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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast » Breakfast Cooked and Baked

    Quick Healthy Breakfast Burritos

    Published: Mar 15, 2018 · Updated: Mar 10, 2023 by Neil 12 Comments

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    Quick healthy breakfast burritos are the perfect start to your day. With breakfast probably being the most important meal of the day, what better way to start it off than with a delicious and healthy breakfast burrito?

    Two quick healthy breakfast burritos stacked on a plate. Cup, cafetiere and a red napkin in the background.

    Quick healthy breakfast burritos are the perfect start to your day or even better the weekend!

    Made in one pan this delicious filling combination of vegetables, eggs and cheese takes hardly any time at all to make allowing you to get on and enjoy your time.

    Folks, how much do you look forward to the weekend and the opportunity to spend quality time with your loved ones or maybe you just want to chill out and cook some delicious foods?

    Well, these quick healthy breakfast burritos are perfect for satisfying both of those requirements.

    Start the weekend with this amazing tasty breakfast recipe and head out with the family and do your thing.

    Or if it's a weekend of having a lie in, relaxing and eating great food then equally start your weekend with this great brunch.

    Whatever your weekend, with these healthy breakfast burritos you can be sure that you're getting a quick healthy meal that's not only really satisfying but nourishing too.

    Close up of two quick healthy breakfast burritos stacked on a plate.

    My other half and I like to go to the gym first thing on most Saturday mornings. I do my 10k run and she does her fitness classes.

    As you can imagine, when we both return home together we're ravenous!

    Fortunately I'm a planner so before we've left for the gym I've chopped and prepared all of the vegetables, cracked the eggs and grated the cheese.

    This means that on our return it's just a simple case of cooking and then rolling these healthy breakfast burritos and that literally just takes 10 - 15 minutes max.

    Birds eye view of two quick healthy breakfast burritos stacked on a plate. Cup, cafetiere and a red napkin at the top.

    When we were in Las Vegas in 2014 I had the most AMAZING breakfast burritos made with ground beef, eggs and cheese.

    I decided to make my own vegetarian breakfast burritos here in this recipe.

    Since publishing this recipe I have added a meat version and a slow cooker version.

    Please check those out below in the list of other popular breakfast / brunch recipes you might also like.

    What do you think?

    Anyway, here's just a few reasons why I think you'll love these healthy breakfast burritos! 🙂

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    • Why You'll Love These Healthy Breakfast Burritos
    • Ingredients
    • How To Make A Breakfast Burrito
    • Equipment
    • Other Popular Breakfast/Brunch Recipes You Might Also Like
    • 📋 Quick Healthy Breakfast Burritos Recipe
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    Why You'll Love These Healthy Breakfast Burritos

    • You can just about use anything to make your burritos. Why not try using black beans, avocado, sausage and /or chopped sweet potato?
    • Use up leftovers in the fridge. You can pretty much lightly fry any leftover veggies and put them in some scrambled eggs and wrap them in a tortilla!
    • Why not double up the amount of burritos you make and take the one's you don't eat as a packed lunch to save money instead of eating out?
    • Burritos are also perfect for freezing. Just wrap them tightly in grease proof paper and freeze. When you want to eat them move them from the freezer to the fridge first of all then once thawed just pop them into the microwave to re-heat.

    Ingredients

    • Spray Cooking Oil - you could also use 1 teaspoon olive oil.
    • Red Pepper - any kind of pepper will do.
    • Small Onion - you could also use a red onion or spring onions.
    • Button Mushrooms - any kind of chopped mushrooms will work.
    • Jalapenos - for convenience I use chopped green jalapenos from a jar.
    • Eggs - I use 4 large free range eggs.
    • Salt And Freshly Ground Black Pepper
    • Mild Chilli Powder - optional.
    • Low Fat Grated Cheese - I use cheddar cheese. Mozzarella will also work.
    • Tortillas - I use large tortillas. You could use small ones though.

    See recipe card for quantities.

    How To Make A Breakfast Burrito

    Detailed instructions are in the recipe card below. But here is a quick step by step guide of how to make these quick healthy breakfast burritos.

