BREAKFAST BURRITO- Easy eatin' on the go!

Ay! Yi! Yi! Yi! A bit of mexico in my mountain girl kitchen today!



A Breakfast burrito! My Hunk and Rugrats LOVE it when I make these.



They have chorizo, eggs, potatoes, sour cream, guacamole, cheese and Tapatio' Sauce.



I sometimes add refried beans.........I didn't have any today....... at least in my oh so clean and organized pantry I couldn't FIND any today......




If I'm in a hurry I put the potatoes in the microwave to partially cook them before frying them.



* when I'm trying to be healthy (which sadly isn't often enough) I use tator tots.....which are baked, not fried and actually taste very yummy in this burritos! I just throw them in the oven first thing and by the time the eggs and chorizo are finished the tator tots are ready!

Pour the oil in the pan so it can begin heating up.......... (why is it that most things I enjoy eating aren't the ummmmmmmmmm how do I put this?......most healthy choices?)

Take the potatoes out the microwave and slice.....(be careful they are hot when you cut into them.....)

Can't have fried potatoes without a bit of onion in them.....

I don't chop them into real small pieces, but I like the taste of cooked (ehmmmm, fried) onion....

Put the potato and onion into the hot grease and I add pepper and garlic salt (because in our home everything test better with garlic)

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, I LOVE crispy fried potatoes........ (If you leave the heat to low you will get mushy potatoes.....if you have it too high........well, I think we all know what happens then..... not that I've EVER done that........I'm just sayin'......)

Chorizo. I got a great deal on this big ol' package at Costco. (http://www.costco.com/)

I put cut the plastic length wise on my chorizo...... I used to squeeze it out of one end and I just seemed to make a bigger mess that way.....

Imagine it......me making a mess......who woulda thunk it?

Then I peel the plastic apart to expose the top-side of the chorizo.... (I don't know if expose is the right word, it almost makes me feel as though I'm wronging the chorizo in some way)

then I pick it up and flip it into the pan peeling the rest of the plastic away from the chorizo..... (first the peanut butter photo ( http://mommassoapbox.blogspot.com/2009/10/easy-peanut-butter-cookiesand-can-you.html) and now this one.....

why is my mind "going there" with thoughts lately???... it must be the ehmmmmm......(child code word) "rubber- made" party I attend with all my church friends the other night......

Thank goodness I have bible study tonight.....

So I take the spatula and small up the chorizo.....

I keep smashin' and smooshin' around until it starts fryin' up like this..... (medium heat please)...

Sorry........got a little carried away with my smashin' and smooshin'............ (SHOCKER)

Now add the eggs and swoosh them around (normal folk refer to this as scramble) ...............

Now we are gettin' there..... (doesn't it look so tasty? Ya, I know....ok, maybe not YET........... BUT ..............it will........ it will.........(I promise!)

SEE........ TOLD YOU...... Well, at least it does taste very yummy!

Queso Fresco....... Yummy Mexican cheese! I also found this is much cheaper at Costco than at our local grocery store..... (We slice off chunks of this cheese and pop it in our mouths... Ooooooo......Ooooooooooo....... I almost forgot to tell you..... it is all FANTASTIC crumbled up into fresh salsa......sighhhhhhhhhhh)

Just slice off a couple pieces....... toss one in your mouth (shove it all the way in because you need both hands for the next part) and then just grab the other slice and squeeze .....gently....and crumble.... ahhhhhhhh....... perfect!

Now plop on the sour cream, guacamole, Tapatio (if you so desire)......

Now fold it up (if you can)..... I sometimes wrap them in foil and send with my HUNK if he is in a hurry......

I tend to get carried away and have a leaky burrito OR (the OR means.....now I'm going to tell you what I really do) I end up breaking down and scoopin' half of my fillings out and into another tortilla.....

It just looks soooooooo much better (to my conscious) if I'm only eating ONE burrito instead of TWO burritos.... I guess I just need bigger tortillas' (and possibly PANTS)

Ciao Bellas~