Breakfast Burritos

I really love the breakfast burritos some fast food restaurants make but don't like paying the price. I often shop really early on Saturday mornings and a couple weeks ago when I was done shopping I was going to go to the closest fast food joint and buy a couple when it occured to me that I had everything I needed in the grocery bags in the back seat. So here it is.

For each burrito you will need:

1 taco size whole wheat tortilla

1 egg

Cheese:
You can use 1 or 2 slices of cheese or grated cheese

Meat (optional);
2 deli sliced pieces of ham ot turkey or
1 or 2 sausage links or patties chopped up or
2 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled or
Chopped cooked ham, turkey or chicken

Veggies:
Small amount of chopped onions and peppers are a must, use whatever peppers your taste buds can handle
Optional veggies, pick one or two(or more if your cooking for several people) :
(just use a small amount for each burrito)
Broccoli (this is really good, try it)
Grated carrots
Celery
Corn
Grated potato
Cubed cooked potatoes
Mushrooms
Tomato
Any leftover veggies from dinner

Put the deli sliced meat (if that's what your using) and cheese on tortilla, put in microwave for about 20 to 30 seconds. If you have help, have them do this while your cooking the filling.

Filling:
Saute the onions, peppers and any other uncooked veggies, add the sausage if thats what your using, saute until onions are transparent and sausage is cooked through. Add other meats, cooked veggies and heat through. Beat the eggs thouroughly and add to mixture. Cook like scrambled eggs. Put desired amount on each burrito, roll up and enjoy.

Coleslaw Scramble

My veggie scramble can involve a lot of preparation that some people may not be up to first thing in the morning. You could, of course, do it the night before if you can plan that far ahead (something I'm not really good at), so I've tried this the other day and it's a fast and easy alternative to get more veggies into a meal that is traditionally devoid of them.

The recipe is based on two eggs for one person, you can of course make it for any number of people by increasing the ingredients.

2 eggs
about a 1/4 cup of fresh coleslaw blend (the one I used had broccoli and cauliflower "hearts" as well as the cabbage) you can adjust the amount to suit your own tastes
Green onion sliced or small amount diced onion
Shredded cheese

Spray pan with cooking spray. Saute onion and coleslaw blend until just tender
Beat eggs and add to vegetables. Right before eggs are done sprinkle with shredded cheese.

Of course, you could add any of the ingredients listed for the veggie scramble too. Once again it's a great way to use up leftover meat or vegetables from the night before

Veggie Scramble

I work as a live-in caregiver for the elderly and one of the problems we have is getting them to eat enough veggies and fruit. I made this for a client this morning and she loved it!
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This recipe is one of the many reasons I have for saving even small bits of leftovers. I'm going to tell you what I used this morning and then give other suggestions so you can create your own unique veggie scrambles.
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For two people I used:
3 eggs, if you add enough other stuff you can cut down on the amount of eggs you use
Some leftover broccoli and carrots, cooked
1/2 stalk chopped celery
small amount of green peppers and onions, diced
1/2 small tomato, diced
small handful of shredded cheese
Spray your skillet with cooking spray.
Saute celery, green peppers and onions lightly
Beat and add eggs, broccoli and carrots and scramble
When the eggs are almost done add the cheese and tomatoes
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Now all you need is a slice of whole wheat toast with a little bit of jam to make a great breakfast
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You don't need to add everything that I did, the only really necessary thing is the eggs. Now for other things you can throw in there to make your scramble unique
Any leftover veggies
Small amount leftover meat
Leftover potatoes diced or microwave a small potato and dice
grated carrots
mushrooms
Small amount of zucchini or yellow squash, diced
Crumbled bacon or diced sausage
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I'll add more as I go. Please leave a comment and let me know what combinations you have tried.