Make Ahead Breakfast Burritos

Eggs?✔️Bacon?✔️ Burritos?✔️

I LOVE breakfast but I hate feeling rushed in the mornings. And let’s be honest, during the work week every morning seems to be rushed, no matter how early you get up! Insert: Breakfast burritos that you can freeze and have ready to heat up in the morning for a quick and easy breakfast.

Ingredients

• 10 eggs
• Cheddar Cheese
• 1/2 red bell pepper (or any color bell pepper you want/have on hand), diced small
• 4-5 green onions sliced
• salt and pepper to taste (I used kosher salt.)
• Bacon (i used precooked from Costco, but you can use your favorite bacon)
• 8 Burrito sized tortillas
• Aluminum Foil

1. Cook bacon in skillet (if using precooked, cook in microwave for 1 minute if you like your bacon crispy, like me)
2. If you are cooking bacon in a skillet reserve 1 teaspoon of bacon grease to cook the eggs in. (I just heated some of the precooked bacon in the same skillet that I was using to cook the eggs and that left a little grease.) This will give your eggs AMAZING flavor!
3. Wisk eggs, red pepper, green onions, salt, and pepper if a medium bowl and scramble the eggs in the reserved bacon grease.
4. After the eggs are done cooking, remove from the heat and assemble the burritos.

Burrito Assembly

• If you have a grill pan slightly char your tortillas before you assemble them. I found that medium/high heat worked best. Be sure to watch them carefully so they don’t burn! (I burned a couple!🥺)
• Lay the tortilla vertically on top 10 x 12 sized foil sheet.
• At the bottom of the tortilla put 1/4 cup of eggs, 2 tablespoons of cheese, and 1-2 pieces of bacon.
• Roll the burrito starting at the bottom and folding in the sides as you go. Once the burrito is rolled, roll it in the foil, the same way you rolled the burrito.
• Store in a freezer bag. I wrote on the bag with a sharpie the date that I made them. They will last for about 3 months in the freezer. Although I don’t think this batch will last three month…

To Reheat…

You can do it a few different ways…

1. Freezer to Oven: Take it out of the freezer and put in the fridge the night before. In the morning, preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Leave in foil and cook for 20 minutes, flipping halfway through. (This is the best way I have found, but it does take a little planning. I was able to just throw it in my purse and eat it at work during my meeting!
2. Freezer to Microwave– remove from foil and cook in the microwave.
3. Freezer to Oven (no overnight defrosting)- Heat oven to 425 and cook for 45 minutes.

One thing I love about this recipe is how versatile it is! It would be good with so many different veggies or various types of cheese (let’s be honest you couldn’t go wrong with any cheese)…

Try it with…

1. mushrooms
2. red onion
3. fresh herbs (parsley, cilantro, basil)
4. goat or feta cheese
5. If you have a bit more time in the morning, top with sour cream/salsa/avocado
6. broccoli
7. potatoes
8. spinach or kale