    1. Spray a large non-stick pan with the cooking oil spray. Place the pan over a medium heat.
    2. Add the chopped pepper and cook until slightly softened.
    3. Add the onion and cook until softened.
    4. Stir in the sliced button mushrooms, cook them, then stir in the jalapenos.
    5. Whilst the vegetables are cooking whisk the eggs in a bowl. Add the seasoning and chilli powder.
    6. Once the vegetables are cooked add the egg mixture to the pan. Cook over a low heat stirring every now and then to scramble them.
    7. Remove the pan from the heat.
    8. Lay the tortillas out and divide the filling between them down the centre. Sprinkle the grated cheese on top.
    9. To wrap your quick healthy breakfast burrito properly just follow this Huffington Post article which I find the best one to explain to me how to properly fold a breakfast burrito!

    Equipment

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    To microwave my egg whites I use this glass bowl from Pyrex.

    As you can see it's relatively inexpensive.

    It's oven safe and scratch resistant too.

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    Quick healthy breakfast burritos are the perfect start to the weekend. Made in one pan this delicious filling combination of vegetables, eggs and cheese takes hardly any time at all to make allowing you to get on and enjoy your weekend!
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    📋 Quick Healthy Breakfast Burritos Recipe

    Quick healthy breakfast burritos are the perfect start to your day. With breakfast probably being the most important meal of the day, what better way to start it off than with a delicious and healthy breakfast burrito?
    Prep Time15 mins
    Cook Time15 mins
    Total Time30 mins
    Course: Breakfast
    Cuisine: Mexican
    Servings: 2
    Calories: 497kcal
    Author: Neil

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    Equipment

    • Non stick frying pan
    • Kitchen scale
    • Chopping board
    • Kitchen knives
    • Measuring spoons
    • Pyrex mixing glass bowl
    • Wooden spoon

    Ingredients

    • Spray oil
    • Red pepper chopped
    • Small onion chopped
    • 100 g button mushrooms sliced
    • 50 g chopped green jalapenos from a jar
    • 4 eggs lightly beaten
    • Salt and freshly ground pepper
    • ¼ teaspoon mild chilli powder
    • 60 g low fat grated cheese
    • 2 large corn tortillas
    Metric - US Customary

    Instructions

    • Spray a large pan with the cooking oil spray and place the pan over a medium heat.
    • Add the chopped pepper and cook for about 3 minutes.
    • Add the onion and cook for another 3 minutes.
    • Stir in the sliced button mushrooms and cook for a further 2 minutes then stir in the jalapenos for a further minute.
    • Whilst the vegetables are cooking mix the eggs in a bowl with the seasoning and chilli powder.
    • When the vegetables are cooked add the egg mixture to the pan and cook over a low heat stirring every now and then to scramble them and cook them. This should only take 2 minutes.
    • Remove the pan from the heat.
    • Lay the tortillas out and divide the filling between them making sure you keep the filling in the centre and then sprinkle the grated cheese on top.
    • Pull the bottom half of the burrito over to meet the top half. Then, pull the tortilla back. This will form the filling into a roll. Next, fold one side in and then the other side.
    • With both ends folded, tightly roll your tortilla until you have a perfect, beautiful burrito. Cut in half and serve hot.
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    Nutrition

    Calories: 497kcal | Carbohydrates: 51.2g | Protein: 28.2g | Saturated Fat: 10.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4.9g | Cholesterol: 378.4mg | Sodium: 970.3mg | Fiber: 5.7g | Sugar: 11.1g | Vitamin A: 600IU | Vitamin C: 31.4mg | Calcium: 310mg | Iron: 4.5mg

    Nutrition Label

    Nutritional information provided below is calculated using paid for online tools and the exact ingredients and quantities used above.

    Nutrition Facts
    📋 Quick Healthy Breakfast Burritos
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 497
    % Daily Value*
    Saturated Fat 10.5g66%
    Monounsaturated Fat 4.9g
    Cholesterol 378.4mg126%
    Sodium 970.3mg42%
    Carbohydrates 51.2g17%
    Fiber 5.7g24%
    Sugar 11.1g12%
    Protein 28.2g56%
    Vitamin A 600IU12%
    Vitamin C 31.4mg38%
    Calcium 310mg31%
    Iron 4.5mg25%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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    If you’ve made this easy healthy breakfast burrito recipe, or any other recipes on Neil's Healthy Meals, then please let me know.

