I woke up on Saturday morning with an overwhelming need for a breakfast burrito. Need.
Considering that my desire for things that aren’t cake are usually fleeting, I jumped all on it.
Meeker was at work and due home in less than thirty minutes. I (really badly) wanted to surprise him with the smell of eggs and bacon cooking when he walked in, so Baby A and I hustled ourselves to the store for ingredients.
When Meeker walked in I was jumping around like a monkey, hollering I have a surprise for you!
He said it smelled like a delicious surprise and it was.
Little did he know it was a slightly healthy surprise, too. Only slightly, mind you.
(Meeker, that wasn’t real chorizo in there…surprise!)
Healthy(ish) Breakfast Burritos
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Makes 4
- 4 high fiber tortillas
- green bell pepper, sliced
- half an onion, sliced
- 6 ounces Soyrizo
- 3 eggs
- 4 slices of bacon
- 1 c hash browns
- 1/4 c plain greek yogurt
- 1/2 c shredded cheddar cheese
- 4 T salsa
- cilantro (optional)
Cook the bacon, drain the fat, and set it aside. In the same pan, sauté the onions and peppers.
Meanwhile, cook Soyrizo and the eggs in a skillet over medium heat. About 5 minutes.
Divide all the ingredients between 4 tortillas, garnishing with cilantro (unless you are one of those odd people that thinks cilantro tastes like soap…in that case, just skip it)
Yum! The Husband loves breakfast burritos. I love surprising the Husband with breakfasts too – it’s fun!
Hahah – I wish I could’ve seen Meeker’s face when he read that it wasn’t real chorizo in there.
I do that type of stuff all the time to my family and friends when making them stuff that I want to be sneaky healthy. It’s the best when they’re like “this is so good!” and then you get to reveal it’s healthy.
Happy weekend friend!!
I don’t even think he’s read it yet…muahaha!
Ahahaha – I LOVE it!
(sorry Meeker, I still love you, I just appreciate a good bought of trickery)
Yum! TJ’s makes a soy chorizo that is mind blowing; is that the kims you used? That first picture is gorgeous …
every time you post I want you to come give me photography lessons
Aww, shucks. Thank you – it’s always a work in progress, but I have fun learning. And no, the Soyrizo isn’t from TJ’s…sadly we don’t have one in Colorado. Sigh.
Um yea… I need this.
Hahaha, could he tell the difference? I’ve never tried soyrizo and must have a go at it. You’re such a great wife, going to all that trouble for him!
I don’t think he knows yet! So…no.
I could eat these 14 times a day. I almost do already. Ask my hubs. YUM!M!M!M!
I love soyrizo! I’ve gotten my dad to convert from the real thing when he makes breakfast tacos!
I can’t believe how similar it tastes to the real thing!
We just had breakfast burritos this morning although I wish ours had those hash browns!
I’m starting to convert to a plant based diet. It is so hard giving up bacon and sausage!
I will try this replacement and see if the family approves.
I think it’s amazingly similar…let me know how you (they) like it!
Haa! I find it impossible to avoid going way overboard on the self congratulatory front, whenever I cook Louis anything that isnt salad.
As soon as he gets home from work, I’m like ‘Look I rushed home early and GUESS WHAT WE”RE HAVING FOR DINNER?? – I’ve bought us scallops and currently I’m cooking bacon and scallops for us, just like in restaurants. DID YOU HEAR THAT LOUIS I’m making bacon and scallops and maybe even those peas… and we arent eating salad – we are going to have bacon and scallops and….’
And eventually Louis says ‘you are the best wife ever – youre so amazing’ about 5 million times and then eventually I shut up we eat. So your excitedness about cooking the burritos was small fry lady
– they look freaking delicious though…!!
Isn’t playing housewife SO fun?!
ESPECIALLY the sexy, carefree and understated kind…
Obviously.
Breakfast burritos are staples of our weekend eating. We usually get a little lazy and head to the taco cart down the street. It’s hard to beat a fresh, made to order, breakfast burrito for $3.50! But it’s true, there is nothing more fun than breakfast wrapped in a tortilla! Soyrizo is pretty awesome!
I wish we had places we could get good cheap food here…the suburbs have no taco carts.
Hmmm, I’m going to make this sans tortilla for lunch. The colors are too beautiful to resist!
What a perfect breakfast! YUM!
I love breakfast tacos but rarely ever eat them. I think I always forget about them…thanks for the needed reminder! I think if I tried to sneak fake sausage into Keith’s breakfast he would pick up on it immediately.
I thought Meeker would catch it for sure…he even knows when I less butter in recipes. But this Soyrizo is dang good stuff.
Saw this on FG when I was checking a submission. Congrats! It looks so bright and cheery…YUM. And clearly beats the 10 taco stands and their burritos on my block! Yours is just a wee bit healthier
Funny, I saw your bars on FG today too…gorgeous photo (and looks heartmeltingly delicious)!
You’re a good wifey, for sure
Mega bonus points for you!
Healthy-ish is good enough for for me! I love tacos/burritos/wraps and these are no exception.
Looks really delicious! I will try this for breakfast this week. I will stick with a Mexican Chorizo though, because of hypersensitivity issues. But the variation is really awesome. Love the mix of colors in the pictures, really eyecatching!
Every once in a while I *crave* a breakfast burrito, which is usually totally unexpected. I’m saving this recipe for when the mood strikes. Looks so YUM!
Oooooh, I want to trick James into having soyrizo.. he LOVES chorizo, which makes me want to ralph. I wonder if he’d notice…..
I think breakfast burritos are my favorite breakfast food. Those look great!
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I love that you put hashbrowns in your burritos- such a good addition!
Yummm!! I want this right NOW.
So cool, I saw your post on my word press reader and totally recognized your picture from foodgawker! I still can’t believe I only discovered that site a month ago…
Yay for foodgawker! I could spend forever looking at pretty pictures of food.
do people really think cilantro tastes like soap? how odd.
a few weekends ago kyle made pizza (ok he thawed a frozen pizza) for his guy friends that were over to watch football. he added vegan sausage on top and didnt tell them. they still dont know. hehe.
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