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Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Freezer Breakfast Burritos

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August 6, 2019 By Laura Ligos, MBA, RD, CSSD 1 Comment

These Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Freezer Breakfast Burritos are the perfect meal prep breakfast for this week or even busy weeks to come. You can make a batch of them and enjoy them when things get busy. No more excuses as for why you don’t have a breakfast packed.

Breakfast Meal Prep

I find that if breakfast is not prepped for me, it doesn’t happen or it’s kind of a free for all. It’s probably because I start most days off at 4:30am heading to the gym to coach. However, even if I’m working from home I just know that I’ll get sidetracked and breakfast will become a second thought.  I decided to try my hand at these Sausage, Egg, & Cheese Freezer Breakfast Burritos to see if they could help. The verdict? They did. 

The nice thing about these suckers is that you can make a big batch of them ahead of time, freeze them and then you have breakfast for weeks. You don’t have to eat them every morning, but wouldn’t it be nice to come home from say, a week of travel, and have breakfast ready to go?

If you’re like me then the answer is yes. I can just grab the burrito before I leave for the gym at 4:30am then when I have a break in coaching I can microwave it for 60-90 seconds, top it with some hot sauce, and bam, I’m fed and happy as a clam. 

Drool-worthy Breakfast Sausage

Hold the phone, you might be thinking a dietitian with a sausage based recipe? Yes, you did read that right. The first time I made these they did not contain sausage BUT i felt like they were not substantial enough and needed more substance and more protein. 

Well, I’ve been trying out Butcher Box (on my own–no sponsor there, but hey i’m open to it) and decided to try out their Breakfast Bundle. It was a good life choice because their bacon and their pork sausage is amazing. It’s worth every penny in my eyes. I don’t have to do much work to go get it and I get good quality food I can feel good about inside & out. 

Frankly after visiting Organic Valley back in June (more on that later), I’ve been prioritizing spending my dollars on good quality meat, eggs, and dairy. It not only supports my health but also supports the farmer that is doing some good work on their farm. Butcher Box is an easy way to make sure I get good meat in my life without having to look far and wide for it.

I’d suggest giving it a try and when you do, order the breakfast sausage, and make this because it’s so good. However, if you need to make these ASAP you can buy some ground meat (pork, turkey, chicken, beef, bison) and season it as desired and it will be ALMOST as good,  I promise). 

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Freezer Breakfast Burritos

Okay, now what you’ve all been waiting for, a recipe that’s easy to eat and even easier to take with you for breakfast any day of the week. These freezer breakfast burritos might be right in line with my Peanut Butter & Jelly Overnight Oats as being my favorite breakfasts to meal prep for the week. 

Try it out and feel free to use a burrito wrap of choice. I used the Brown Rice Wraps from Trader Joe’s but you can use anyone that you desire. I’d recommend finding ones that are big so you can stuff as much of the stuffing in there as possible. Just be warned, sometimes when you microwave them it gets messy 🙂 

Pro Tip: Make the sausage mixture the night before you wrap them up that way you can let it cool and it makes wrapping the burritos easier. 

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Freezer Breakfast Burritos

Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Freezer Breakfast Burritos

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 8 1x
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Cuisine: American
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Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground pork sausage
  • 1/2 cup red onion (small dice)
  • 4 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 1 bell pepper (small dice)
  • 1 medium sweet potato (small dice)
  • 2 cups greens (i.e. spinach, kale, etc.)
  • 8 large eggs
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese (shredded)
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 8 large burrito wraps

Instructions

  1. In a large skillet over medium heat, add pork sausage and cook until no pink is showing.
  2. Add garlic, onion, bell pepper, & sweet potatoes, stir to combine. Cover and cook for 10 minutes or until potato is fork tender. Add greens and toss to combine.
  3. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, spices, & water until frothy. Stir in cheese. 
  4. Pour eggs over veggies and stir until eggs are no longer watery. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature if possible.

For the burritos

  1. Prepare burritos by spreading 1/8 of the mixture in each wrap. Fold burrito tightly. Enjoy immediately OR freeze per instructions below. 
  2. To freeze: wrap each burrito tightly with plastic wrap or parchment paper and then wrap again with aluminum foil. Freeze & when ready to eat, remove the burrito from both wraps & microwave for 60-90 seconds or until warm. Alternatively you can prepare in oven or toaster oven. Top with avocado & hot sauce.

Notes

Note: if you do not have breakfast sausage, use ground meat of choice and mix in 1 teaspoon dried sage, 1 teaspoon oregano 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

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Let me know if you make these Freezer Breakfast Burritos and feel free to tag @thesassydietitian on social media so I can see your work of art.

xoxo,

Sassy

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  1. Sassy's Favorite Food & Fitness Products (August 2019 Finds) - says:
    August 29, 2019 at 4:14 pm

    […] Because it’s good quality meat, delivered to straight to your door, and freezes well. It really helps with quick meal prep & meal planning. I know that I can base my meals around healthy meat options as well as fish (they also sell salmon & scallops, yum!). Not to mention their breakfast sausage is amazing in these freezer burritos.  […]

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@thesassydietitian

We’ve made it over a week together and it feels We’ve made it over a week together and it feels like it’s always been this way.

