Meal prep breakfast burritos are a delicious and convenient way to start your day. This recipe is filled with protein and veggies of your choice so you can customize with your personal favorites. Plus, you can easily make these burritos ahead of time and store them in the fridge or freezer to eat throughout the week. Cooking instructions included for microwave, air fryer, pan, panini press, and oven.
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This post was first published on March 16, 2023. It was updated on May 20, 2024.
Why is meal prepping important?
These breakfast burritos are meal prep friendly, meaning you can make a large batch of them to have for different meals. Meal prepping is a great way to save time and reduce cooking stress with a busy schedule.
When I work with clients in my Coaching + Cooking program, I typically recommend prepping a few meals and snacks over the weekend. Then, you’ll have healthy items ready to go throughout the work week.
These healthy breakfast burritos are always on my Sunday meal prep rotation. I love how you can make a bunch at one time.
Here are some other examples of meal prep recipes:
- Strawberry Bliss Bites
- One Pot Chili
- Egg Veggie Bites
- Chicken Salad with Herbs
- Rainbow Chickpea Edamame Salad
Are breakfast burritos healthy?
Yes! These meal prep breakfast burritos are filled with a healthy balance of satisfying protein, energizing carbs, and fiber-filled vegetables.
If you’re looking for ways to pump up the nutrients, you can always swap the regular tortilla for a whole grain tortilla or add extra veggies.
What tortilla should I use?
I generally stick with a regular flour tortilla, but if you’re looking for a lower calorie, lower carb option—here are a few good choices:
- Hero Tortillas – 0g net carbs
- Egglife Egg White Wraps – made from eggs so higher in protein
- Siete Tortillas – gluten-free
How do you make meal prep breakfast burritos?
This recipe makes 8 burritos total. If you are meal prepping for your family or wanting to make more, feel free to double the recipe. Here’s how to make them.
1. Cook protein of your choice
Breakfast burritos often call for some type of meat like ground beef or sausage. You could also opt for a vegan option like plant based ground meat, tofu, or black beans.
You’ll want to thoroughly cook your crumbled protein in a pan. If using canned black beans, you can skip this step unless you want to warm them up.
2. Saute the veggies and eggs
Next, you get to add colorful veggies and scramble your eggs. I often like to use a combination of a few different kinds of veggies like tomatoes, peppers, and onion.
Then, pour over your whisked eggs. If you follow a vegan diet, you can also use a plant-based option like JUST egg!
3. Add ingredients over tortilla
It’s super fun and helpful to get friends and family involved in this step. You can even create an assembly line where one person microwaves the tortilla, then one adds the scramble egg mixture, followed by another one sprinkling on the cooked protein and cheese, and finally someone to roll the burritos and wrap in foil.
How to roll burritos
Rolling burritos takes practice. You can learn from this step-by-step guide or watch my video below in the recipe card!
Storing your meal prep burritos
Here are some helpful things to keep in mind when storing.
- If you’re going to eat your burritos the same week, simply store them in the fridge wrapped in foil or in a meal prep container.
- If you are freezing your burritos for later, be sure to label and date them. For example, sharpie onto the foil: “Tofu Breakfast Burritos – Froze March 6, 2023”
Customize it your way
Like all of my other recipes, this burrito recipe is completely customizable. You get to choose what protein and veggies you want to use.
For the protein, feel free to use meat or a plant-based option. You could even omit it if you want an all egg burrito. Eggs are a good source of complete protein by themselves!
The veggie possibilities are really endless too. Here are some to try:
- Sweet bell peppers
- Tomatoes
- Spinach, kale, or other dark leafy greens
- Broccoli
- White or yellow onions
- Yellow squash
- Zucchini
- Mushrooms
- Corn
How do I heat the burritos?
In the recipe card below, I’ve included 5 options for cooking the burritos after assembly.
For an extra crispy outside, I always recommend pan frying, air frying or grilling with a panini press. However, you can also microwave or bake in the oven too.
What should I serve with these burritos?
You can’t go wrong serving these burritos with an avocado crema, salsa, or light sour cream on the side. I also often like to pair this breakfast burrito with fresh fruit or a side salad.
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Meal Prep Breakfast Burrito
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Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 1 pound protein of your choice (bacon, turkey sausage, lean ground beef, plant based ground, crumbled tofu, 1 – 15 ounce can black beans, etc.)
- 2 cups diced veggies of your choice (bell peppers, tomatoes, spinach, kale, broccoli, onions, zucchini, mushrooms, or corn, etc.)
- 10 large eggs, whisked
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 cup shredded cheese of your choice, or more as needed (Mexican, Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Mozzarella, etc.)
- 8 10-inch flour tortillas, burrito size
Instructions
Cooking Instructions:
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Spray pan with cooking spray then add protein of your choice. Cook protein over medium heat until cooked through, about 5 minutes.
- Scoop protein into a large heat proof bowl and set aside for later.
- If using meat, there may be some grease left in the pan you can use for cooking the veggies in the next step. If the pan is dry, add a bit of cooking spray. No need to clean the pan in between steps.
- Add over veggies to the pan over medium heat and saute for 2-3 minutes.
- If the pan looks dry at this point, add a bit of cooking spray. Then, to the same pan over medium heat, pour over whisked eggs and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Scramble eggs with a spatula until they are fluffy and cooked through, about 3 minutes.
- Turn heat off, then sprinkle shredded cheese evenly over eggs. Let melt slightly for about 2 minutes.
Assembly Instructions:
- To make tortillas more pliable and less likely to break when rolling, microwave for 15-30 seconds before adding egg mixture.
- Divide cheesy egg mixture and cooked protein evenly among your 8 tortillas. There should be about roughly 3/4 cup of fillings per tortilla.
- Roll into a burrito and wrap in foil until ready to eat. (Watch the video below to see how to fold burritos.)
- Store burritos in the fridge for up to 1 week or freezer for up to 3 months. If freezing, be sure to thaw burritos in the fridge the day before cooking.
Heating Burrito Instructions:
- Skillet (recommended): Remove burrito from foil. Heat skillet to medium high heat and spray with cooking spray. Add over burrito (seam side down) and pan fry for 2-3 minutes each side.
- Air Fryer (recommended): Remove burrito from foil and lightly spray both sides with cooking spray. Add burrito to air fryer basket (seam side down) and cook at 350ºF for 6-8 mins until crispy.
- Panini Press (recommended): Remove burrito from foil and lightly spray both sides with cooking spray. Add burrito to a preheated panini press and grill for 3-4 minutes until crispy and warmed through.
- Microwave: Remove foil from burrito and cover in a damp paper towel. Microwave for 1-2 minutes to reheat.
- Oven or Toaster Oven: Leave burrito in foil and heat in oven at 350ºF for 10-15 minutes until heated through.
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Loved this recipe! I need a good breakfast to start the day but our weekday mornings get so hectic. Making a big batch of these to enjoy this week. Thanks for the easy to follow instructions!
YES! I’m with you – A weekend meal prep of these Breakfast Burritos seriously takes a lot of stress out of breakfast time throughout the week. Plus, you can choose whatever cooking method works best for you too! Enjoy 🙂 ~Mackenzie