Weekend Breakfast

Some weekends we just have cereal for breakfast and other weekends we go all out and make a "special" breakfast! We used to go to this little local place for breakfast before we had kids called The Golden Harvest. We haven't been in a very long time because there is limited seating and the wait can be up to an hour. While we have gone with the kids, it has happened very often or like I said in a very long time because waiting with two kids for that long is not very fun. Besides it can get very smokey in there and it's not very pleasant. I can't stand a smokey place. When we used to go there though we'd often order breakfast burritos. They are super good if you ever do go there. So since we couldn't get there very much after having kids we decided to try making our own breakfast burritos. After trying to make them a few different ways, between Greg & I, we've mastered the breakfast burrito and it is now one of our "special" weekend breakfasts. We used to chop up green pepper and onion, but that took up a lot of extra time so now we just buy the hash browns with them in it. They do take a little time to prepare, but are definitely worth it! I've got my sister and mom hooked on them too. I'm including the recipe for your breakfast delight some morning. I recommend frying the sausage up ahead of time and shredding the cheese ahead of time (like the day before) and then it doesn't take as long to prepare the burritos in the morning.


Breakfast Burritos

1- 16oz. tube Bob Evan's Original Sausage
4 to 6 eggs scrambled
12 oz. bag of Western Style Hash Browns (half of a 24oz. bag)
Shredded Pepper Jack Cheese (or Hot Pepper Cheese)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Flour Tortillas

Fry sausage in frying pan and drain grease. Set aside. Saute hash browns in frying pan with a little oil. While hash browns are cooking, scramble eggs in separate frying pan ( I add little milk, salt, pepper, and shredded colby jack cheese to eggs) just like you would make normal scrambled eggs. Once hashbrowns & eggs are cooked combine together along with sausage. Sprinkle with pepper jack cheese and mix thoroughly. Heat tortilla (we use a tortilla pan), but you can just use a regular fry pan. Sometimes I put a little butter on both sides of tortilla and heat in frying pan to make it a little crispy, but it's good either way. Just depends on your preference. Sprinkle pepper jack cheese on tortilla to melt slightly. Fill tortilla with burrito mixture and sprinkle with more pepper jack cheese (amount depends on your liking). Roll into burrito and serve.

I usually use about 6 eggs so then we have some left over for breakfast the next couple days. You can really vary your amounts depending on how much you want to make. I've put in 8 or 10 eggs before to serve more people, and then adding a little more than half a bag of hashbrowns. If just want to make a little could just use 4 eggs, less hashbrowns and then don't use the whole tube of sausage. You get the idea. The amounts I listed in recipe does make a good amount and you will have leftovers. It actually tastes pretty good and sometimes better the second or third day for leftovers. We've even had leftovers for dinner the next day. You can also use whatever sausage you prefer- mild, hot, spicy and whatever brand. I usually by what's on sale- Bob Evan's, Meijer, Jimmy Dean's. I can no longer find shredded pepper jack cheese so I buy the block of pepper jack or hot pepper cheese and shred. This recipe does require dirtying a lot of pans so I try to wash as I go or cook the eggs in a larger pan that will fit the sausage and hash browns when combined. Enjoy!