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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.
Driver injured when semi rolls on I-70 in Russell County
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The driver of a semi-tractor hauling a trailer received what appeared to be minor injuries Saturday afternoon when the vehicle left Interstate 70 in Russell County and overturned.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reports the crash occurred at 1:51 on April 15, 4 miles east of U.S. 281 on I-70. The eastbound 2022 International was driven by Todd E. Collins, age 44, of Winchester, Kansas. The vehicle went off the roadway to the right, struck a guardrail and went into the south ditch, where it overturned and came to rest.

Collins was wearing a safety restraint. 

He was transported to Russell Regional Hospital.