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Vegetarian Mediterranean Breakfast Burritos

Published: Aug 24, 2017 by Terri Gilson · Modified: Jan 19, 2022 · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This post may contain affiliate links · 14 Comments

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Healthy Mediterranean Breakfast Burritos on a plate with kiwi and salsal

I don't specifically remember the first burrito I ate, but I do have a vague memory of it being late at night, at a 7-11 and at a time when I was not in a responsible decision-making state. And I do recall swearing that I'd never eat another one again as long as I shall live. And for many years I stayed true to that vow.

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That was, until I had a crazy delicious and healthy breakfast burrito at a cafe in Kimberley, B.C.. That experience was enough to inspire me to make my own Weight Watchers friendly Healthy Vegetarian Mediterranean Breakfast Burrito. These breakfast burritos are WW friendly at 5 WW points on my plan, but you can click HERE to find out how many points they are on your personal WW plan.

Jump to:
  • 🥘 Ingredients
  • 💭 Are Refried Beans Healthy?
  • 🔢WW Points
  • 📖Substitutions & Variations
  • 🥗 Side dishes
  • 🍽Equipment
  • 👪 SERVING SIZE
  • 🌡️Storing
  • 🌡️🌯How to freeze breakfast burritos
  • 🎥 Video
  • ⭐ Reviews
  • 📋 Vegetarian Mediterranean Breakfast Burrito Recipe
  • 🍳More Healthy & WW Friendly Breakfast Recipes!

🥘 Ingredients

For this vegetarian breakfast burrito recipe, you'll need:

  • fresh spinach
  • feta cheese
  • sun-dried tomatoes
  • sliced black olives
  • tortillas
  • eggs
  • refried beans

*see recipe card for quantities

I also added refried beans, then wrapped them all up in sun-dried tomato tortillas. If you are like me and have always wondered if refried beans are actually healthy, then read on!

💭 Are Refried Beans Healthy?

Although refried beans don't sound all that healthy, they can be part of a very healthy diet. The typical canned brand I buy (Old El Paso or something similar), has only 90 calories, .5g fat and 6 g fibre and 6 g of protein per ½ cup. Rich in complex carbohydrates, protein, potassium, iron, magnesium and folate, refried beans provide both insoluble and soluble fiber, both of which play important roles in your digestion and absorption of food. For vegetarians and people who are trying to cut back on red meat, refried beans provide both protein and iron. Refried beans are also a good source of potassium, an electrolyte that helps maintain normal blood pressure. So, relatively speaking, I'd say they are pretty healthy for canned food! You can read more about the health benefits of refried beans here.

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🔢WW Points

These breakfast burritos are WW friendly at 5 WW points on my plan, but you can click HERE to find out how many points they are on your personal WW plan.

📖Substitutions & Variations

  • Feta cheese: Use fat-free feta cheese to further bring down the WW points
  • Tortilla bread - Use a lower point tortilla bread to further bring down the WW points
  • Refried Beans - Use fat-free no sugar canned refried beans to further bring down the WW points

🥗 Side dishes

These vegetarian breakfast burritos are great with homemade Pico de Gallo Salsa and Classic Fruit Salad (with Honey Lime Dressing)!

Pico de Gallo Salsa. garnished with 2 lime wedges, in a white bowl surrounded by nacho chips

However, if you like my kiwi garnish in the photos, check out my Video:  (TikTok) How to Make a Kiwi Garnish

🍽Equipment

For this breakfast burrito recipe, you'll need a frying pan (affiliate link)

👪 SERVING SIZE

This recipe makes 6 breakfast burritos. You can half, double or triple the recipe by clicking on the blue serving number and selecting the number of servings you'd like. The ingredient quantities will automatically adjust.

🌡️Storing

Make-ahead breakfast burritos!

In addition to trying to feed my kids a healthy breakfast on busy weekday mornings, one of the biggest challenges I face is trying to come with a breakfast or brunch potluck idea for work. I am busy, so I need something I can make ahead and freeze. But there aren't many options out there! Enter make-ahead, freezable healthy breakfast burritos....

Of course you can freeze these breakfast burritos (see below) but if you choose not to, they can be refrigerated for up to 2 days. Because they have egg in them, I do not recommend eating them after 2 days.

🌡️🌯How to freeze breakfast burritos

These easy, tasty and healthy vegetarian Greek breakfast burritos solve both these problems, as they can easily be made ahead, then frozen.

🎥 Video

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO "How to wrap a breakfast burrito to freeze"

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This make-ahead and healthy breakfast burrito is the perfect Mediterranean diet recipe, packed with protein, low in fat, and freezable for those busy back to school mornings to be. And it's an easy brunch or breakfast potluck idea. I love make-ahead breakfast recipes in general. So, if you are looking for a quick (made in 20 minutes), easy and healthy make-ahead and freezable breakfast option or back to school, give these meatless Mediterranean diet breakfast burritos a try!

⭐ Reviews

Did you make this recipe? Please RATE THE RECIPE below!

