Super Simple Breakfast Burritos

We love these babies for a filling breakfast or lunch. Great for expecting moms and busy families.

Ingredients:
12 eggs
1 C milk
salt & pepper
shredded cheese
1 lb sausage, cooked and drained
pepperocinis
10 burrito-sized tortillas


Directions:
Add eggs, milk, and s&p to bowl; beat.
Cook the scrambled eggs and set aside to cool.

Tear 10 pieces of aluminum foil for wrapping burritos.

Place a tortilla on a piece of foil.
Add eggs, cheese, sausage, and pepperocinis, making a line down the middle of the tortilla, left to right. Leave enough room at the beginning and end of the line so the tortilla may be wrapped up.

Fold the tortilla left and right edges first, then the flap closest to you, tightly closing the last edge over the bulk of the burrito.

Place folded side down and wrap in foil. Repeat for all ten.

Burritos keep in the freezer for approximately a week, longer if wrapped burritos are stored in air-tight container.

To heat: place folded side down on plate and microwave for 90 seconds - 2 minutes.

Mexican Lasagna

This recipe comes from Rachel Ray.  We loooooved this dish.  It was relatively easy to make and was so, so good.  We topped ours with sour cream and served it with salad, chips, and guacamole.  Yum!

The recipe below is not Rachel's original, but how I altered it.  Hope you like it!  Also, it could easily be converted into a bare cupboard meal if you make the tortillas from scratch.  Or at least in this house since I'm ridiculous about always having black beans and canned tomatoes in the house.

Ingredients


3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 pounds ground beef
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 red onion, chopped
1 (15-ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 (14-oz) can stewed tomatoes
1 cup frozen corn kernels
Salt
8 (8 inch) wheat flour tortillas
2 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar or shredded pepper jack
2 scallions, finely chopped
sour cream

Directions
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

Preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil - twice around the pan. Add chicken and season with chili powder, cumin, and red onion. Brown the meat, 5 minutes. Add stewed tomatoes. Add black beans and corn. Heat the mixture through, 2 to 3 minutes then season with salt, to your taste.

Coat a shallow baking dish with remaining extra-virgin olive oil, about 1 tablespoon oil. Cut the tortillas in half or quarters to make them easy to layer with. (I used a round Corning Ward dish and didn't have to cut the tortillas!)  Build lasagna in layers of meat and beans, then tortillas, then cheese. Repeat: meat, tortilla, cheese again. Bake lasagna 12 to 15 minutes until cheese is brown and bubbly. Top with the scallions and serve.

corny chicken wraps

Recipe from Taste of Home Busy Family Cookbook.

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked, cubed chicken (I used 3 small chicken breasts)

1 can whole kernel corn, drained

1 c salsa

1 c shredded cheese

8 flour tortillas

In a large saucepan, combine the chicken, corn, salsa and cook over med heat until warmed through.

Sprinkle cheese on tortillas, place about 1/2 c chicken mixture down center.  Roll and serve.

In order to stay within my budget I made the tortillas.  They definitely taste better than any store-bought tortilla I've ever had, maybe even better than any tortilla I've ever had.  Because I have to cook them one at a time they seem a little labor intensive, but they're really not that bad.  And they make Travis really happy.  (Maybe I should use my griddle...)

tortillas:

2 c flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

2 Tbsp shorting, such as Crisco

3/4 c warm water

Mix ingredients. 

 Finish by kneading dough into one smooth ball. 

Pinch off pieces (I made 5 large tortillas for this supper) and roll dough out - the thinner the better. 

Place in heated, ungreased skillet over med high heat. 

When the tortilla begins to bubble flip it.

Thoughts:  These were simple and okay.  They'd be good for a "bare cupboard meal" since I almost always have corn, salsa and chicken on hand.