Food Friday!

Fridays sound like a good day for a new recipe, huh? Some of these are old, some are newer, some we've never even tried out yet. I will try to post specific instructions for those of you that don't normally cook, or have trouble doing so. Odds are, I will probably never post recipes for a dessert, since it is my ultimate goal to open up a bakery (Fat Kid Bakery) -- and a good baker never shares her secrets! According to some people, I make some pretty good cakes and cookies -- feel free to request anything; I love to experiment. Maybe someday we'll create a website and link it up on this blog!

Anyways, the recipe I'm going to share today is something D & I have used for ages. It is for breakfast burritos, that are amazingly delicious. The recipe calls for a lot of ingredients, but for most of them, you use the whole item (for example, a whole onion is chopped as opposed to only half). We make tons of them and wrap them up for breakfast for the week, or freeze them for the future. This recipe yields approximately 20 burritos. Feel free to halve or quarter the recipe if this seems like too much!

Breakfast Burritos
-2 packages (22 1/2 oz. each) frozen hash brown patties
-15 eggs (large eggs)
-2 Tbsp garlic salt
-1 Tbsp chili powder
-1 Tbsp Cumin
-1/2 lb chicken (we love to get the already-cooked rotisserie chicken at Kroger, and just shred the meat from the bone. You can also use sausage, ham, turkey, or bacon if you prefer these)
-6 jalapenos, minced (cut into very very tiny pieces)
-1 large green pepper, diced (cut into very small pieces)
-1 large onion (white or yellow), diced
-1 bunch green onions, diced (remember, only cut the green part of this!)
-3 cups salsa
-1 pkg flour tortillas (medium size torts, not the super huge ones)
-4 cups cheese, shredded (my favorite combo is colby & monterey jack cheese)

Bake hash browns as instructed on package. Once finished, chop into crumbles. Keep warm. In a bowl, whisk the eggs (if you don't have a whisk, you can use a fork!), chili powder, garlic salt & cumin. In a large skillet, saute jalapenos, green pepper and onion (saute = fry up in a bit of butter until the edges are browned and ingredients are soft). Stir in chicken (or other meat). Add Egg Mixture. Cook until eggs are set, stirring constantly. Stir in salsa and hash browns. Over a burner, or on a pan, warm tortillas -- it makes them malleable for folding. Spoon some of the mixture onto the tort, and add the cheese. Roll up (fold bottom of circle up about an inch or two so that nothing falls out of the bottom when you eat it, fold left and right sides of circle over each other). Wrap these burritos individually in foil. To serve, unwrap and bake at 350* for 50-55 minutes, or heat up in the microwave (withOUT foil!) until warm.

I'll post a picture of these the next time we make them!