Breakfast Burritos

This weekend I had a horseback riding clinic. Roughly translated, this means I spent about 4 hours on both Saturday and Sunday at the barn with my horse. To easy the blow, I made Breakfast Burritos

What you will need from Trader Joe’s
Roast Beef Hash
Eggs
Enchilada Sauce
3 Cheese blend
Large flour tortillas


(1) Cook up the Roast Beef Hash in a fry pan with butter, Tabasco, and a pinch of salt. Since this mixture comes fully cooked in its vacuum seal pouch, it just needs a little browning.
(2) Crack a few eggs on top. Mix the whole thing together and continue to stir while the eggs cook into the mixture. --- If you have it, I would encourage diced fresh jalapenos. DO NOT use the seeds. You will regret it.
(3) Place 3 large spoon fulls of the egg and roast beef hash on to the center of a tortilla.
(4) Top with cheese and enchilada sauce.
(5) Fold the ends of the tortilla in toward the center to create the burrito effect.
(6) Wrap the burrito in tin foil and place in the over for a few minutes.



These are a favorite in my house. Plus, they are a filling breakfast on the run. They are best coupled with a Bloody Mary or a beer.



Enjoy!

Country Breakfast

On Sunday mornings, I cook a large breakfast. Typically, this breakfast is more of a brunch, so I try to make it count. Today, I focused on a Country Style Breakfast.

Required Items
Eggs
Jennie-O Breakfast Sausage
Trader Joe's Ready to Bake Biscuits
Butter
Trader Joe's Strawberry Jam

Start the coffee pot.  Heat the oven to 350. Heat a large skillet over a low medium heat.


Cover a cookie sheet with tin foil and place the Trader Joe's ready to bake biscuits on the cookie sheet. When the oven is heated, place the biscuits in the oven.


Add the Jennie-O Sausage. I place the sausage on the sides of the skillet so I can use the center for my eggs. Let the sausage cook for a about 5 minutes on a low heat.

I prefer eggs over easy so I crack a few eggs in the center of the pan. I season the eggs with Trader Joe's fresh ground sea salt and finely ground black pepper. After about 3 minutes I flip by eggs over gentle.

At this point, you should be ready to go. The sausage is cooked through and the eggs are ready. The biscuits should be just about ready to pull out of the oven. I cut the biscuits in half and add butter and strawberry jam. I close the biscuit back up so the flavors melt into the biscuit.



Notes
1) Natural Honey is a good alternative to strawberry jam.
2) If you like scrambled eggs, crack a 3eggs into a cup, add a 1/4 cup of whole milk and beat the mixture.
3) Skillets are something you develop over time. Try to clean your skillet as little as possible because you want the pan to become seasoned. Keeping a skillet is a bit of an art. http://www.realsimple.com/skillet 101

All Day Parfait

 

Recently, I have been on a "Parfait" kick. I created my own light version that fills you up with fewer calories. I use 1/2 cup of Horizon Organic Fat Free Vanilla Yogurt with 1/4 Kashi GoLean Crunch Honey Almond Flax. Of course, they are many ways to vary the taste. I suggesting buying a variety of fat free yogurts so can change up the taste with little effort. Also, Kashi Crunch also comes in a few different flavors. If you want, you can add a little fruit but be careful of the extra sugar in fruit.