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DELICIOUS AND SIMPLE WITH HEIDI LICATA

Heidi’s Breakfast/Brunch Pinwheels • Tub of cream cheese, room temperature warmed tortillas, stacked on top of each 3. Roll the tortilla from the bottom

other so they stay moist and pliable.
for easier spreading. It’s always
up towards the top, folding ends
nice to have extra for later use Followed by the softened cream cheese, in to keep ingredients from falling
• 2-3 cups shredded cheddar cheese, shredded cheddar cheese, chopped out, wrap tightly up to the top end
BY HEIDI LICATA, CORRAL DE TIERRA
have extra if more is needed spinach, bacon bits, scrambled eggs, where cream cheese was smeared,
• Scrambled eggs, using at least 10 cooked breakfast potatoes and any “zing this will seal and hold your wrap.
I’ve been on a cooking frenzy making eggs to make 4 large tortilla rolls toppings” you want to add if desired. 4. Wrap each tortilla log in a
a variety of nostalgic pinwheels. This • Real bacon bits, enough to scatter 2. Line your countertop with parchment paper towel and then in plastic
breakfast/brunch pinwheel was such a on each tortilla to your preference paper. Lay one large tortilla on top of wrap, place in the refrigerator.
hit I had to share with you for how easy • 2-3 cups fresh spinach, chopped paper and using a spatula, smear a 5. Cut each piece in 1-1 1/2 inch
it is to make and how versatile they are • 2 -3 cups pre-cooked light amount of cream cheese covering thick pieces using a serrated knife,
to present. They’re perfect for Fathers breakfast-style potatoes, diced the entire tortilla (do not do a thick keep in refrigerator in a sealed
Day! These are a spin-off of breakfast • Optional, salsa, pico de gallo or a touch amount). Then add a layer of each of container until plating and serving.
burritos made in the pinwheel style. These of hot sauce to add a bit of zing! the next ingredients on the assembly
delicious wheels of goodness are easy to line, keeping all of the rest of the * You can make the tortilla logs a day
transport and to share at any event. You DIRECTIONS: ingredients approx. 2 inches from the ahead and cut a couple of hours prior
can keep them in a casual Tupperware or 1. Get your ingredients together and top of the tortilla, this helps to keep to serving. Eat cold or heat in oven or
set on a beautiful platter to elevate them. set up a assembly line, starting with the tortillas closed when wrapping. microwave before serving, Enjoy!
Some optional toppings to serve on the
side are salsa, hot sauce, sour cream or
whatever your taste buds crave. Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS:
Makes 10-12 pinwheels per tortilla
roll, if using a 14 inch tortillas
• 4- extra large flour tortillas, amount of
pinwheels depend on the size of tortillas
and thickness of each cut. (I prefer no
less than 1” slices and use a serrated
knife to cut with.) Warm tortillas on Heidi Licata has been our resident foodie for The Loop since the magazine began more
griddle slightly before assembling than 11 years ago. She lives in Corral de Tierra with her husband. You can find more
recipes at DeliciousandSimple.net.

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