Motherhood is a wild ride & it’s only getting started. I have never been so tired & simultaneously so fulfilled in my life. That’s not to say it’s not filled with tears, worries and doubts but what fun would it be if it were all sunshine and roses anyway?

Going into this all I have felt so supported by friends going through this with me BUT I felt so unsupported by the general public. It seems like we want to fear and shame moms because misery loves company, right?!

The focus quickly shifts from mom to baby (still shocked that I only have an appointment at 6 weeks even though my body went through the biggest event of its life) and there also seems to be this shift from joy to shame & guilt.

Here’s some of what I heard from people:

😕Sleep when baby sleeps. You’ll never sleep again.
😕Don’t let baby sleep in a car seat, or a bouncer, or anywhere but their crib EVER. 
😕You’ll never have time to shower again, enjoy it now. 
😕Cry it out is cruel and harmful to the baby. 
😕Get baby on a schedule/never put baby on a schedule.

These are all things I heard and that truly led me to believe I was going to lose all sense of who I was and my life as I knew it.

What I wish people had said instead were:

🥰Your heart will grow bigger than you could imagine.
🥰You’ll cry the happiest tears you’ve ever cried.
🥰You’ll feel like a giant hole was filled that you didn’t even know was there.
🥰You won’t feel guilty about cleaning your house, it just won’t matter anymore.
🥰Babies pooping will make you laugh so hard you will feel like a kid again.
🥰You will have time to eat and shower and you don’t have to neglect yourself.

We need to do a better job of building each other up, supporting one another and our decisions while refraining from offering unsolicited advice and opinions. 

So for all you future mamas and new mamas out there, I see you, I’m proud of you and I cannot wait to share our stories with one another and the world.

Let’s stop fear mongering (just like the diet world) and start building one another up.

Xoxo,
Sassy & lil sassy man
🌈Some things truly are worth the wait. It’s b 🌈Some things truly are worth the wait. It’s been a long year of loss, unknowns and worry but it’s all been worth it to get to meet my lil man🥰
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Now time to introduce this sassy human who is already so well loved to the world...
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Introducing 

💙 Connor James Ligos 💙
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After an almost 24 hour labor, Connor joined us over a week past his due date on 2/12/21 at a whopping 9lb2oz & 22.5 inches long with a full head of hair and lungs to scream hello to us with.
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We are so in love already and cannot wait to share him with the world. Thank you for all the love and support from friends and family and to all those that helped us in the hospital. Holy cow labor & delivery teams are truly magical and I cannot imagine doing it without all of their support.
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Now back to snuggling this human of mine and trying not to cry at every last thing he does 🥰 
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Mom, Dad & Bode are all doing well!
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I get it, we all eat so we all then want to talk t I get it, we all eat so we all then want to talk to others about what worked for us. That's great!
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What's not great is when we push our nutrition and eating behaviors onto others ESPECIALLY when we are not qualified to do so.
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So often when people meet me for the first time they are worried to eat around me and/or buy groceries around me. My friends can attest I am not judgemental around food and will gladly eat that cake, queso dip or sip on that glass of wine right alongside of you. I am not the food police and do not offer unsolicited nutrition advice unless it's a client who is paying for my help OR on Instagram and other social media platforms where my goal is to educate.
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Why do I share this? 
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Because I see far too many people diving down diet rabbit holes, finding success & then claiming to be nutrition experts purely because something worked for them. 
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I've also seen this alot being pregnant, everyone wants to tell you what worked for them. IF you use that stipulation of "this worked for me" then fine, share away but if you start doleing out advice please pause, take a breath and think about NOT doing it.
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People are OVERWHELMED by diet culture and some so badly want to change but YOUR way is not the only way and it most likely is not what will work for your friend/coworker/cousin/neighbor so please, stop trying to be an expert in something you aren't.
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Got it!?! 
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Ok, carry on.
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xoxo,
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Your nutrition does NOT need to be all or nothing. Your nutrition does NOT need to be all or nothing. I'm not saying you have to find perfect balance (does that even exist?) but I am saying that we shouldn't feel like either we have to eat perfectly or that we might as well give up.
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We can have a glass or 2 of wine but we should probably also drink some water. 
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It's not about all or nothing it's about doing something daily to help your health and nutrition without it feeling like a set of rules or a free for all.
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How do we find that grey area in between?
👉🏻 stop hopping on and off fad diets
👉🏻listen and trust your self, not your coworkers and cousins 
👉🏻focus on the simple things (ie drinking water instead of worrying about supplements)
👉🏻work to remove guilt and shame around food & body
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Where do you currently fall Right now?!
🤪 all
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