    I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂

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    Comments

    1. Shashi at SavorySpin

      March 15, 2018 at 10:11 am

      5 stars
      Neil, perfect planning to have all the ingredients for this prepped and ready to go! My daughter LOVES breakfast burritos and she would love these and one of our spinach shakes when we get back from the gym - though on Saturdays we tend to laze around and head to the gym only around lunch time. I LOVE chorizo so I am so down for a burrito with chorizo like you suggested. Happy 50th anniversary to your parents, Neil! Hoping all of y'all have a wonderful family gathering! Happy Weekend to you and lady Lynne!

      Reply
      • neil@neilshealthymeals.com

        March 15, 2018 at 10:33 am

        Thanks Shashi, a spinach shake sounds interesting. I'll have to look that up! 🙂

        I'm hoping to get that burrito with chorizo up sometime later this year, so thanks for your thumbs up on that!

        I hope you enjoy your weekend too, and your gym session. The place where we're going to celebrate my parents 50th has a spa and gym so I'm looking forward to going somewhere new for my workout.

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    2. David @ Spiced

      March 15, 2018 at 1:23 pm

      So we used to make breakfast burritos almost every Saturday morning after we went running, too! But that was back when we lived in Atlanta...and it was also before Robbie. Now it's more like, "oh man, I'm starving and I forgot to eat breakfast!" But I love the idea of prepping these burritos in advance. I think you've convinced me to make breakfast burritos this weekend, Neil! (And for the record, the ground beef ones sound amazing!) Congrats to your parents on the 50th anniversary...what a great reason to celebrate!!

      Reply
      • neil@neilshealthymeals.com

        March 15, 2018 at 8:37 pm

        I've a feeling I may be making these breakfast burritos this weekend too David, so enjoy yours as well!

        I can imagine now though with having Robbie as you say, just actually getting a chance to get breakfast itself is a challenge. Ha ha!

        Thanks for your good wishes for this weekend. My parents read this so they'll probably see that. They'll appreciate that, thanks again!

        Reply
    3. Mimi

      March 16, 2018 at 12:48 pm

      Brilliant. And kids would love these as well, minus the jalapenos!

      Reply
      • neil@neilshealthymeals.com

        March 17, 2018 at 5:34 pm

        Thanks Mimi! Definitely a great healthy breakfast for kids too! 😀

        Reply
    4. Christina

      March 16, 2018 at 4:43 pm

      You can prep this recipe days in advance?! Holy sweet moly it's like you've tapped into my inner organizer and made these burritos specifically for me! I'm all about meal prep and it doesn't hurt this breakfast is quick and healthy SCORE! Amazing job, Neil 🙂

      Reply
      • neil@neilshealthymeals.com

        March 17, 2018 at 5:36 pm

        Totally with you there Christina. 🙂

        I haven't got loads of time to be spending it all in the kitchen so if I can prep things in advance like these Burritos then it's a bonus!

        Reply
    5. Jeff

      March 18, 2018 at 10:21 am

      These burritos look delicious! I haven't had one for breakfast in a long time. I vote for the chorizo version! Have fun on your trip!

      Reply
      • neil@neilshealthymeals.com

        March 19, 2018 at 2:00 pm

        Another vote for the chorizo version, thanks Jeff! I'll need to set to work on that soon seeing as there's quite a lot of popularity for that version. 🙂

        Reply
    6. Neha

      March 18, 2018 at 6:06 pm

      5 stars
      These burritos look so wholesome and delicious. I never attempted a burrito for breakfast. Your prep'ing in advance tips are now enticing me to up my breakfast game with these!

      Reply
      • neil@neilshealthymeals.com

        March 19, 2018 at 2:01 pm

        Thanks Neha. I'm all about the easy weekend breakfasts with as much work done in advance. That's what these quick healthy breakfast burritos are all about. Glad you like 'em! 🙂

        Reply

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