Freezer Breakfast Burritos

I found a recipe for freezer breakfast burritos on Pinterest a couple weeks ago and I am happy to say they are delicious! They were super simply to make and warm up perfectly in the microwave so I thought I would share the recipe.

(I forgot to take photos of our burritos so I am just using a few from the website. I am sure that is some sort of blogging no-no, but oh well.)

Here is a list of ingredients for a full batch but I only made half this time since I wasn't sure how they would turn out (with my adjustments in bold):

• 2 lbs. bacon, diced
• 2 lbs. breakfast sausage
• 1 large onion, diced small
• 1 cup diced bell pepper
• 20 eggs
• 36 fajita sized flour tortillas
• 1 (8 oz.) bag shredded cheddar cheese

(Next time I think I might leave out the bacon. Unless you just really love bacon, I didn't really feel it was necessary to the recipe.)

Here are the directions from the website:

In a large skillet cook the bacon until browned. Drain grease from bacon and set aside on a plate with a few paper towels to absorb the grease. In the same skillet brown and crumble the sausage until cooked through. Drain grease from sausage and set it aside on another plate with a few paper towels to absorb the excess grease.

Using the same skillet saute the onion and bell pepper till the onion is translucent and the peppers are soft yet a little crisp. While the onion and bell pepper are cooking, crack and scramble the eggs. For large quantities of eggs like this, I like to scramble them in my blender (I did this and it was a great idea!). Once the bell peppers and onion are cooked add the eggs and cook just as you would for scrambled eggs, stirring the egg mixture while cooking until they are cooked through, being careful not to over cook the eggs. Then add the cooked bacon and sausage to the eggs.

Turn off the heat to the pan and sprinkle egg mixture with cheese. Cover pan and let it sit for about 5 minutes to let the cheese melt. In a frying pan (I used the microwave) warm your tortillas one at a time and proceed to make your breakfast burritos. Always warm your tortillas first to prevent them from cracking while folding your burritos. Use about 1/4 cup of filling for each burrito (this was a pretty good amount for each burrito).

Continue making burritos until you run out of either filling or tortillas. Once all of your burritos are made, wrap each one in plastic wrap and place into labeled freezer bags and seal, removing as much air as possible. Frozen burritos will store for 2-3 months in regular freezer bags.

To eat, unwrap a burrito and place on microwave safe plate. Cover loosly with the plastic wrap and microwave for 1 minute, flip over and cook one more minute (you really only need to microwave for 1 minute or the burritos get hard). Serve with Tabasco or salsa if desired.

Taylor really likes taking these because it's easy to grab one or two before leaving the house and then just warm them up at school. Try these out if you are interested in a simply, quick, and yummy breakfast for on the go!

Have a great weekend!