Healthy Breakfast Burritos with Veggies

If you want a way to bulk up your burritos without loading on the extra calories, a healthy breakfast burrito packed with protein from eggs and stuffed with seasoned vegetables is the way to go!

Are Breakfast Burritos Healthy?

Depending on what you include in the recipe, breakfast burritos can be a healthy, satiating, and balanced meal! I find burritos the perfect opportunity to add more veggies into the day.

Foods like spinach, mushrooms, peppers, squash, and black beans can be finely chopped, cooked, and added in. After that, you wrap everything with a warm tortilla and you’re set! It’s simple, easy, nutritious, and D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!

Ingredients

When I don’t have leftovers from the Roasted Veggie Tacos found on page 71 of my Taco Tuesday Cookbook, I make these healthy breakfast burritos from scratch, as I will explain below. But first, let’s go over what you’ll need:

• Eggs: the main ingredient in breakfast burritos that adds protein.
• Veggies: about 2 cups of your favorite, leftovers, or the ones in the recipe card.
• Taco seasoning: makes the filling super flavorful.
• Beans: I always have black beans on hand but use your favorite. They add fiber, protein, and make these burritos filling!
• Lime juice: optional, to brighten up the flavors of the burrito filling.
• Tortillas: for burritos, use large ones so you can roll them up! Heat up the tortillas so they roll more easily.
• Salsa: your favorite store-bought or homemade salsa.
• Shredded cheese: Cheddar or any other cheese you like.

How to Make Healthy Veggie Breakfast Burritos

While these make a terrific breakfast-for-dinner option, I recommend making extras and freezing these veggie breakfast burritos. Here is how to make these bad boys:

1. Prep the veggies
   Mix them in a bowl with the seasoning. Heat them up in the microwave or in a pan. You want them warm and ready to go when the eggs are hot.
2. Cook the eggs
   Scramble the eggs in a skillet, as usual.
3. Assemble
   Divide the cooked eggs, warm veggies, cheese, and salsa among the 4 tortillas. Fold the sides in, roll, and you’ve got a burrito!

First time making egg and veggie burritos? Check out this quick video:

Swaps & Variations

I’m all about using whatever you have on hand, especially for a recipe like this where anything goes! Burritos are a great way to use up roasted veggies from dinner, heat up peppers and onions from the freezer, anything goes! Add taco seasoning and use what you have on hand. Here are other veggies you can add to your breakfast burritos:

• Chopped mushrooms: delicious and nutritious, cook them in a pan with your eggs.
• Chopped spinach: breakfast burritos are great for sneaking green veggies and making them even healthier! You can microwave it or add them to the pan with the eggs.
• Sweet potatoes: an easy and nutritious way to bulk up these burritos. Warm up roasted sweet potatoes or cooked in the air fryer.
• Cauliflower: add it for extra nutrition and no one will even notice it! You can keep it simple and microwave the cauliflower rice or heat up seasoned cauliflower rice.
• Frozen fajita pepper mix: save time by adding this tasty combo.
• Beans: pinto, kidney, chickpeas, or lentils all make a great swap for black beans.
• Cheese: Cotija, feta, or goat cheese goes great with veggies. It can also be omitted.
• Eggplant: roasted and caramelized in the oven are a super tasty addition!
• Zucchini: zucchini makes a great addition to these burritos just like when it’s added to tacos!

How to Fold Breakfast Burritos so They Don’t Fall Apart

The only problem with burritos is we tend to overstuff them, and they wind up breaking, or everything falls. It’s a real problem, so here are a few steps to fold burritos of any kind, so they stay intact and out of your lap. 

First, layer the ingredients in the center of the tortilla. Then, fold one side of the tortilla over the ingredients and then fold in the sides. Roll the burrito over, and it’s sealed! If you didn’t watch the video above, scroll up and check the entire process.

How to Freeze Breakfast Burritos

These healthy breakfast burritos ARE freezer-friendly, and in my books, that’s just one more reason to love them! They’re much healthier than the pre-frozen option at the store and you can batch-make these to your heart’s content.

To freeze
Prepare the burritos as directed above. Once they are cooked, allow them to cool down to room temperature. Wrap each burrito in parchment paper and store them in a zip bag in the freezer for up to one month. Remember to tag them with the date!

To Reheat
Remove the frozen burrito from the parchment paper. Place on a microwave-safe plate and heat for 2-3 minutes or until heated through. 

What to Serve With Breakfast Burritos

Whether you want to make these for breakfast or to enjoy for another meal, these burritos go great with classic Guacamole and fresh salsa. My Easy Pineapple Salsa is another tasty side that satisfies any cravings! If you’re enjoying them at home or over brunch, you can always serve them with a Tequila Sunrise or my favorite simple Tequila and Orange Juice.

My kids also love enjoying their breakfast burritos with something sweet, so I pack burritos in the lunchbox with these Fruit Skewers or a healthy Fresh Fruit and Yogurt Parfait.