This is an Adventure

My hour-long drive home from work normally consists of planning out dinner for the night. Last night I wasn’t really in the mood to do a lot of cooking, but also not in the mood to spend money to eat out. I ran over a list of items that we had in the house:

• eggs, tortillas, lettuce, tomato, half a bag of frozen spinach and a block of questionable cheese…

I decided to create a new favorite recipe from the items laying around the house & some last minute things picked up at the store on the way home. Things I got from the store (about $10, but then I got beer $3 & some mini ice cream sandwiches $3 so my total was $16)

• fake chorizo (much lower in fat than regular chorizo & vegetarian!) an onion, package of mushrooms, can of re-fried black beans and a jar of salsa (I was also going to get avocados but they were too ripe)

Breakfast Tacos for dinner! 

You could also do without the tortillas to reduce calories but with soy-rizo sautayed with onion, mushrooms and spinach (a frozen package I found in the freezer) and 4 eggs scrambled they are pretty healthy. With some added cheese, warmed up black refried beans, diced tomatoes and lettuce on-top these were tasty & low in calorie too! This recipe makes 4-6 servings, depending on how big your servings are. At 4 servings for this recipe it is about 300 cal without the tortillas and still tons for leftovers!

I forgot to take a picture, but these are definitely worth trying if you want something super fast, easy and delicious! I added some extra hot sauce and cayenne pepper for some heat, but even a few tablespoons of salsa would be a great addition. We capped off dinner with 2 mini ice cream sandwiches from Trader Joes. I am feeling great about cooking healthier meals Trevor, who is a HUGE meat eater, still loved these tacos! 

Ingredients

• 1.5 TBSP EVOO
• 1 yellow onion 
• 1 package soy-rizo (I got mine at Trader Joes)
• 1/2 cup of chopped mushrooms
• 1 cup frozen spinach
• 4 eggs
• 1 tomato diced
• 2 cups chopped lettuce, we used iceberg
• 1 can black refried beans warmed
• 1/4 cup shredded cheese
• Tortillas to wrap if you want

Recipe

1. Brown diced onions in large skillet while steaming the frozen spinach in another pan
2. Add the soy-rizo to the onions and warm
3. Move mixture to half of the pan & add mushrooms to satay in the other half
4. Mix in mushrooms & spinach to onion & soy-rizo and move to half of the pan
5. Scramble eggs in other half of pan and sprinkle with cheese
6. Warm tortillas and spread with warmed black beans, add eggs & soy-rizo mixture, top with tomatoes, lettuce & hot sauce & enjoy!

Nutritional Info: Makes 4 servings (does not include tortillas). Amount per serving: Calories: 313.1, Total Fat: 15.3g, Cholesterol: 222.4mg, Sodium: 653.8mg, Total Carbs: 29.1g, Dietary Fiber 8.6g, Protein: 18.9g