Wondering what to do with all those tortillas laying around? Well…you need to do something. Mine expire in less than a month, and I’m sure yours do, too.
Of course, you could eat them, freeze them, or give them away and those are all fine ideas. Here’s what I did with just 2 packs of them yesterday: I made breakfast burritos!
I’d been eyeing the breakfast burrito recipe in one of my fav cookbooks Fix, Freeze, Feast
The most time consuming part? Prepping the potatoes. Even still, that only took 10 minutes max.
I wanted to make sure my spuds had a fairly small dice so they’d reheat well. The recipe called for ham, but I prefer sausage and guess what? I found some breakfast turkey links on clearance for $2.39 yesterday. Since these burritos were getting prepped and into the freezer the same day, I had no qualms buying meat right near the expiration. Once I had all my ingredients prepped, I created an assembly station, like this:
Having everything measured, mixed, and ready to go really speeds this last process up! Now ready for the fun part? After I’d made my 20 burritos…I realized I had 2 more tortillas! So somehow my two $0.04 packs of 10-ct tortillas included a bonus! Sweet.
These smelled SO good, and my daughter was curious about them, too. (You can see her hand nabbing one just as I snapped this pic!)
As I was cooking up eggs, shredding cheese, and boiling my potatoes, I was thinking how I’ve never cooked so much in my life until I started couponing! My pantry has far more basic cooking and baking staples than it ever did, and I’m exploring my culinary interests like never before! I’m sure if you’ve been at this awhile, you’re making the same observations right about now, too.
Ready for my fun total? I spent $8.63 on the ingredients I needed to make these 22 burritos. That works out to just $0.39 a burrito! Talk about a filling breakfast on the cheap! Think about it – I just made a filling, convenient breakfast from scratch for LESS than the drive thru. It can be done!
Consider doing your own freezer breakfast burritos! While I can’t give you the recipe I used, I can tell you eggs are cheap just about everywhere (last I was at Winco they were under $1…they are also $0.99 through today at QFC and $1.25 at Fred Meyer through Saturday). Tillamook cheese is also $1 a bag at Fred Meyer this week. So…there might be some options here, people!
And in case you wondering, I had one of these for breakfast this morning and it was good!
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…..whats the re-heat time/process for the breakfast burrito?
These would be great for my high schoolers in the morning!
OK so I left some in my fridge overnight so I could have them to serve this morning. Completely thawed out, it was under 1 minute. The instructions say you can defrost in the microwave, but I think a better, faster idea would be to simply take a few out at a time to have defrosting in your fridge. They’ll heat so much faster that way.
Oh my goodness, can I say these are SO good?? And super filling, too!!
My favorite place to eat at home was Maui Tacos and they make a burrito with potatoes that is super yummy. So I’ve been eyeing that recipe in Triple F too-glad to know it turned out well and I will be making those soon!
Chandra, they are so awesome! I think I may actually do this recipe at least one more time over they are truly that good! After my cereal deals from a month ago, I’m ready to eat ANYTHING other than cereal for breakfast!
I finally bought that book! I happen to have tortillas, shredded cheese, potatoes, and eggs…time to start cooking
After seeing this post, I went back to Albertsons and got more tortillas (even without the $1.50/2 Mission coupon, paying $.79 for them is a great deal!). I tried to stretch this even a little bit further. I had an onion in my fridge that needed to be used, so I cut that up and cooked it along with my turkey sausage that I used, and also added some canned chilies to it. Instead of making 20 breakfast burritos, it made 24! I think the next time I make this recipe though, I might go for a few less potatoes and more meat! I know my hubby will like that better!
I’m really excited for these though. It’s a nice alternative to cereal or oatmeal, which is the norm in our house!
I’ve never frozen cooked eggs before. How are they when thawed?
I remember reading this post last year. I was so excited I bought the book. I have finally got around to making these burritos and just had my first one today! 1 year and 1 day later
I can’t believe I waited so long. This book is amazing. Thank you soooooo much for posting about this. It has literally changed my life! This specific recipe is delish – the only thing I think I might do next time is add some green onion to a few.