I’m somewhat of a connoisseur when it comes to simple breakfast recipes. It kind of comes with the territory when you’ve been serving breakfast to at least some of your kids before school, every morning for almost 2 decades. (Yikes!) It’s always nice to have a breakfast that you can partially prepare ahead of time. When the morning comes around and kids are searching for school books and clean socks, all you need to do to get breakfast on the table is assemble some ingredients and get it cooked.
So when I came across this genius idea for breakfast quesadillas, I was immediately very upset that I didn’t know about it all those years ago! But I figured that by sharing it with you, I could at least put it to good use now. :-)
You could make this breakfast extra easy to make on a busy morning by pre-cooking the scrambled eggs and bacon. Just make both the night before (maybe even double what the recipe calls for, so you can make it again later on,) and put them in a storage container in the fridge. In the morning, all you’ll have to do is get out your waffle maker, and breakfast will be on the table in no time!
“Waffled” Breakfast Quesadillas
Ingredients:
- 6 eggs, scrambled and cooked
- 12 slices bacon, cooked
- 1 1/2 cups shredded cheese
- (4) 8-inch tortillas
- Oil or cooking spray
Directions:
Start by greasing your waffle iron, either by brushing it with oil or spraying it with cooking spray. Make sure to coat both sides of your waffle iron, and plug it in so it can start warming up to a medium heat setting.
When the iron is warm, lay one tortilla on the waffle iron.
Spread cheese over one-half of the tortilla.
Add scrambled eggs and 3 of the pieces of bacon on top of the cheese.
Fold the tortilla and close your waffle iron. It won’t shut all the way, so just set the lid down as far as it will go.
Cook the quesadilla on medium heat until the outside of the tortilla is golden brown, the cheese has melted, and the eggs and bacon have been warmed through.
Serve with salsa, sour cream, or any other quesadilla fixings your family loves.
Do you have any quick and easy breakfast recipes that are perfect for busy mornings? We’d love to hear about them! Share your breakfast recipe in the comments below, and you and your comment could be featured in a future blog post!
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Great idea Katie!
thank you for the nice recipe as we could use the waffle maker in things other than waffles .
Has anyone tried putting a second tortilla on top instead of folding the bottom one ove?. You could have a large round quesadilla and cut it in quarters. I think I will try that this week!
Has anyone tried putting a second tortilla on top instead of folding the bottom one over? You could make a larger quesadilla that way. I will try that out sometime this week.
The picture shows the quesadillas folded over. How do you fold them to get that? They look so nice.
My sister got rid of the waffle iron years ago because her teenage son would use it and was poor on the cleanup follow through. I like this idea, because you can add celery, peppers, substitute cooked sausage for bacon and you will have my family’s idea of a super edible breakfast! The panini or Foreman grill is what we have to work with, so I think I will use that. Thanks for sharing.
I was thinking about trying that too. I think the clean up would be easier and I could probably do 2 at a time.
I do something similar and add a little hash browns to it so it holds us all morning on road trips. Sadly I got rid of my waffle iron though but I’m sure the panini press will do the trick! Thanks for sharing…I may have to change what I’m having for breakfast this morning!
I love the make ahead aspect, but it seems like it is the exact same work as making it in a frying pan. I think it would work really well for my family. My hubby needs breakfast at 5:30, and my kid isn’t up then. So, it might work really well to either make the eggs ahead of time, or to just make extra with my husband’s breakfast. Thanks for the great idea!
Great idea. Yes guys, you can use the George Foreman grill for lots of stuff like grilled cheese sandwiches etc. Love the idea of breakfast quesadillas. This would be great for when we have guests staying with us. Usually we just do our regular quesadillas in a frying pan.
I usually do mine on my pancake griddle. I can make 6 at a time which is great for a family or when you have company.
I didn’t know I could cook something like this in the waffle maker… I must try it for sure! Looks very delicious!