This is the third time I’ve started typing about these and started over. I’m really just not sure what can do them justice. Maybe it is overblown in my mind because last night was a total FLOP in healthy eating attempts that left us all with growling tummies, drooling over all of the fast food signs that we have to pass to get home. Honestly, though, I doubt that I’m exaggerating at all.
These burritos were, quite possibly, the best breakfast burritos ever.
After cranberry-orange muffins for breakfast, we needed a quick lunch before heading out for some errands* over the afternoon. Without any beans cooked up and without wanting to use up a bunch of bread, I was ready to resort to my standard fried-potatoes-and-scrambled-eggs. The problem with that? The boys and I will eat 2-3 medium sized red potatoes and 4 eggs and still want more. It just doesn’t stretch.
My cravings took over, and as I started adding things in, I quickly checked the cookbook to see if there were any recipes that I might be close to. Lo and behold, I had started down the track of the Breakfast Burritos! Hers didn’t include potatoes, but she did have a lot more in there that I would have never thought of. It was brilliant.
I won’t give away too much (you really ought to buy the book. It’s worth it.), but I will tell you that we were in awe. With only a few slight modifications (added cheese, mashed the avocados- yes, avocados- and included potatoes) that were not necessary but certainly didn’t hurt, we left lunch with our jaws dropped and our bellies full. Even the boys downed it, enjoying foods that they typically won’t even touch. The best part? Without using up all of my eggs or potatoes, we fed the whole family and still had some leftover.
*Disclaimer: Since Hubby now reads along, I probably should clarify before he picks on me…It wasn’t exactly “errands.” I’m quite a sucker for those car-dealership mailers that tell you to come in to see what you’ve won. For the record, I do check the odds and only go in if the prize everyone gets something worth getting, like that little toolkit he wanted or the lottery ticket I won (and had fun with!), not those cheesy trips where you have to pay a bunch of money and stay in a crappy hotel. So there.
Nutritional highlights: Protein, complex carbs, veggies with all kinds of benefits, B12 vitamins, good fats and even some dairy courtesy of an extra flair…breakfast of champions? No, breakfast (or lunch, or dinner) of a hungry mama and her whole household.
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