I’m sharing a recipe today that you should *most definitely* feed your family for breakfast sometime soon: Breakfast Quesadillas! And I might even add that they’d make a good breakfast on a school morning too- they’re pretty easy to whip up.
My son recently sat mesmerized watching a recipe video from one of my favorite people- Catherine McCord of Weelicious.com– and he immediately declared that we needed to make this for breakfast (we, meaning ME). It looked so good and so easy that I was definitely on board for this idea. Here’s a little how-to on how you make this recipe:
Well beaten eggs are poured into a heated and buttered skillet. It’s best if the skillet is somewhere close to the size of the tortillas that you choose to use. After the eggs cook for a little while, add your desired shredded cheese.
Place a flour tortilla over the cheese.
Carefully place a plate over your skillet… and flip the skillet over so that the egg and tortilla are now on your plate.
Then slide it back into the pan, tortilla-side-down.
Add a bunch more cheese to this side of your egg too.
Top it with another tortilla, and then do the plate flip thing again- so that this 2nd tortilla has a chance to get cooked a bit on this side too.
Slide it onto a cutting board. Now, see here… my skillet was slightly larger than my tortilla size but it all worked out okay in the end.
Use a pizza cutter to cut it into wedges.
Pick it up and eat- just like pizza! Or quesadillas!
Serve it up to your family and they will love you. And think that you’re a genius for creating such a thing.
And if you’re like my family, who adds avocado to just about everything, you’ll add avocado and a little bit of tomato. Dare I suggest sour cream and salsa too?
Thanks, Catherine of Weelicious for this wonderful breakfast idea! Check out Catherine’s how-to video HERE, where you can see the step-by-step process of how to make these quesadillas, and check out her site for all kinds of delicious and healthy recipe ideas that appeal to kiddos! And she encourages you to get your kids involved in the kitchen too. Yay!
Breakfast Quesadillas
Recipe Details
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 4 large eggs, beaten
- 1 cup shredded Mexican blend cheese (or desired cheese)
- 2 large flour tortillas (not burrito sized, just large)
- tomato, avocado, sour cream, salsa (as desired)
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a medium nonstick skillet (one that will fit your flour tortilla nicely and that isn't too much larger than your tortilla), and bring it to medium heat.
- Add the eggs to the heated skillet. Use a rubber spatula to loosen the sides a bit and allow raw egg to move around underneath to get cooked. Top with ½ cup shredded cheese. Place a flour tortilla on top. Use your rubber spatula to loosen the sides again around the edges. Then place a dinner plate on top of your skillet and carefully flip it over so that the egg/tortilla is now on the plate. Slide it back into the pan tortilla side down and top it with remaining cheese and the 2nd tortilla. Let it sit for a minute or two, then place the plate on top of the skillet and flip it again. Slide it back into the pan, allowing the 2nd tortilla to heat up and get lightly browned.
- Slide your breakfast quesadilla onto a cutting board and use a pizza cutter to cut it into wedges. Make the wedges as big as you'd like, 6 is suggested, but if you have little ones then you can make them smaller.
- Serve on their own or with tomato, avocado, sour cream, or salsa, as desired.
Notes
- You can make these will smaller flour tortillas, too. Just use less egg/cheese and a smaller skillet. Or, use all the egg/cheese and make two smaller quesadillas.
I love this technique. Will definitely make.I will add chopped scallions And any left over meat if available
Do you think you could make these ahead of time and freeze them. How would you reheat. Need a quick healthy breakfast
not sure bc I have not done it, but maybe pop in the microwave?
Add some chicken and make it dinner 🙂
You forgot to mention putting the second tortilla onto the cheese on the second side.
Looks like a tasty dish.
Gotcha- thanks 🙂
I made these this morning and look forward to eating them for lunch. I love your recipe suggestions, I always have something to cook at night or for lunch over the weekends.
This sounds so good. I’m going to pin it.
Try adding some chopped up chicken breast in with the eggs and cheese. Delicious!!
I just made this and it is SOOO good!! New favorite for quick breakfast. I had it with avocado and tomato with Franks hot sauce. YUM. Thank you!
This is such a great idea! I unfortunately skimped on the butter the first time, I should have used way more because my egg stuck to the pan! I don’t think I cooked it long enough the first time, but I’m excited to try it again! It was tasty, just not nearly as pretty as yours!
I added BBQ bacon in the quesodilla . But either way it was FANTASTIC !!
This is a GREAT idea! My house will soon be overflowing with family (and I love every minute of it), and this is a great idea for those lazy mornings when everyone gets up at different times. Thank you!!