Here's what others are saying: "These were so delicious!!! Honestly better than any restaurant breakfast burrito I've had savory, fresh (the generous amount of herbs is key), and zingy (I ended up adding quite a bit of hot sauce to the egg mixture). Also such a great meal prep idea for a Sunday night. Thank you!!" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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breakfast burrito on a black plate,. cut in half
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📋 Vegetarian Mediterranean Breakfast Burrito Recipe

These easy and healthy vegetarian breakfast burritos are full of protein, Mediterranean flavors, make- ahead, freezable and a great brunch or breakfast potluck idea! They are also Weight Watchers friendly.
Course Breakfast
Cuisine Greek, Mediterranean, Mexican
Keyword breakfast burrito, healthy, mediterranean, vegetarian
Special Diet Vegetarian, Weight Watchers
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 6 burritos
Calories 252kcal
Author Terri Gilson
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Ingredients

  • 6 tortillas whole 10 inch - I use sun-dried tomato
  • 9 eggs whole
  • 2 cups baby spinach washed and dried
  • 3 tablespoon black olives sliced
  • 3 tablespoon sun-dried tomatoes chopped
  • ½ cup feta cheese I use light/low-fat feta
  • ¾ cup refried beans canned

Garnish: salsa (optional)

    US Customary - Metric

    Instructions

    • Spray medium frying pan with non- stick spray. Scramble eggs and toss for about 5 minutes, or until eggs are no longer liquid. Add spinach, black olives, sun-dried tomatoes and continue to stir/toss until no longer wet. Add feta cheese and cover until cheese is melted.
    • Add 2 tablespoon of refried beans to each tortilla. Top with egg mixture, dividing evenly between all burritos. Wrap as shown in video.
    • Grill on panini press (this is what I use but you don't have to have one) or in frying pan until lightly browned.
    • Serve hot with salsa. fresh pico de gallo and fruit (optional)
    • Garnish with kiwi flowers, if desired (video in NOTES)
    • FREEZING: wait until cooled, then wrap as directed in video (in NOTES) 
    • If you are reheating: Heat in microwave (in parchment paper) for about 2 minutes. Serve hot.

    Notes

    🔢WW Points
    These breakfast burritos are Weight Watchers friendly at 5 WW points on my plan, but you can click HERE to find out how many points they are on your personal WW plan.
    📖Substitutions & Variations
    • Feta cheese: Use fat-free feta cheese to further bring down the WW points
    • Tortilla bread - Use a lower point tortilla bread to further bring down the WW points
    • Refried Beans - Use fat-free no sugar canned refried beans to further bring down the WW points
    🎥 Videos
    CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO "How to wrap a breakfast burrito to freeze"
    Video:  (TikTok) How to Make a Kiwi Garnish
    *** Using low-fat/light feta cheese will reduce calories and fat content in this recipe(my nutritional analysis does not have an option for low-fat/light feta, so I was unable to calculate the recipe using it) 
    ⭐ REVIEWS
    Did you make this recipe? Please RATE THE RECIPE below!
    Here's what others are saying:
    " These were so delicious!!! Honestly better than any restaurant breakfast burrito I've had savory, fresh (the generous amount of herbs is key), and zingy (I ended up adding quite a bit of hot sauce to the egg mixture). Also such a great meal prep idea for a Sunday night. Thank you!!" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
    Please SUBSCRIBE  (get my FREE E-cookbook) and be sure to FOLLOW ME on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM and PINTEREST!

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1burrito | Calories: 252kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 256mg | Sodium: 687mg | Potassium: 286mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1410IU | Vitamin C: 3.8mg | Calcium: 155mg | Iron: 3mg
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Gabrielle @ eyecandypopper

      August 25, 2017 at 8:27 am

      Yummm!!! I love breakfast burritos and this one sounds delicious! I could even add some red pepper in there.

      Reply
      • Terri Gilson

        August 26, 2017 at 9:16 am

        Hi Gabrielle - I think red pepper would be delicious!

        Reply
    2. Cathy

      August 25, 2017 at 8:43 am

      I love the idea of keeping these burritos handy in the freezer! Your instructional video is great! This might be a new idea for my husband's lunches.

      Reply
      • Terri Gilson

        August 26, 2017 at 9:18 am

        Hi Cathy: Thanks! Yes, I often bring these to work for a late breakfast/early lunch. It feels weird to say I eat 'brunch' at work lol... Glad the video was helpful!

        Reply
    3. Elaine @ Flavour and Savour

      August 25, 2017 at 9:28 am

      Hi Terri,
      I love the idea of creating new foods by borrowing flavours from other cultures as you've done here! Great idea! All my favourite flavours.

      Reply
      • Terri Gilson

        August 26, 2017 at 9:19 am

        Hi Elaine: Thanks. Yes, because I love Greek and Mexican, they seemed a perfect match 🙂

        Reply
    4. Sharon

      August 25, 2017 at 9:58 am

      I've never tried a breakfast burrito! I'll have to remedy that soon. I love eggs in the morning but never seem to have the time. This make ahead option could really streamline things. Thanks so much for sharing!

      Reply
      • Terri Gilson

        August 26, 2017 at 9:24 am

        Hi Sharon: Oh you have to try burritos for breakfast then! The make-ahead aspect is definitely a deal breaker when it comes to eggs on busy weekday mornings for me too! 🙂

        Reply
    5. Deborah @ Confessions of a mother runner

      August 28, 2017 at 10:00 am

      I love breakfast burritos and what a great idea to freeze them. Thanks for joining us for meatless Monday today

      Reply
      • Terri Gilson

        August 28, 2017 at 10:23 am

        Thanks Deborah. Yes, make-ahead and freezable food is a busy person's best friend!

        Reply
    6. hub

      November 04, 2019 at 4:44 pm

      These were so delicious!!! Honestly better than any restaurant breakfast burrito I ve had savory, fresh (the generous amount of herbs is key), and zingy (I ended up adding quite a bit of hot sauce to the egg mixture). Also such a great meal prep idea for a Sunday night. Thank you!!

      Reply
      • Terri Gilson

        November 05, 2019 at 6:35 pm

        Hi, thanks so much for your comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the breakfast burritos

        Reply
    7. Ytuio

      May 06, 2020 at 11:02 am

      Liked your post awesome and simple you posted

      Reply
      • Terri Gilson

        May 08, 2020 at 4:00 pm

        Thank you!

        Reply

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