Breakfast For A Week How to Make Chorizo Burritos Budget Meals Freezer Preps

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: monterey jack cheese

Monterey jack is often less expensive and melts well.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Plain yogurt provides similar creaminess with fewer calories.

flour tortillas

🥗Healthier: whole wheat tortillas

💰Cheaper: corn tortillas

Corn tortillas are often cheaper and gluten-free.

chorizo

🥗Healthier: turkey chorizo

💰Cheaper: pork sausage

Pork sausage is usually less expensive than chorizo.

Mix leftover hash browns from the freezer with leftover hash browns from the refrigerator.

Cook half a tube of store-bought chorizo on low heat to render the fat, about 5-7 minutes.

Strain the chorizo through a mesh strainer over a bowl to drain excess fat.

Scramble 5 eggs in the skillet, turning up the heat as needed.

Add Mexican blend cheese to the scrambled eggs and mix well.

Add the drained chorizo to the scrambled eggs and mix together.

Add leftover potato to the mixture and combine well.

Wrap the mixture in tortillas, ensuring they are not too big, to form burritos.

Prepare additional burritos until all the filling is used up.

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