Meal prep. Except it’s snack prep. I eat way too many Walmart mini microwave burritos. The 4 oz ones that come in a $4 pack of eight. Basically 11.9¢ per ounce
It’s hard to make an exact clone at home because making tiny burritos is difficult due to the urge to over fill. These are larger so one instead of two for a snack. These aren’t as cheap. 100 ounces of ingredients for $17.38 not including the seasoning. So let’s say 19¢ per ounce but are more flavorful (homemade taco seasoning), better texture because they aren’t 50% tortilla and a whole lot healthier.
So it’s all trade offs. But the results are worth it.
These go into the chest freezer and then get bagged.
something you might consider doing is preparing these by prebaking these in an oven about 1/3 to half the duration you normally might. The overall consistency and taste will be far superior and they hold up to freezing better and reheat better.
I hadn’t thought about that but you might be onto something there. Though this would also require me to do a much better job at folding. Most of these are going to leak a bit when cooked. Parbaking them as is will create some mess.
Oh yeah. I’ve been doing this for years. You don’t need to fully bake them. Just enough so that they hold their form, then they can go into the freezer. 8-15 minutes, tops. No need to over do it.