Weekday breakfasts worthy of the weekend

For many, breakfast on the weekend is a time for relaxation and simple luxuries, like reading the entire newspaper and preparing foods you rarely have time to make during the week.

In fact, many people think of breakfast in two different ways – luxurious weekend breakfasts and efficient weekday breakfasts – and those time frames can dictate what they eat. But a hearty weekend breakfast can be had anytime of the week when you incorporate frozen breakfast fare with fresh eggs.

For example, with a bag of pre-cooked frozen sausage patties and a package of pre-cooked hash brown patties you can have a belly-filling scramble in just a few minutes!

So Easy Sausage Skillet

Sausage patties

Hash brown patties

Eggs

Cheese (whichever kind you like – cheddar, Jack, etc.)

Milk

Oil

Cook sausage patties in the microwave according to package directions, cut into bite-sized squares and set aside. Thaw hash brown patties in the microwave for a couple of minutes until the centers are warm, then toss them into a warm skillet with a little oil. Cook the potatoes just until they start to get crispy.

Crack some eggs into a bowl, add a couple tablespoons of milk and a handful of cheese – stir everything together until it’s fluffy, then pour it into the warm skillet with the potatoes. Add your sausage and scramble it all together. Within minutes you have a great weekday breakfast worthy of a weekend! This recipe can use one sausage and potato patty with two eggs, or more, depending on how hungry you are or how many you’re feeding.

Some breakfast-in-a-bag products provide everything from diced potatoes to peppers, corn and onions, all in one convenient resealable bag. Other breakfasts-in-the-bag will include meats such as ham or sausage; some even include cheeses. These products make quick breakfasts with a little more zing a real snap because you don’t have to waste any time chopping – you just open the bag, pour as much as you need into a skillet and add eggs.

Here’s another example of how these breakfast-in-the-bag products can be used to create a hearty Tex-Mex breakfast.

Quick Breakfast Burritos

1 pouch of frozen breakfast ingredients, whichever you choose

1 tablespoon of oil

6 eggs

6 flour tortillas

½ -cup cheddar cheese

½ -cup salsa

¼ -cup sour cream (optional)

Beat 6 eggs in a small bowl and set aside.

Preheat a large, 12” nonstick skillet with oil over medium heat and pour in whichever breakfast-in-the-bag pouch contents you’ve chosen. Heat, stirring occasionally, for 7 minutes, then push mixture to one side of the skillet and pour beaten eggs into the other half. Scramble eggs until cooked (2-3 minutes). Stir the scrambled eggs and mixture together until evenly blended and remove from heat.

Take 1/6 mixture and place in center of tortilla. Top with cheese and salsa and fold in both tortilla ends. Fold in sides of tortilla to create burrito. Top with sour cream and serve. Makes 6 hearty burritos.