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Sweet potato breakfast burritos that can be frozen for a quick bite later
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Sweet potato breakfast burritos are healthy and quick. - photo by Micah Klug
This sweet potato breakfast burrito recipe is quick to prepare and the burritos can be safely frozen for up to one month. The zucchini and sweet potatoes in this recipe give the burritos a fresh "spring" taste, as if the veggies are coming straight from the garden.

To feel less guilty when making this meal, consider replacing the flour tortillas with wheat ones. The total time to prepare and cook this recipe, which I've adapted after multiple tests, is less than one hour.

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SWEET POTATO BREAKFAST BURRITO

Prep time: 20 minutes

Cook time: 25 minutes

Total time: 45 minutes

Servings: about 8 burritos

1 tablespoon olive oil

sweet yellow onion, finely diced

2 garlic cloves, minced

2 cups cubed sweet potatoes, unpeeled

1 cup zucchini, diced

teaspoon chili powder

teaspoon cumin

teaspoon salt

teaspoon ground pepper

8 eggs

8 large flour tortillas

2 cups spinach leaves, chopped

To serve and eat immediately: Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add diced onions and cook for about 2-3 minutes. Add the garlic, sweet potatoes, zucchini and seasonings. Stir to combine.

Reduce heat to medium-low and cover and cook for 20 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes become tender. Stir occasionally.

Once cooked, transfer sweet potato mixture to a clean bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the eggs and whisk together with spinach, salt and pepper.

Heat a clean skillet over medium heat. Pour eggs into the skillet and stir until eggs are done as desired. Transfer the eggs to the sweet potato mixture and mix together. Place filling inside a warmed tortilla and seal. Eat and enjoy.

To freeze: Prepare the meal as directed. Allow the sweet potato and egg mixture to cool to room temperature. Create and wrap burritos according to instructions. Wrap plastic wrap around each individual burrito. Transfer the wrapped burrito to a freezer-safe baggie.

For a freezer meal: Remove the frozen burritos from the freezer and place on a microwave-safe plate. Remove wrappings from the burritos. Place in the microwave and cook on high in 30-second increments.

This meal can be safely frozen for up to one month.
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Have You Seen This? Street musician slays with clarinet
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Better than almost every face-melting guitar or drum solo. - photo by Facebook video screenshot

THE BIG EASY — Yeah, yeah, we all know that New Orleans is stuffed to the gills will incredible musicians.

But knowing that fact and then hearing that fact are two different things. You can step into any number of jazz clubs on any given night on Bourbon Street, and you’ll probably be impressed with virtually every act. Or you can sit at home on your comfy couch and watch this featured video.

In the video, you’ll see a woman who is in the groove. She is swinging hard, and wailing on her clarinet with a practiced expertise that makes it sounds so easy.

From note one you’ll be drawn in; your appreciation will grow with every second, and then your face will melt off when you realize how incredible she really is.

If you’ve never played a woodwind or a brass, you may not know everything that comes with a performance like this. Lung capacity and breath control are huge factors in keeping your notes clear and loud, and hitting those high notes is especially difficult.

So when this woman hits that high note and holds it for several seconds, you know you’re dealing with an exceptional musician. It means she has worked hard for years to develop skill on top of her natural talent, and we get to benefit.

It kinda makes you wonder how we let people get away with mumble rap and autotune when talent like this exists in the world.

I wish this video were longer, and I wish I had more information about this woman, but as it is, we’ll just have to appreciate the little flavor of New Orleans jazz posted by the Facebook group Clarinet Life.

Street musician killing it on clarinet

She must have lungs of iron! Its inspiring hearing the upper registers being played so well.

Posted by Clarinet Life on Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Martha Ostergar is a writer who delights in the ridiculous that internet serves up, which means she's more than grateful that she gets to cruise the web for amazing videos to highlight for your viewing pleasure.
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