A Rant, A Rave, and A Recipe.

So here it is finally Friday! At long last, Friday has come! Thankfully, there is no school today so we are able to sit and relax a little bit more than usual. I am starting to realize that I have incorrectly named my blog. While I am a stay at home mom in the sense that I do not have an employer (other than the three little minions running me), I am hardly ever home!

This morning has been spent, for the most part, yelling at that Red Head about how she should not be swinging between the chairs (is yesterday such a distant memory already?), she should also not be jumping from the recliner to the couch (or the reverse), nor should she be spinning in the computer chair. Seriously! That has been the most consuming part of the day, thus far.

Enough ranting, let's rave!

Have I spoken to you yet about about crack? No, not that kind. Or that kind. I am talking about Tortilla Crack! There are these amazing flour tortillas at Costco that are not yet cooked. They are Tortilla Land, All Natural (no cholesterol, no saturated fat for those who care about that stuff), Uncooked Flour Tortillas! They are located in the refrigerated aisle, near the lunch meats and such (at least at the Costco in Salem). The package comes with forty-four tortillas for $6.79. Good deal huh? And they are delicious, scrumptious, and AMAZING! Even Little Red who doesn't eat anything will eat these. These tortillas have made our taco night what it is. Fiesta Friday!! (Oh, are you starting to understand why Friday is the best day ever?) I cannot get enough of these tortillas. Forcing breakfast burritos on my kids day after day, just so that I may have one more tortilla. I have a problem, I know. But I refuse to seek help as long as my pants still fit. Moving on...

In honor of Fiesta Friday, I should probably share a recipe that we will be consuming in mass quantities this evening. But instead I will finish explaining the ease and amazing goodness that is a breakfast burrito.

Of course, our breakfast burritos are made amazing by Crack (please reference above if you are confused). As evidenced by yesterday's post, I was interrupted mid-breakfast burrito-ing (yup, it's a word now) yesterday by a certain child. So I finished it up this morning. But let me tell you how easy what I made yesterday really was!

I start by gathering the following ingredients:

Olive Oil
Butter (don't judge)
Onion
Potatoes
Bacon
Eggs
Salt & Pepper
Lawry's Seasoning Salt (I tend to use this in mass quantity, but use what ever seasoning you like)
Tortillas
Cheese
Tapatio (for the Side O Beef)
Salsa (Mrs Renfro's Hot Salsa holds the key to my heart)
Sour Cream (for the big kid and Mommy)

Pretty Darn basic stuff. And here are the pretty darn basic instructions.

Dice the onions. Cube the potatoes. Chop the bacon into chunks. Heat a skillet over medium-ish heat for the potatoes (I always use my cast iron one), toss in the butter, drizzle in some Olive oil (you don't want anything to stick), and then throw in the onions. While they cook for a few minutes, throw that bacon into a a smaller skillet, cook til desired crisp. Back to the onions, stir and toss in the potatoes. Season how you like and cook those suckers till they are crispy and delicious.

When the potatoes and bacon are done I toss them in a huge ass bowl. While I scramble and cook the eggs (which i do in my same cast iron skillet the potatoes just cooked in), I also start cooking the tortillas. (See how I multi-task? Pretty amazing huh?) When the eggs are cooked toss them with the potatoes and bacon and mix. Sprinkle cooked tortilla with cheese and toss on the potato-bacon-egg mixture, then top as you desire. For Side O Beef that is simple, Tapatio. The Big Kid and The Tank like sour cream. Red Head only wants a tortilla (She "no like" anything). Mommy needs salsa and sour cream! Happy Eating!

And there you have it. They refrigerate well (and even freeze well) for easy reheating during the week for a breakfast on the go! Though I wouldn't recommend adding the sour cream if you plan on consuming at a later time. Sour cream does not reheat well. Blech!

Remember to celebrate your Fiesta Friday with crack! Until later...

Peace out Homie!