Hi there…just a quick note to let you know the link to Catherine’s site appears to be broken. I’ve tried a couple of times now…
oh, thanks- her site is currently down. She’ll be back up soon!
Had Pinned this and just made up for a healthy lunch for my child care. Added some chopped baked ham left-overs and a little more cheese. I also re-flipped to brown up the second tortilla just a little. Easy to make and the children liked it so much I didn’t get any.
What a great idea, love the ‘how to’ pics!
Made these for my hubby this morning. They were a hit! Decided the are so fast, little mess that they would be perfect to make when camping. Thank you!
This looks great!! I never though of making them for breakfast! I”ll have to try tomorrow!
This one pan technique is so clever! I love breakfast burritos, so this is right up my alley. Just pinned the recipe and will try it soon. Thanks!
i’m always looking for fun and interesting (plus easy!) breakfast ideas. this one has so many possibilities!
This looks so good! I think this is a great idea for weekend brunch – thanks!! 🙂
Yum
Mmm i LOVE eggs so this sounds right up my alley. Great pictures and love the flipping trick
I LOVE this idea for a breakfast! And love the step-by-step because it makes it seem so easy!
I would make my eggs like an omelet (w/diced tomatoes, smoked chunks of ham, green onions, bacon pieces, etc…) Then after slicing the quesadilla, I would top with sour cream and a dab of salsa.
Wow this sounds awesome, and a genius trick for using the plate for flipping!
Looks totally breakfast worthy! Yum!
I could eat that quesadilla ANYTIME of day. Looks gorgeous and so do your nails. 🙂
These look so good! Wow! My family loves avocado too. Thanks for sharing the recipe love.
Your son is a bright boy for requesting these for breakfast. Looks like the perfect way to get any day started.
Looks delicious!!!! I can picture it with green chile peppers, onions and jalapenos!!! Girl your making my stomach growl!!!
I love making these! i usually do them with corn tortillas for a quick lunch – so good and easy!
Breakfast quesadillas sound like a fun weekend breakfast – thanks for sharing, Lori! I think I’d add plain Greek yogurt on top for an extra protein punch 🙂
Oh man…. I LOVE quesadillas!
I wish it was breakfast right now! yum!
these might end up as my supper!!
Oh…my…yumminess. We will absolutely be having these for breakfast this week-maybe tomorrow! I’m always trying to convince my kiddos to eat eggs and this seems like a great way to sell them on the idea! 😉 These look amazing-thank you! 🙂
You’re right, that is easy. I need that, because an omelette and me are not friends. I always have a hard time with the flipping part.
Great recipe, and you’re right again, I should defintely make that for breakfast.
This looks so much better than my oatmeal! Love the avocado and tomato – always gotta have it with quesadillas in my opinion!
Woo hoo! Love this idea.
Me and my wife love anything breakfast and anything avocado. So you can imagine my excitement when I saw those yummy pictures. That shot of ooie-gooie cheese…mmmm. We just bought some tortillas last night so I think I’ll be making these tomorrow morning for breakfast. Thanks you, thank you. 😉
YUM! I could eat these 3 times a day! Love it, can’t wait to try it. Also, I’m 100% with you on the avocado 😉
What a brilliant idea- I can’t wait to try this. I’ll have to wait until the weekend though, weekday breakfast is instant oatmeal between phone calls.
Thanks for sharing!
-Miriam
This is a great breakfast idea, for weekdays and weekends! Totally stealing it. 🙂
Such a yummy breakfast! Easy too..love that! The avocado throws it into a different league!
Never thought of having these for breakfast and I’m usually making cheese quesadillas for my daughter’s school lunch.
Will have to try these, especially with that yummy cheese!
Thanks, Lori!
Great breakfast idea! I love the avocado and tomato on top!
Great idea! I’ll bet kids love these!
Mmmmm! I think I could eat these for breakfast, lunch and dinner they look that good 🙂
I really like how you flip it over onto one tortilla first. So simple and seemingly obvious but I wouldn’t have figure that out on my own haha.
Delicious Delicious! I can almost smell them off my screen! Great vivid pictures and a lovely recipe to reproduce!
I used to make something like this for myself but haven’t in forever. Yours looks great and thanks for the reminder of a super easy but delicious breakfast!
This looks so delicious! I know my family will love this! Yum!
I want this for breakfast NOW!
I love the gooey cheese shot and the last one with that perfect tomato…but I really love your manicure. For a woman who cooks and spends tons of time in the kitchen, you have amazingly perfect nails 🙂