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I recently was given a few cases of soft flour tortillas.  Hmmmm what was I going to make with all of those?  I didn’t want to just put them in my refrigerator to take up space, so I decided to make a bunch of burritos and freeze them for quick breakfast and lunches.  This is what I came up with.

Egg,bacon, and cheese burrito

I started out by doing egg, bacon, and cheese ones.  Thought that would be a good easy breakfast, especially when we were headed out the door early.  I bought a big box of eggs, I believe it is 5 dozen, got a package of bacon bits, and a bag of shredded cheese.  We cracked eggs and did about 2 dozen at a time.  Mixed all the ingredients into a bowl:  eggs, milk, bacon, and cheese, and then put into our pan.  Cooked until the eggs were set and then went about filling our tortillas with them and placing them on a cookie sheet to freeze.

Pizza burrito

I took a pound of ground chuck, a pound of breakfast sausage, a package of pepperoni cut up into four pieces each, a bag of bacon bits, some green peppers, chopped onions, and container of pizza sauce.  A bag of mozzarella cheese was added after it was all cooked.   I then filled tortillas with this mixture and placed it on a cookie sheet to freeze.

Beef and bean burrito

I mixed up refried beans, hamburger, package of taco seasoning, salsa, and some shredded cheese.  I placed a small scoop onto tortillas and rolled them up and froze them.

Chicken bacon ranch tortilla

I mixed up shredded chicken (actually used some leftover Thanksgiving turkey for some of this), bag of bacon bits, shredded cheddar cheese, and then added some ranch dressing and miracle whip to mix into a nice spreadable mixture.  It looked like sandwich spread to me. Put some on tortillas and then rolled them up.  Froze on cookie sheets.

Thanksgiving leftover tortillas.

For this we used a box of stuffing–all made up, can of corn, shredded turkey, and a can of cream of chicken soup.  We mixed this all together and put a blob on a tortilla and rolled it up.  Froze these as well.

After these were frozen, I put them into plastic resealable bags and then labeled them.  For breakfast, I usually get them out of the freezer the night before and place in the refrigerator. I put them in the oven on 350 for about 40 minutes and we have a nice and hot breakfast, with no fuss.  Even when they are frozen solid, they take about an hour to cook all the way through.

My freezer is pretty full of tortilla sandwiches right now, but it is nice to be able to grab a bag out and heat up and easy breakfast or lunch especially during this busy time of year.

The next time life hands you a bunch of tortillas, you can try out some of these recipes for easy breakfast and lunches.

As my girls are getting older, they want their own personal spaces.   We have decided to get each girl a desk of her own so that they can enjoy a little place in their rooms.  This resulted in moving and changing things around in the girls room.  We decided to do without a small thin bookshelf that was in here and I didn’t want to throw it away, but I had no need for it as a “bookshelf.”  Hmmm where where was that pin that I found someone changing a bookshelf into a bench seat?  Couldn’t find it, but remembered how it looked, decided to do what I could do.

We first turned the bookshelf on it’s side and nailed in the back pieces and shelves with nails.  This made it very sturdy.  We then used spray paint and primer (all in one) and painted the bookshelf.  I used a dark brown for the outside and the edges and then inside I went with a turquoise color.

For the cushion part, I found a twin sized sheet of that egg foam that you can use on beds….for $5 at our local thrift store. I cut it into sheets and stacked them on top of each other.  I found a fall tablecloth on clearance at Walmart–the colors match my living room well and I hand sewed the material around the foam.

I don’t particularly like to sew, so my approach was to literally wrap the cushion like a present.  I did it the same way on the sides. I then just hand stitched it together.  After being up for a month, it is still sturdy and strong.    I am going to get those collapsible material cubes for the slots.  I figured I would get three and place them in every other hole.  Then we can put blankets and things inside for storage.   

We then found some small pillows at the thrift store, washed them and placed them on for decoration.  This has become my children’s favorite spot to hang out and play their tablets on.

Now that they have their own desks in their rooms, they needed a place to store all of their papers, and items.  We use plastic drawers for that but they are see through and don’t look very fun.  I decided to spray paint them and they look cute.

I sprayed two coats on each thing and it has held up very well.  Each girl chose different colors.  This was Brooklyns choice.  Jadyn chose blue drawers with a black frame.  Autumn chose a pink frame along with blue drawers.  Now they have a “fun” place to store their items into.I also painted some tin cans and hot glued them together to store pencils, crayons, and other small items into.

All this cost, just the price of spray paint and it adds a little personalization for the girls. Easy, few hours project.  Enjoy.