When we have our big family get-togethers at the lake, part of the group stays at our house, including the “kid” cousins (sadly, they are not kids anymore, as they are now in high school and college. The oldest graduated from college in May). Anyway, we drag them all out of bed early (well, by 9 AM) on Saturday and Sunday mornings and serve a big breakfast (mostly because Sales Guy hates to see anyone sleep later than he does, but partly because if we don’t get started with breakfast, we can’t move on to the more fun meals of the day). Waffles, eggs or pancakes,(even though we use plain old pancake mix, Sales Guy gets pretty creative with his pancakes!-I’ll post pix sometime) are  the old standbys, with plenty of fruit, muffins, meats and juice. Sometimes, though, we just have to do something wild and crazy for breakfast – like breakfast burritos.  Yes, we are real rebels.

As to the recipe part of the post, there really isn’t a recipe, just cook the meats, scramble the eggs, assemble in a flour tortilla, heat it and there you have it!  At breakfast tailgates, we assemble the burritos, wrap them in foil and put them in crockpots to keep them warm. We serve salsa, jalapenos and sour cream on the side to be added when eaten.

Breakfast Burritos

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Ingredients

• 1lb Bulk Breakfast Sausage (cooked)
• 1/2lb Bacon (cooked and chopped)
• 1lb Ham (cut into 1/2 inch cubes and heated)
• 12 Medium Flour Tortillas
• 6 Large Eggs
• 1/2 cup Milk
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper
• 3 cups Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
• Salsa, Jalapenos & Sour Cream (as desired)

Directions

Step 1
Cook meats separately and drain. Keep warm
Step 2
Beat eggs with milk, salt and pepper. Scramble.
Step 3
On each tortilla, place spoonful of desired meats (some of each or made to order for your diners). Add scrambled eggs & cheese. Roll tortilla and microwave for 30 seconds or until cheese melts.
Step 4
Serve with Salsa, Sour Cream and Jalapenos.

I admit, I am postophobic. I am nervous, anxious, frightened to make my first post. I love reading food blogs, admire writers who are witty, have large vocabs, interesting stories about their cooking and their food adventures. I’m sure I will not be witty, admit that I have a limited vocab, and fear my cooking  escapades will seem dull to readers, but I’m going to try it anyway!

I was (mentally) searching for a First Post when my husband called me yesterday evening: “You know that food blog you have been talking about starting? How about writing about the breakfast you are making for the JR’s high school golf team tomorrow morning at 7 AM?”   “What breakfast?” I asked.  “Just 6 of them”, he replied.  OK, no problem. Threw together a menu, ran to the grocery store, filled up 5 hungry boys and 1 coach this morning, and sent them out the door to the Conference golf tournament.

Star of the show, biscuits and gravy. First fail on First Post-no pictures. Have patience, I promise to do better!

Biscuits and Sausage Gravy

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Serves	4
Prep time	20 minutes
Meal type	Breakfast
Misc	Serve Hot

Quick summary of recipe

Ingredients

• 2lb breakast sausage
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 3 cups whole milk (or mixture of half and half and 2% milk)
• 1 can Grand Butter flavor biscuits (baked according to package directions)

Directions

Step 1

In large skillet, brown sausage until all pink is gone. Break up sausage into small pieces.

Step 2

Remove excess fat (leaving 1/4 cup or so) and add flour. Mix flour and sausage for 1 to 2 minutes. Add salt, pepper, worcestershire sauce and cayenne, mixing well.

Step 3

Start adding milk or half & half, stirring constantly. Stir until thick and creamy. Serve over prepared Grand biscuits.

Additional First Post notes: Thanks to daughters 1 & 2 and son-in-law 1 for helping me set up my blog. I am technologically challenged as they well know and they are very patient with my efforts! Thanks to daughter 3 for helping to name the site! Thanks to the remaining kids for eating my cooking! And thanks to husband for EVERYTHING!