Waffled Breakfast Quesadillas Recipe From ‘Real Food By Dad’
Every week, we’re spotlighting a different food blogger who’s shaking up the blogosphere with tempting recipes and knockout photography. Here, Matt Robinson of Real Food by Dad demonstrates the versatility of a good waffle iron.
Your waffle iron is good for more than just waffles. Photo: Matt Robinson
Waffled Breakfast Quesadilla
Serves 4
Waffled. Breakfast. Quesadillas. How fun are these? Every since I saw this waffled pizza over on BuzzFeed, I’ve been obsessed with “waffling” everything. Typical guy, huh?
As I’ve mentioned many times, breakfast is a big deal around here, so I thought, why not a waffled breakfast quesadilla? And what a hit it was with my little guy, Cole. He went crazy for them. We have breakfast quesadillas all time, but the fact that it was “waffled” made me a hero. I won’t complain. Nor will I complain when he eats it on the sofa, watching SpongeBob. (It’s not often that I let him eat on the sofa, but when your baby is sick and fussy, sitting at the table without disruption is nearly impossible.) And since these were waffled and therefore pretty much sealed at the edges, I didn’t have to worry about him spilling the inside of the quesadilla everywhere. Because if any of you have young kids, you know that eating over a plate is something you have to constantly tell them to do.
And being that these are pretty much spill proof, you can totally eat these on the run, in the car or while holding and walking in circles with a fussy baby in one hand.
4 eight-inch flour tortillas
2 cups scrambled eggs (about 7 eggs)
1 ½ cups Mexican cheese
12 pieces bacon, cooked
1 tablespoon canola oil
Heat waffle iron and then, using a brush, coat waffle iron with canola oil. Place ½ cup scrambled eggs onto half of one tortilla, then layer with cheese and three bacon pieces. Fold other half of quesadilla over and transfer to waffle iron. Clamp down and cook until browned, about 7 to 10 minutes. Repeat with remaining 3 tortillas.
More breakfast show-stoppers:
Blueberry waffle cookie recipe from ‘Bakers Royale’
Arugula, bacon and Gruyere bread pudding recipe from ‘Lottie & Doof’
Bacon and cheese-stuffed French toast recipe from ‘Two Red Bowls’
What’s the most impressive breakfast in your repertoire? Tell us below!