take to work during the week?!  

So, here's the steps for making the burritos...

To start out with, follow the link to the breakfast casserole recipe... http://www.alattewithotta.com/2010/11/crock-pott-recipe-egg-brunch-casserole.html.  I did make some adjustments to it spice it up a bit.  Not burn a hole in your stomach hot, just add more flavor... Here are the ingredients I added, but other than that, I followed the recipe (surprising for me!):

- 1 tsp paprika

- 1 tsp black pepper

- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

- 1 small can of green chiles

After you've made and enjoyed the breakfast casserole, it's time to make the burritos!

Here's what you need to make the burritos (this assumes you have enough casserole left over for 10 burritos):

- leftover breakfast casserole

- 10 soft taco size tortillas (10 inch)

- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

- Frank's hot sauce

Directions:

Place the tortillas on a microwave safe plate and heat up the tortillas.  Place a tenth of each of the items (casserole and shredded cheese) on the tortilla, and shake some hot sauce over the eggs.  Fold the tortilla to form a burrito...fold sides in first, then fold the end closest to you over and roll up.  

Once you have the burritos made, take some wax paper and roll the burritos up, and twist the ends so they stay wrapped.  They look like little gems of goodness!  Place in a freezer bag and throw in the freezer.  

The next morning, when you're hungry and running out the door, grab a burrito out of the freezer and pop it in the microwave for 1 - 1 1/2 minutes...depending on your microwave, of course.  You can use the wax paper as a wrapper you can use as you hold the burrito to munch on as you go on your way.  

Enjoy!

Dee